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So how do preppers sew?

Posted on 08/20/2013 1:06:13 PM PDT by djf

Just got one at a yard sale.
In very, very good condition, has all the parts, I may need to order some needles.
Tracked the serno to a manufacture date of 1941.
This one isn't mine but has exact same appearance, same number of drawers, etc.




So how do preppers sew?
Foot power, baby!

Now all I gotta do is figure out how to use it!


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To: djf

Looks just like my Granny’s....many clothes were sewn on that old Singer of hers.


21 posted on 08/20/2013 1:53:54 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

My Mom’s machine has a foot pedal that activates it and controls the speed according to how far it is pressed down. I was wondering how difficult it might be to convert the machine to an original manual foot treadle. I know I could fabricate something fairly easily but it would be slick to install and use an OE treadle.


22 posted on 08/20/2013 1:55:11 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: djf

Looks just like the one my Mom keeps trying to dump off onto me. :-)


23 posted on 08/20/2013 1:57:23 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Marcella

One of my Singers. It's the latest addition. It is motorized, but it will run on DC as well as AC.

I learned to sew on a treadle type. I don't know how many I've repaired over the years. My last ex-wife collected them.

I made a coverlet/quilt thing out of my old military uniforms with one of the sewing machines.

/johnny

24 posted on 08/20/2013 2:04:57 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PowderMonkey

LOL! Mine do better when under my plant light. My living room unfortunately gets an Eastern exposure, plus there are many large oak trees out front (what Sandy and the 2010 tornado left), so I had to supplement their light. Now they are growing like the proverbial weeds.


25 posted on 08/20/2013 2:11:03 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: djf

My grandmother had one that belonged to HER grandmother and now belongs to my sister. Best guess is that the machine was made in the 1880s or 1890s.


26 posted on 08/20/2013 2:11:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
If it's a Singer, you can look up the serial number and tell when/where it was made.

/johnny

27 posted on 08/20/2013 2:15:58 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: djf

My dad was able to find a leather drive rope/belt at a little store in town that has been open for a jillion years.


28 posted on 08/20/2013 2:16:26 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: djf

I have my great grandmother’s and a bazillion attachments. The sales receipt is dated 1901. The story is the first thing made on it was a dress for a baby who had died and that she made several funeral dresses on it. I also have a beautiful christening gown she made for my granny. Four generations have had their pictures taken wearing it. I use my plain jane electric machine these days but could get the old Singer going if needed.


29 posted on 08/20/2013 2:17:12 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: djf

Know that machine well.Just has forward and reverse depending on how you use the treadle. If you post a close up of your machine I can help guide you through thread up. Hope you have bobbins, if not I am pretty sure they are still available. My grandmother had the same machine and mom mom had the electric version same machine. I have that one although I use a modern machine.


30 posted on 08/20/2013 2:19:28 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Buy and read The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Johnny you are just Everyman, aren’t you!


31 posted on 08/20/2013 2:21:36 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Buy and read The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I don’t think it is a Singer. I think it is a White.


32 posted on 08/20/2013 2:22:03 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: djf

33 posted on 08/20/2013 2:23:23 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: MomwithHope
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." -- Red Green

/johnny

34 posted on 08/20/2013 2:23:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
White records start in 1900. They don't have nearly the good records that Singer has. I understand there is a number that you can call and the company will date your machine for you.

/johnny

35 posted on 08/20/2013 2:27:21 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: djf

I got one much like it too for the same reason.


36 posted on 08/20/2013 2:32:02 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: djf

In the ‘50s, my mom was piecing a quilt top on her old Singer treadle machine, and she was very pregnant with my brother. So I sat on one side of the machine and worked the treadle while she sat on the normal side doing the actual sewing. (The weird things you remember!!)

Apparently, new machines that don’t requir electricity are still being made — probably for the Amish, etc. Probably not a bad investment just to have on hand for SHTF.


37 posted on 08/20/2013 2:33:36 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("A hyphenated American is not an American at all." Teddy Roosevelt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Last Christmas, I made place mats for Miss I’m-in-College-and-Have-Stupid-Parents from her daddy’s uniforms and other memory-type fabrics. I thought they turned out very nice. I was wrong. Lead balloon.


38 posted on 08/20/2013 2:38:02 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You have what’s called a “Featherweight”. They are very popular with quilters.


39 posted on 08/20/2013 2:39:32 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: JRandomFreeper

Bet you are both.


40 posted on 08/20/2013 2:41:36 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Buy and read The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin!)
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