tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post1198248109056722853..comments2023-10-20T08:27:40.314-04:00Comments on male pattern boldness: 5 Mantras for the Vintage Sewing Machine AddictPeter Lappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-10480979686681116512012-04-10T09:48:33.762-04:002012-04-10T09:48:33.762-04:00Vintage machines have been known to keep on trucki...Vintage machines have been known to keep on truckin' all by their lonesome too!<br /><br />With the vintage models, it's indicative of a wee problem in the foot pedal.Urbanitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-57633204373933041252012-04-09T22:01:22.937-04:002012-04-09T22:01:22.937-04:00Peter, friends, my name is Kristina and I am a sew...Peter, friends, my name is Kristina and I am a sewing machinaholic. My machines were orphans who needed a good home, except for my fancy computerized Bernina that was weary of being in an impersonal shop. My 1950s Elna Supermatic followed me home from a garage sale and left the door unlocked for her twin so she could borrow parts and actually work, which she does with 100 cams that make wonderful stitches like a row of little ducks. I've had a few temporary residents, but you know how a good orphanage always has room for one more? I pride myself on finding good homes for my kids, have placed three machines successfully in the last year, but the garage sale season is starting up in Ohio, the great state of basements and attics and barns, all full, so often yielding a pitiful candidate for TLC...Kristinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-46646955730352119332012-04-09T11:45:30.520-04:002012-04-09T11:45:30.520-04:00Amen, sisters and brothers!Amen, sisters and brothers!Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161710324564422851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-16908865644615002122012-04-09T09:32:46.346-04:002012-04-09T09:32:46.346-04:00Peter,
Those mantras are very similar to mine! I ...Peter,<br /><br />Those mantras are very similar to mine! I have enough great vintage sewing machines(all in cases), but something tells me I should have a treadle... I am still resisting though: I saw yesterday on my local list a lovely 15-88 with perfect decals and parlor cabinet for just €30! The mantras did work!Andrea Cornellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-54664444283815200822012-04-08T22:12:13.680-04:002012-04-08T22:12:13.680-04:00How do I walk away? Hmm ... good question. I tell ...How do I walk away? Hmm ... good question. I tell myself, "I'll think about it," give myself a time-out, and hope I come to my senses. That being said, I just brought home a Singer 15-91 in a cabinet this weekend for $30. Clearly I was too excited to pass that one up.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646907363247143337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-10089936681801184652012-04-08T21:43:39.318-04:002012-04-08T21:43:39.318-04:00Mine is just like yours "There will be others...Mine is just like yours "There will be others.."<br />Sigh. I am out of room. But I have fixed up five more, bringing the ratio of functioning machines to in need of repair up. But there are so many more machines to fix....Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285943308096103980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-37721010133242062762012-04-08T16:51:01.586-04:002012-04-08T16:51:01.586-04:00LOL. Thank you. Saying I have a problem is the fir...LOL. Thank you. Saying I have a problem is the first step. :-)Lozzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565513321231180210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-85749234698043323432012-04-08T16:29:21.220-04:002012-04-08T16:29:21.220-04:00A perfectly timed posting. I was just eying a use...A perfectly timed posting. I was just eying a used Elna on Craigslist and needed to be talked down. I've now put my money away and am going off to sew on the four machines I already have.<br /><br />lizLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970084239599780593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-33797868084125940592012-04-08T13:38:39.606-04:002012-04-08T13:38:39.606-04:00I love the architecture of vintage sewing machines...I love the architecture of vintage sewing machines and would probably have them on display, but I love my modern machine for all the things it can do. I had a really cool machine, I don't remember what it was but it kind of resembled a 1950's car. It was chrome, aqua and white. This was before I could appreciate anything vintage. I gave it away, the person took it and flew out the door.<br /><br />I can totally understand addictions for anything vintage.<br /><br />JosetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-36894187116597400672012-04-08T12:09:48.058-04:002012-04-08T12:09:48.058-04:00There have been ones I have left behind only to re...There have been ones I have left behind only to regret it later too. The pink 1950's Brother, the Necchi Julia with all the attachments and a very nice German Pheonix in a tiny deco style treadle cabinet. Ugh. What is now plentiful may not be someday.yarndivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132680063667909853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-1951080875676514042012-04-08T11:43:12.683-04:002012-04-08T11:43:12.683-04:00I make rules about buying more machines and then I...I make rules about buying more machines and then I break them. For example, "only Singers" because parts are plentful. Then I find a Viking 4000 for only $6. My goodness, I've spent more on a cocktail! And it runs perfectly.<br /><br />The next rule was there had to be a need (topstitching, portability, etc). I broke that one, sort of,when in a fit of "mid-century marvelousness" I had to have a Morse Superdial. At $30, even if I use it only as decor its cheap. The need for beauty after all...sewpdxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-79587397172933932122012-04-08T10:41:33.972-04:002012-04-08T10:41:33.972-04:00True!True!Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668161467072636784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-22845440563411458892012-04-08T10:23:38.699-04:002012-04-08T10:23:38.699-04:00Not to mention a buyer! ;)Not to mention a buyer! ;)Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-86171548328679114392012-04-08T10:19:58.178-04:002012-04-08T10:19:58.178-04:00The industrial is a Consew 210 lockstitch I think....The industrial is a Consew 210 lockstitch I think. It looks like it at minimum needs a stand. belt, a clutch, thread stand and a bobbin winderPhyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668161467072636784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-10630508565611126502012-04-08T10:19:20.350-04:002012-04-08T10:19:20.350-04:00Tell me about it....Tell me about it....Celeste Luxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605538893949802523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-38745085471478421462012-04-08T09:57:21.861-04:002012-04-08T09:57:21.861-04:00These mantras cement your place at the center of t...These mantras cement your place at the center of the sewing universe.<br /><br />I've been fighting the sirens call of a treadle.<br /><br />What I've determined is that any machine is not an extension of my "sewing-worth" (self-worth for our subset). <br /><br />Compensating through acquisition is merely a symptom, and typically this enables a much larger problem to fester.<br /><br />Your mantras are well timed, and much needed.Testosteronenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-9045325761515739602012-04-08T09:49:10.106-04:002012-04-08T09:49:10.106-04:00Good job resisting a “panic purchase”. I would ha...Good job resisting a “panic purchase”. I would have grabbed that Pfaff and ditched the cabinet. We never see Pfaffs in my neighborhood (PVD). Last week I guilted myself into buying a 15-91. We stopped at a antique shop and outside in tons of junk was a white plastic case. I had to look (wouldn’t you have?)...it had been raining and there was water pooled on the top of it, so when I took it off the water spilled all over the resident machine. It was $20. I did not need it BUT had I left it there it would have been ruined. When I got it home and on the bench, I first thought that someone had already cleaned and restored the machine. The inside, underbelly and gears are all spotless. The original wiers for the lamp and motor are perfect and need no attention. Under what little dirt, the machine shines and what looks like a bit of nail polish on the top arm this machine is pristine! It has seen little, if any real use in the past 65 years. Still not sure what I’m going to do with it yet.<br /><br />StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-3585430078062903682012-04-08T09:03:31.209-04:002012-04-08T09:03:31.209-04:00LOL. I always wonder when you post a new machine ...LOL. I always wonder when you post a new machine where on earth you put all of them in a NYC apartment. Keep up the good work.Nancy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235347323004026695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-21256937122395226522012-04-08T00:43:44.790-04:002012-04-08T00:43:44.790-04:00As a dyer and printer I would have pounced on thos...As a dyer and printer I would have pounced on those crappy fabrics! Its amazing what a bit of dye and a silk screen can do!JulieThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284419743769712682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-19089386633769363442012-04-07T22:10:30.645-04:002012-04-07T22:10:30.645-04:00I can't believe you passed up an entire box of...I can't believe you passed up an entire box of shoulder pads! Haha.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175728119875214529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-42796877947836267562012-04-07T21:47:46.885-04:002012-04-07T21:47:46.885-04:00Great mantras -- though I need to apply them to fa...Great mantras -- though I need to apply them to fabric.<br /><br />BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166520509616391248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-65442386836651522542012-04-07T21:05:52.700-04:002012-04-07T21:05:52.700-04:00I was laughing too hard to type - that should read...I was laughing too hard to type - that should read hoarders' SHOW if I bring home one more....Sew Lady Sew!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16892779463014418535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-66034752230764106612012-04-07T21:04:51.191-04:002012-04-07T21:04:51.191-04:00LOL at the mantras. I need to glue a copy in my pu...LOL at the mantras. I need to glue a copy in my purse.<br /><br />Let me add:<br /><br />I will be featured on a hoarders if I bring home one more.Sew Lady Sew!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16892779463014418535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-60330298569405167692012-04-07T20:35:04.624-04:002012-04-07T20:35:04.624-04:00Your list can apply to a host of demons to be conq...Your list can apply to a host of demons to be conquered and I shall tell you that I love you for posting them. You are truly a blessing to those who follow you on the interwebs.okaysofihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763169836274772051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-73866276097964779552012-04-07T19:42:46.897-04:002012-04-07T19:42:46.897-04:00Okay....here's the flip side to this. I was p...Okay....here's the flip side to this. I was perfectly happy with my temperamental Elna that cost me a mortgage payment 10 years ago. Only the best for me----and then I started reading your blog, and the comments from all your devoted followers, and started looking at old sewing machines with a different perspective. Then I bought an old Kenmore (what?!) and it's sews like a friggin' dream, but it's always good to have a backup right? Then an AWESOME New Home came into the thrift store I work at--I live in a part of the country that has NO regard for vintage machines of any sort--and I got that for $6 (for my daughter, of course, because every twelve year old needs a sewing machine). Then today, an old Montgomery Ward fell under my radar. Oh, that baby sure did catch my eye. But I let it go, I could already sense that I was loosing control a little. But what if something really tempting comes my way? This montra will certainly help, may even have saved me. But, God help me, if a 3/4 Kenmore comes into the thrift store all bets are off.Celeste Luxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605538893949802523noreply@blogger.com