Is my 401A vintage?
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My newest machine is a 401A, given to me a couple of years ago from a friend when my 500 model went kaput. It's been the only machine I sew with until I got the White treadle.
I started a sampler quilt with the White and I must say, she sews so smooth I couldn't believe it. I should have wonderful leg muscles by the time I''m done.
I just won a 99K crank machine yesterday. Can't wait till it comes in. I can start working on the arm muscles. Too bad they don't come left handed.
And last but not least I bought a Featherweight last week but still waiting for it to come in.
So am I actually starting vintage and moving backwards?
I started a sampler quilt with the White and I must say, she sews so smooth I couldn't believe it. I should have wonderful leg muscles by the time I''m done.
I just won a 99K crank machine yesterday. Can't wait till it comes in. I can start working on the arm muscles. Too bad they don't come left handed.
And last but not least I bought a Featherweight last week but still waiting for it to come in.
So am I actually starting vintage and moving backwards?
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And yes. Your 401A is vintage...and I want to see pics of that handcrank when you get it, and of your sampler when you get it pieced!
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Joe, it depends on who you ask! For me? Anything before 1990.... doesn't make it a GOOD machine, as many of those have the nylon "innards", but I still consider them vintage.
Technically, the word "vintage" should be accompanied by a year...as in "Vintage 1950" or "Vintage 1986".... just as technically, it's not an antique until it's 100 years old...
Technically, the word "vintage" should be accompanied by a year...as in "Vintage 1950" or "Vintage 1986".... just as technically, it's not an antique until it's 100 years old...
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