I am the proud new owner of a vintage Consew 206RB-3 industrial sewing machine. So far, it is exactly what I wanted — at least a few decades old, in decent shape, built by a reputable maker ...

I’ve been sewing off and on since ... because industrial machines run terribly fast from a dead stop, unlike semis. Domestic machines used to be built into cabinets or hard-sided carrying ...

It seems that Bette Boellstorff never met a sewing machine she didn’t like. Over more than 40 years of collecting, from ...

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Bonvicini was soon selling hundreds of reworked vintage pants to classmates from her high school and other schools ... When ...

Have you got an old sewing machine at home, sitting gathering dust? As the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure - and that is certainly the case for one Belfast-based charity.

During the so-called "sewing machine war" of the 1850s, rival manufacturers seemed to be more interested in suing each other for patent infringement than selling sewing machines. Finally ...

Popular brands that produce computerised sewing machines include Bernina and Juki. These are designed to stop fraying and to give a professional finish to the seams of a garment. They are typically ...

1 and 2 in Syracuse to sell off her collection ... about them that I knew what was good or not.” Bette likely used every sewing machine she acquired at least once, her daughter said, though ...

BUFFALO CENTER, Iowa — You’ve heard the stories from rural America about struggling stores on small-town main streets. This ...

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