She’s living what some would call an “alternative lifestyle” with her husband and their 2 young kids. Kate is runs local sewing classes, a custom garment business and her YouTube channel, Sewing from Scratch. I can’t wait to get all my pretty vintage pieces out where I can properly admire them daily. Soon my notions, patterns, and machine collection will be displayed in my new sewing studio. Unfortunately the light attachment was not included, but I understand that they were an add-on, so she may never have had one to begin with. Betty here is a reproduction of the Singer 128 and she’s fully operational. When I brought it home and had the time to go through it, I learned a lot about shuttle bobbins and the era of badged “DELUXE” Japanese-made machines. To my astonishment (and major delight) the machine hiding underneath was a vintage badged White, from post WWII! As corny as it sounds, my heart was pumping and palms sweaty as I unclasped the latches and lifted the lid. My mind was made up as soon as I saw the $20CAD price tag, but thought still needed to take a peek to be sure. I did a quick B-Line to the home furnishings section and immediately spotted the tell-tale rectangular shape of a sewing machine built into a case. I had a few minutes to spare before I was due to meet my husband and kids, so I popped in for some solo thrift time. One particularly awesome vintage find I scored was at my local Value Village thrift store. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for old-world quality, or because I love to spend an afternoon browsing thrift shops, either way, finding vintage sewing treasures to gaze lovingly at, and sometimes even use , is one of my many quirks that makes my sewing practice that much more fun. Vintage sewing is one of those “niche” areas that I tend to lean towards. I enjoy learning new skills and perfecting basic ones to further transform my journey. I asked you, dear readers, to share your experiences sewing vintage in our fun mini-series! In this post, I present you with a tiny sliver of the richness of vintage sewing – collecting vintage machines. One world I have become very interested in (as an outsider looking in) is vintage sewing.
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