Family heirlooms are hard to part with, especially if they've been passed down for generations. On the other hand, some heirlooms are difficult to maintain and may be worth letting go — particularly ...

Composed of images and text. Models represented: 128-4, 20: child's sewing machine, Singer motor, Singer light. Title from cover. Pictures of different cabinets, including five drawer, seven drawer, ...

I recently acquired this Singer treadle sewing machine for $70. Would you mind telling me if it has any real value? According to the serial number you included in your letter, this sewer, in a Number ...

Q. Enclosed is a photo of a Singer treadle sewing machine with cabinet that belonged to my grandmother. It is their model 66 and was manufactured Aug. 25, 1920. She spent many hours sewing for herself ...

IF your parents didn’t use one, theirs probably did. Some people may still be using them — these sewing machines sold so well their inventor built one of the first skyscrapers in New York. He called ...

Treadle sewing machines work as well as electric models, if not better …. without electricity. They’re also inexpensive, $10.00 to $40.00 (I bought mine for $25.00, in good shape). With proper care ...

I haven’t been looking for a sewing machine because I can’t sew. Well, to be technical about it, I can sew but I’m not very good at it and I don’t enjoy it. When my daughters wanted to learn to sew, I ...

When we brought home an antique White Family Rotary treadle sewing machine from a thrift store last year, I thought it would be just like great-granny’s old Singer I’d used as a child. After we ...