Now some of you may already know
I'm a massive fan of FREECYCLE
One man's rubbish is another man's treasure etc.
So after finding new homes for all of my junk,
imagine my delight when I saw
'OFFERED:Very old sewing machine'
Feeling slightly giddy I went to collect my treasure!
...and here she is!
I just had to share her with you.
A friend has just opened a clothes shop
so I have offered 'Mrs Jones' to be
a bit of an ornament in her window,
to compliment the vintage style of clothing
she is selling.
I thought she's far too lovely to be hidden away.
One day I shall make something on her,
but for now, I think being a bit of
'Eye Candy' for the likes of us
suits her down to the ground.
I hope you're enjoying her too...
I'm not too sure, but the lady who gave her to me
seemed to think she was from the 1920's.
If you know different I'd love to know.
Thankfully, she came with the instruction booklet!
Plus all the little attatchments to all these
fancy little jobs.
...and when not in use,
she goes off to sleep in her own wooden box.
Thanks for letting me share her...
Love Claire. x
27 comments:
How wonderful, it was meant to be yours. It is gorgeous Claire. Wow the original booklet that is a bonus and probably very hard to find. How lovely that it will be displayed in the shop window. I would walk in there if that was the first thing I saw.
I think I no longer love you, I am sooooo jealous ;o)
She is totally beautiful hunni just like her Mummy!
Meeeeeeeeeeeee xxx
Wow that is one fab freecycle find! I love freecycle and am always getting rid of stuff on it - hate throwing things away :-)
What I find, now don't be getting wrong I'm still butch n hairy n all that; but I just love this sort of thing. Who in their right mind would discard this.
Regards,
John
What a lovely machine and great to be getting a revival.
Cate x
bugger should have read "what a find" doh!
She is lovely and you're so lucky that she came with an instruction book.
She's a stunner that's for sure ;)
what a beautiful machine, definitely needs to be on show, does she have a name yet????
ps. i nominated you for a stylish blogger award, it's not obligatory just a bit of bloggy friendship
happy half term
tracy
Oh she is lovely, beautifully decorated and deserves to be admired by many. Lucky you
A very good find, hang onto it, you may be needing it!
We were without electricity for about 20 years, and had a similar singer(still have it). Then I bought my wife a new Elner with all the gadgets. I purched a treddle conversion for it and mounted it on the Singer treddle base. We are still using it.
Regards.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/
I have the exact same model, complete with instructions too! Mine was a 21st birthday present from my parents and I have run up many curtians on over the years. She's having a well earned retirement now and yes, I believe the 1920's is about right age-wise.
She's gorgeous - what a great find.
Must confess to being a freecycle virgin - perhaps I should join afterall if you can find treasures like that.
O Wow what a beauty she is, she really does look like she is from the 1920's with all her colourful detail, im soooo jealous and to have the booklet to, you lucky lady. I got my gorgeous old vintage sewing machine of free cycle to and she is the best and has never let me down yet. Enjoy her, dee x
Oh she is adorable, and will grace your friend's shop - lovely of you to lend her! I found the date of my Singer from its serial number, checked on the Singer website - I wonder if there are any sites out there that would help you date yours?
Wow - lucky you, she is a beauty. Looks like she has either been ignored or very loved, and now she has a lovely home to go to. She is gorgeous x
WOW WOW WOW! You lucky thing, I never see anything like that on freecycle!!!
Victoria xx
Yup - she's a beauty x
Now that's mine kind of eye candy!!! You lucky so and so!!! :) x
That...is...GORGEOUS!!!
What great luck! *drooool*
WoW,what a beauty! I remember as a child turning the handle for my Mum,when she was making dresses for us,with one just like that.I wonder what happened to it? :0)
she is a lovely thing, freecycle is great especially when you get lovely treasures like this old lady, and you have the instruction manuel to so thats a bonus x x
What a fab find,lucky you X
I like Freecycle here, too, in the US. I never find treasures like her on ours, though! What a lovely old machine and how nice that you've given her a new purpose!
What a great find and the wooden box to cover it is beautiful!
How sweet to loan it to your freind. I am sure it really is a show stopper in her shop.
Have a great weekend,
Melissa
I am so I love with her!
Lou xxx
Hello there.Had topop by when I saw a pic of Holly Hobbie on another blog where you had left a comment.
Love the look of the fair you went to recently.
We have one of those sewing machines sat on top of our bookcase in the front room, you are right they are too good to be hidden away.
Lisa x
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