Beautiful sewing machine cabinets

4/18/2014

Today a photo blog, I did yammer on yesterday! Since I've been doing a LOT of sewing machine research lately I've found many photos of beautiful old machine cabinets ... WOW.
They don't make'm they way they used to.

from around 1915

This one and the following model are from the 1890s before they figured out how to have the machine fold down into the table when folded up.

I adore this deco style cabinet, probably from the 30s.

See how much storage there is in it.

This one is called a space saver cabinet from the 50s.

This oval cabinet is one made just for the Singer Featherweight.

But the one I really like is the card table with the hole just the right size for the featherweight, the perfect portable machine.

As for me ... well, I've been doing tons of proper machine research during these last two weeks while I was struggling with the Bernina and I've narrowed my choice down between the Juki f600 and the Janome 6600.

I should have done that in the first place. It's not hard. So many people have posted opinions and testimonials on many, many machines.

And as for my new table, it might not be fancy-gorgeous like some of these, but I like it so much better than the cabinet I had before. It is a versatile surface with adjustable legs on which I can use a variety of machines. So I am ready when I get my second new machine.

You can see the before and after in this blog.

3 Comments

Lynn

4/17/2014 11:46:01 pm

My mother had one of the card table sewing machine "cabinets". When it wasn't holdingvtge sewing machine it served other purposes: a bridge table when her friends visited and the kid's table for big holiday dinners.

MaryD

4/19/2014 02:03:40 am

First sewed on a treadle machine much like the simple one that didn't fold down. My dad then found a tiny [looked almost like a toy] machine that literally stored in a briefcase, which with an insert with a hole cut for the machine, was also the case for sewing [atop a table]. Once it looked like I was really going to stick with it, and I "won" a machine at the county fair [free machine if you bought the table] I had a full size machine. I used that all through high school and college. After I married I discovered Bernina. I'd been planning to buy a Singer, but they wouldn't let me sew on it in the store, which said to me they weren't confident about it. Wandered into a Bernina store and walked out with a 70's 730. It was a beautiful end to the tension problems I'd dealt with for nearly 10 years. Now sew on a 90's 1130.

Jean Hardy

7/23/2017 09:42:28 am

Where can I buy one of the model 68 tables and how much are they?

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