Saturday, December 31, 2016

Home for the Holidays

During the holidays I've been working on two quilt projects on my Singer 301a. Nine-patches and half-square triangles are a theme. The 301a is pleasant to sew with and I'm getting a pretty accurate seam. I tried a new bobbin case with the machine; it sewed okay but the case fit so tightly that it was difficult to remove to change the bobbin and it was noisier than a vintage bobbin case. I lucked out and found a vintage bobbin case in a "lot" of spare sewing machine parts on eBay. She sews quieter now.

My main Christmas present is all set up. The backyard now has something in it, so maybe we'll use it more.

My latest vintage sewing machine find was $10 at a garage sale. It is another Kingston, but a later model than the other one, and not made by Brother.

I got the machine cleaned up, oiled, and adjusted. It needed a new tension spring, belt, and bobbin winder tire, so I replaced them. I haven't gotten around to working on any projects with this one yet. The case is structurally sound, but the fabric covering it is coming off or shredding. I haven't tried re-covering a sewing machine case yet. Maybe I need to pull out the mod podge.
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  1. mutt3rdNovember 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM

    hello, can you tell me what year this machine was made? I have the exact same one but I don't know anything about it.

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  2. UnknownNovember 23, 2018 at 6:43 PM

    This is a post WWII Japanese-made clone of the Singer class 15 machine. There is no manufacturing date information available for these machines, but based on the color and updated body style, I suspect it is from the late 1950s or 1960s. These were badged under a lot of different brand names.

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