Mavis the Singer 201K had an outing as she is the machine housed in a nifty sewing table. She had a challenge to do.
Please note this is not where I normally sew, we had put her in the garage so we had plenty of room.
She was sewing a Motohome Awning which was big and cumbersome. The fabric (if you could call it fabric) is rubberised/vinyl stuff. As the surface was on the slippy side, used a handy roller foot. The only other time I have used this foot is when I made a cover for a wool carding machine with Oilcloth.
We were adding a beaded edge to the awning panels and making some alterations by adding fabric panels. Used a size 16 needle and extra strong thread.
The machine coped with the tough fabric really well, not sure that I was so laid back. The size of the panels caused problems, his nibs (aka Glock) had to lift the them and help guide them through the machine while I concentrated on keeping the seams straight.
I haven't used this machine for about year, she lives in the Summerhouse, when I first got her I put her in the conservatory where I sew but the heat of the summer sun melted the glue that holds the oak veneer surface on the table and it lifted up so I had to move her.
I had forgotten how well she sewed, really good stitches. Might have to rethink where I keep her so that I can use her more. I am really lucky to have these wonderful vintage machines (Mavis was found on Freecyle)
My quilts will seem so easy after sewing this beast.
Cheers
Sharon
Wow - brilliant job! Impressive to tackle a job like that. I can't believe that you use this beautiful machine so rarely - shame on you! And fancy getting her from Freecycle!!!!
ReplyDeleteShe is rather lovely, I do feel guilty not using her.It was a lucky find on Freecyle, my friend spotted that a "singer" machine in table was on so she nabbed it for me and emailed me to go and collect, I was delighted when I got there to find it was the later 201K. I had to fix her as there was a bit missing off the tension dial. I have used her to fix horse rugs, normally outside on sunny days in the middle of lawn! My neighbours think I am mad.
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