Bette Boellstorff, right, and one of her daughters, Leslie Reed, work on a gift during a sewing retreat ... in Syracuse to sell off her collection, which now numbers around 270 machines, give ...
Nearly 130 years worth of sewing machines and equipment will be available in a one-of-a-kind auction this weekend in Syracuse ...
The lockdown saw sales of sewing machines soar and stock sell out. But now that we’re not making our ... Those sorts of crafting skills used to be commonplace. Parents passed them down and when Silent ...
To get ready for the auction, Bette Boellstorff’s family spent months cleaning the antique and vintage machines, careful not to damage the designs.
It seems that Bette Boellstorff never met a sewing machine she didn’t like. Over more than 40 years of collecting, from bidding at farm sales, via tips from ...