@plant pauper, we've got " a double thing" . IMHO as HE does the cooking, it's up to HIM to check them. Funnily enough he doesn't see it that way.
When I was about 10, I discovered the big lump at the top of the stairs was a Singer sewing machine. By 12 I was inserting "darts" into the backs of my brothers' shirts. Later I modified "flares" to straight legs. I made all the curtains in my homes with it, made maternity dresses for my then wife, little dungarees for my daughters. It's now 101 years old, and in perfect working order. I have the original box with accessories and the original handbook printed in 1916 . I have the receipt from Feb 11th 1917.
Oh wow. What a lovely thing to have. I'm a member on a sewing forum and most of the peeps have all singing all dancing machines but the serious sewists also have their 'old ladies' for donkey work, and buttonholes! They are unbeatable and my mum better not have thrown hers out. (She's the complete opposite of a hoarder). It takes three strong men to lift it onto the table in it's big wooden case but it is a thing of beauty. It was secondhand when she got it in 1958 and she thinks it's about the same age as her. 82.
It’s a beautiful thing and I’m very envious @Hostafan1. Ma didn’t sew but somehow she had a Singer treadle machine ... I loved that machine 😍I did dressmaking O level and used her machine but it went wrong while I was making my final piece so I took all my savings out and bought an electric machine as Ma didn’t think it was worth repairing and anyway I couldn’t wait as I needed to hand my work in on time😯When I married (at 18 and with a mortgage, with a full time job and doing husband’s business paperwork) I bought a book on soft furnishing and taught myself to make all the fully lined curtains, blinds and cushions ... lots of homes since but I can honestly say I’ve never ever bought a pair of curtains. 😇 Wonky didn’t want to learn to sew when she was at home so she’s taught herself and has her own machine 🙂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@plant pauper I'd happily take a couple of photos if you'd like to see? How "anorak" are we? I now have an electric machine which belonged to Hubby's late Mother. When I first used it, I was amazed that the whole threading system was almost identical to my old machine. I guess Singer just got it right and it's never been bettered? @Dovefromabove, I showed you my machine when you were last here, didn't I?
You can't beat a good anorak! Maybe that's what you need for this nipply weather . I'd love to see it thank-you. My old machine was/is a Singer and it's still going strong but I decided to upgrade recently to a lighter computerised model and bought a Brother. I swear at it a lot because it knows what it's doing but often it won't tell me...or it tells me in a secret code. No doubt I'll get the hang of it eventually but it's all plastic. It's just not the same...
You can't beat a good anorak! Maybe that's what you need for this nipply weather . I'd love to see it thank-you.
I'll do it once Hubby goes to work. It's in the hall / through the wall from the bedroom. I don't think he'd be too pleased if I started messing about with it at this time of day.
I might start a thread " really old stuff we have which still works"?? Spouses/ OHs not included !!
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When I was about 10, I discovered the big lump at the top of the stairs was a Singer sewing machine. By 12 I was inserting "darts" into the backs of my brothers' shirts. Later I modified "flares" to straight legs. I made all the curtains in my homes with it, made maternity dresses for my then wife, little dungarees for my daughters.
It's now 101 years old, and in perfect working order. I have the original box with accessories and the original handbook printed in 1916 . I have the receipt from Feb 11th 1917.
Wonky didn’t want to learn to sew when she was at home so she’s taught herself and has her own machine 🙂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How "anorak" are we?
I now have an electric machine which belonged to Hubby's late Mother. When I first used it, I was amazed that the whole threading system was almost identical to my old machine. I guess Singer just got it right and it's never been bettered?
@Dovefromabove, I showed you my machine when you were last here, didn't I?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'll do it once Hubby goes to work. It's in the hall / through the wall from the bedroom. I don't think he'd be too pleased if I started messing about with it at this time of day.
I might start a thread " really old stuff we have which still works"?? Spouses/ OHs not included !!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.