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A bubblewrap parcel with a wooden handle sticking out the top, and a key tied to the handle with string. It's a vintage sewing machine, but I can't unwrap it until I can FaceTime my mother so she can join in.
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OMG it's even better than I thought. I'll do a photo thread tomorrow but it's AMAZING.
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The case of my 1940 Singer 201K handcranked sewing machine. The way the storage and case works is so, so simple and clever. #SewingMachine #Sewing
Close up of a laughably simple metal key tied with string to the handle of the bentwood case.
A gleaming wooden bentwood case for a Singer sewing machine, sitting on a very crowded desk, with a plastic Janome sewing machine on its left. Scissors and thread are on a pegboard on the back right.
The beautifully arched end of the case with the key in a keyhole near the bottom
Looking inside the bentwood case, you can see the black metal strap securing the handle from the underside, the tiny table flap secured to the inside of the case, and two wire frames for holding accessories in storage.
#sewing #sewingmachine
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The whole thing is just beautiful. More in image descriptions.
The uncovered sewing machine, gleaming black and gold and shining wood. It's really elegant, curved lines and very 1930s in shape.
The little table flap, removed from inside the case, has a metal tab that fits into the lock area of the machine base to hold it securely
When in place, the little table flap gives an extended working area so it would be quite comfortable to sew fairly chunky, hefty bits of fabric.
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The hand crank and accessories lockbox
The hand crank easily folds up and clicks into place with a little springy screw.
Just below the hand crank on the right there is a little black lid with a tiny key for a small accessories space.
On the right hand, side the hand crank for the wheel folds down for storage
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The little table flap and the box base are beautifully carved to fit together elegantly and it makes them so nice to look at.
Close-up of the edges of the table part and the box base showing how one fits into the relief of the other
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It has its manual.
Small pale green paperback booklet. The main title is "Instructions for using Singer sewing machines class No. 201K (except 201K2) (rotating hook, reverse feed) for family use." The cover also says "This book should be carefully preserved for reference" and "When requiring needles, oil, parts or repairs for your Machine look for the red S. There are Singer shops in every City. The Singer Manufacturing Co. All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain."
Page from the manual with three labeled illustrations and the following text: To thread the needle (see fig 3) turn the balance wheel until the thread take up lever (5) is raised to its highest point. Place a reel of thread on the spool pin at the top of the machine and lead the thread into the thread guide (1), down, under and from right to left between the tension disks (2). With the right hand hold the reel to prevent it from turning, and with the left hand draw the thread into the take-up spring (3) until the thread enters the retaining fork (4), then pass the thread up and from right to left through the hole in the take-up lever (5), down into the guide (6), into the guide (7), into the guide (8), and from right to left through the eye of the needle, leaving about three inches of thread with which to commence sewing.
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My new #SewingMachine came with this box of ironmongery
A Singer branded cardboard box, open, behind an array of sewing machine accessories including needles, screwdrivers, presser feet, and unidentifiable twisty bits of stuff
#sewingmachine
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I used this website to identify what I have.
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/simanco_accessories
A packet of needles two screwdrivers and Singer "SIMANCO" part number 26627, which is an adjustable seam allowance marker
Part number 120866, which is a rolled hem foot which I did recognize without checking, and part number 121464 which is a binding foot - also adjustable and it looks like it might be really really useful
Part number 161127 which is an adjustable zipper foot with a narrow foot that operates on both sides of the zipper

Singer Sewing Machine Simanco Part Numbers for Accessories

Singer sewing machine accessories, attachments and tools can be identified here from the Simanco part numbers stamped on them. With photos
www.singersewinginfo.co.uk
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The strangest presser foot accessories that came with my Singer 201K. #Sewing #SewingMachine
Part number 35931, which is an adjustable hemmer which might be more complicated to use than it is labour saving, I'm not sure
Part number 36583 is a tuck marker. It has a lot of adjustable bits, but I really don't understand it.
Part number 35932 is a quilting foot and part number 121547 is an upside-down underbraider, which I also don't understand but you use it with the quilting foot.
#sewing #sewingmachine
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Today my Greist buttonholer arrived. It comes with five templates, a thingy to cover the feed dogs so that only the buttonholer will move the fabric, and a sense of simplicity and elegance.

It's like a walking foot: when the shaft for the presser foot is screwed in place, the lever will fit over the screw that holds the needle in place, and the movement of the needle will operate the buttonholer mechanism. If kept oiled and free of rust, it will last forever.
#Sewing #SewingMachine #Buttonhole
Close up of the needle going through the metal plate covering the little toothy bits which usually feed the fabric through one stitch-length at a time.
Difficult to make out but it's the parts of the buttonholer which attach to the sewing machine, lined up so that you can sort of see where things go
Five buttonhole templates: they are metal shapes with indented teeth for a cog to move along. Each template produces a different length of buttonhole.
#sewing #sewingmachine #buttonhole
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I'm not well enough yet but hopefully tomorrow
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OMG it's an amazing gadget. And I accidentally got a spare?
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