How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine
How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine

Author: Connie McCaffery

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-07-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781535380331

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***PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A BLACK & WHITE EDITION*** If you liked the First Edition, then you'll love the Second. While the second edition includes the same content as the first, minor revisions, additional topics, and an index were added. Written with the novice in mind, this Second Edition guide, 'How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain your Vintage Sewing Machine' will show you how to do just that. With easy to follow step by step instructions, you'll feel confident working on your own vintage sewing machine. It's like having an instructor right there with you. Focusing solely on sewing machines pre-1960, this book covers topics such as: How to buy, what to look for, servicing steps with pictures, various repair topics, how to ship, finding parts & manuals, troubleshooting, maintaining, proper storage and more.

Free Motion Quilting from Feathers to Flames
Free Motion Quilting from Feathers to Flames

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780982993019

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Discover a world rich in quilting texture with help from Leah Day, the author of the Free Motion Quilting Filler Design Project. In this illustrated guidebook, you'll find 60 free motion quilting filler designs, perfect for quilters looking for fresh new designs and inspiration for their quilts.

The Sewing Machine
The Sewing Machine

Author: Natalie Fergie

Publisher: Unbound Publishing

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1911586246

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Over 100,000 copies sold 'A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing' Herald Scotland It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than a hundred years after his grandmother’s sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.

Antique American Sewing Machines
Antique American Sewing Machines

Author: James W. Slaten

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780963228703

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A famous man once said, "The sewing machine is one of the few useful things ever invented." The ANTIQUE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE VALUE GUIDE, soon to be published, is the most comprehensive book on antique American sewing machine values printed to date. Consisting of 258 pages & written by the "best West Coast source" on collecting & appraising old sewing machines, it lists current estimated values for every collectible American sewing machine manufactured from 1851 through the turn of the century. Also included are brief histories on the invention of the sewing machine & American sewing machine companies. The ANTIQUE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE VALUE GUIDE has over 100 photos & descriptions of machines that are fast becoming an excellent investment. This book has information on where collections can be seen & a Singer serial number dating chart. Written in easy to read text, it is the perfect sewing machine value guide for the advanced or beginner collector, as well as any individual who would like to know the estimated value of his or her sewing machine heirloom. When buying or selling a collectible sewing machine, the ANTIQUE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE VALUE GUIDE can be used to document its value.

Treadle Sewing Machines
Treadle Sewing Machines

Author: Donna Kohler

Publisher:

Published: 2010-05-24

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780982564301

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Gain the confidence to get your treadle in working order to glide as they should. Learn cleaning a machine to not destroy gold decals, oiling, lubricating, tension and pressure, installing a leather belt, threading, how to treadle, and more.

Willcox & Gibbs
Willcox & Gibbs

Author: Alex Askaroff

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-26

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781700610713

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No1 NEW RELEASE, AMAZON Oct 2019. The Willcox & Gibbs chain-stitch sewing machines are one of the most collected sewing machines of all time. Some say the machine represents the finest piece of 19th Century precision engineering in the world. Certainly the company thought so, advertising their machines as 'Beyond Comparison'. Today most enthusiasts try to have at least one W&G in their collection. World renowned author Alex Askaroff brings to life this amazing machine and the even more amazing men who built it.

Oldtimer sewing machine
Oldtimer sewing machine

Author: Otto Landgraf

Publisher: Weppert Gmbh

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9783926879066

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OLDTIMER SEWING MACHINE is a special book describing technical aspects of early sewing machines, development of the industry in Europe & America & contributions of those involved. The author does a splendid job of blending technical details of sewing machines & their history with charming stories behind many inventors & manufacturers. Readers will feel as though they have visited a museum after viewing the book's more than 400 illustrations & photographs including: sewing machines; cabinets; parts & mechanisms; related tools; needles; trademarks; thread & accessory cases; factories; early advertising & art work; portraits of inventors & manufacturers; etc. For those collectors not so well versed in technical matters, explanations & illustrations helpful for small repairs & determining the age of a machine are included. This book covers a variety of early machines from children's toys to industrial models & is a must in every collector's bookcase. Originally published in German (1987), this book is now available in English. To order: A Stitch Back in Time, 10896 Sandy Hook Road, San Diego, CA 92126-2522 or call (619) 693-0868. FAX (619) 689-0941. Quantity discounts available.