The Singer Rides Again!

[errantember]

Due both to a huge amount of recent costumery inspiration and the fact that if I get injured in my jujutsu class, I'd prefer it not be from tripping over my own pants, I once again dug out the manual for my 1968 Singer sewing machine and fired up the ancient monster. I got it at Goodwill some years ago for $30, and it has just about every foot, wobble-wheel, and do-dad it originally came with, including the big plastic case, and is in perfect working order over 40 years after it was manufactured.

They do *not*, BTW, make 'em like they used to. At all.

Besides being something with which one could comfortably beat up a beefy marine, it also has all the buzzes and whistles vis-a-vis stitch length and width control, feed control, and tons of pattern wheels and other gizmos to make my 50s house wife life easier! Add to that the $20 table I got that was *clearly* custom made for this series of sewing machines (the kind where the machine magically folds away) and I've got a pretty impressive stitchery setup for a tech yuppie male.

Thirty minutes and three attempts later, my pants are hemmed.

*take a bow*

Time to hit the thrift stores...

Comments

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it would fit the kind of sewing desk I have. It might be perfect for you, because the whole machine just sort-of magically disappears, and you're left with a small end-table with fake drawers. To deploy it, you just unfold the cover (which double your work area) and then pull up on the machine, which locks into place. It's definitely a huge space saver, and prevents you from having to move the machine.

If you want to send your machine with Gail tomorrow, I can at least take a look and see if will fit this style of table.

[terriblelynne.livejournal.com]

Sewzilla is packed away in a box in the very back of my closet...it'd take major excavation to remove her. I'm seriously not unpacking her and sending her for a Singer-store-tuneup until I own a home and she has her own room. Plus, have you been to my place? I have a tiiiiiny efficiency and there's honestly nowhere to put a small end table as it is...

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Ok, I just figured it would be useful to know. Based on this:

http://www.singerco.com/support/model_number.html

It's probably a different table for yours. However, at the thrift places I went today, I saw no fewer than 3 such tables, so it's likely possible to find one if you had a place to put it.