New Sewing machine

Tonight was my quilt guilds annual auction. I was being very good and not bidding on anything, saving myself for a basket of quilting goodies and fabric I had my eye on. Things seemed to be going for lot less than last year. When a 1938 Singer came up, some how so did my bid card. I got it for 55.00. It's in perfect working order as it was recently refurbished. As it is in a table with the stool, I had to have someone else take it home for me since it would not fit in my car. I hope to get it this week. The cabinet was painted a light yellow and would love to find someone to strip it back to it's wood condition.

Tamara

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Kamalaleah
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Tonight was my quilt guilds annual auction. I was being very good and not bidding on anything, saving myself for a basket of quilting goodies and fabric I had my eye on. Things seemed to be going for lot less than last year. When a 1938 Singer came up, some how so did my bid card. I got it for 55.00. It's in perfect working order as it was recently refurbished. As it is in a table with the stool, I had to have someone else take it home for me since it would not fit in my car. I hope to get it this week. The cabinet was painted a light yellow and would love to find someone to strip it back to it's wood condition. Here is a link to a picture of what it looks like in my webshots. The cabinet looks white in the picture.

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Tamara

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Kamalaleah

Gorgeous!! I'm quite jealous now...;-)

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Debi Matlack

My goodness, would you all just look at the size of that arc? Oh boy. I don't know if this SM is going to be your new best friend or secret weapon (for when SM #1 is feeling ill) but that is a treasure. I even like the cabinet paint. Happy, happy for you, Polly

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Polly Esther

HI Tamara,

Congratulations on the beautiful Singer 201! These are one of the smoothest & quietest of the old Singers. I have several - they are one of my favorites and whenever I come across one at a sale, shop, etc. I usually don't leave it behind.

There's a downloadable manual here, if you did not get one:

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Here's more info on them:

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-Irene >Tonight was my quilt guilds annual auction. I was being very good and

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IMS

Wow! How cool is that? Congratulations!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

On Feb 6, 2:56=A0am, Kamalaleah wrote: When a 1938 Singer came up, some how so did my bid card. I

WHAT A FIND congratulations.

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grammykathy

Oh boy! You'll have fun with that! I once stripped some doors with some gunk that turned paint into jelly. Probably horrible for the environment, it was a long time ago, but that stuff was magic. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Congratulations! You will love this machine. It looks just like my circa 1953 Singer

15-91, they must not have changed much in design during those years. I just cleaned & oiled that machine yesterday, and I just marveled at what a little workhorse it is. Never acts up. Never breaks a thread or needle, and I guess it would sew through about any thickness, and it makes beautiful stitches. Of course, that's *all* it does, well, it sews backwards, too. I still use it for piecing. I think you got a *steal* for $55.

Sherry

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Sherry

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Taria

Yes! I just noticed that when I couldn't resist taking a second look at that beautiful machine. The light is in the front! And the tension knob is in a different place, too. At first glance, they sure did look similar. I *am* really fond of the "look" of the old black Singers. If I had the room, I'd buy a featherweight just because they're so darn cute.

Sherry

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Sherry

It looks like you got a good buy. Congratulations.

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Idahoqltr

Congratulations on your great purchase! You got it at a reasonable price, too. These are wonderful machines. I have a 201-2 that was "born" in early January or February of 1941. I don't use mine often any more, but I do love it.

They are called the "workhorse" by people who work on them, according to the man who worked on mine in the late 90's when I found it at a garage sale. He said that it works so much better than the Featherweights and with far less problems, that he just couldn't understand why people would choose one over this model.

My cabinet is exactly the same and has so many coats of brown paint on it that I don't know what it will look like when it's stripped. My DH and I tried to strip it, but not only was it messy, but we weren't doing a great job of it. So if I ever find someone local who strips antique wood furniture, I'm going to get it done.

When you get to sit and stitch on it, you'll find that the standard foot that comes with it is a perfect 1/4" foot! I was very surprised by that when I tried it. What a great find you made!! Congratulations!

Mary in Mesa

Kamalaleah wrote:

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Cornwoman

There are several old Singer machines that sew very well. Folks buy FW's to carry to classes. I would hate to have to schlep a

201 to a class! I think having a FW sort of helped define one as a quilter for awhile. Every quilter just had to have one.

There are a lot of those old library tables around. If you keep your eyes open you might find one in good shape and not have to refinish yours. I have refinished several and depending on the shape of the veneer they can turn out pretty nice. It does take time and a lot of patience. The stools are tougher to find but nice to have around. TAria

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Taria

Hi Tamara,

Great buy!!! What model is it? Do you have a picture of it?

Let us know when you get it!!

Piece,

Marsha in nw, OH

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threads

The stool came with it. I took the top off the stool and it had lots of goodies in it.

Tamara

Taria wrote:

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Kamalaleah

Wow! That looks wonderful! What a great buy! Congratulations and enjoy your new/old machine. :)

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Sandy

Woo hoo! Congratulations on your new baby. PAT

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Pat in Virginia

I believe you have a 201 there. I recently bought one in very good condition at a garage sale. They are real workhorses. In fact, I fixed the zipper in my dh's leather jacket with it when no other machine could handle it.

Mine in in the original wooden cabinet - it's no great shakes - kind of ugly actually. After seeing yours, I think it would be nice to paint it a shabby-chic kind of whitewash.

L>Tonight was my quilt guilds annual auction. I was being very good and

Linda PATCHogue, NY

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WitchyStitcher

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