Friday, July 13, 2018

The Latest News

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Wow! I just realized that it has been 8 months since I last posted.   We bought a fixer-upper house last summer  and my attention h...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Back On Line

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   I was trolling the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore this morning and saw something I didn’t know existed – a blackside Singer 15-91...
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Sunday, July 02, 2017

The Final Two Weeks in the Old House

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We are getting down to brass tacks now, runs to the landfill every couple of days disposing of things I held onto for years in case "I ...
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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Another "What-Is-It" Item

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I bought these presser feet on eBay years ago.  I believe they were listed as Viking quilting feet.  Since Kathie is a quilter and the p...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017

More on Downsizing

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   The clean-out continues.  Today, I dug out all my Singer "Top Hat" decorative stitch cams.  During my 45 years of collecting se...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Downsizing in Preparation for Retirement

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    As I approach my 72nd birthday, Kathie and I find that it is time to rid ourselves of our 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, 3-story house and look ...
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Thursday, December 01, 2016

Dual Needle Industrial Machine

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A few years ago, I was making lanyards to sell at craft shows that required a double stitch and I picked up this 1951 Singer 112W140 to ...
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Thursday, September 01, 2016

Singer 603E Needle Plate

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Yesterday, I broke out a really nice 603E that I haven’t used in a long time.  I oiled it up and was running it in and it was humming ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Bernette MO-234 Serger

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The other day, a friend gifted me with a Bernette MO-234 Serger.  She said it had just quit working and was making a "funny nois...
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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Unusual Singer Featherweight

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A friend picked up a Singer Featherweight at an antique shop (first mistake).  The seller told her it had been recently serviced and ...