Sunflowerzz

I tot I taw a puddy cat?


Great collection thanks for sharing. Got insurance?

earthwalker

Ok....I thought I was the only one who was a dragon in a previous life (think... dragon curled around a big hoard)
'cept in my case it's books/fabric and yours....well I think you win the attachments/machine bits/cabinets - I have never seen such a huge and obviously cared for and organised collection

manicmike

Watch out Joe, I said the same thing! Macybaby, you should be ashamed of yourself hoarding all those attachments. How about sharing some with me?
I'll probably have that many in a few years if the fever doesn't go anywhere.

Monroe

Wow!!!! I'm impressed by the acquisition and organization. Dare I ask which Kenmore you are looking for?

whinnytoo

and here I thought I was bad LOL.... thanks for sharing your photos, I feel so much better now!

lovelyl

I see the beginnings of a Sewing Machine Attachment Museum! You are not an addict, just trying to preserve history for the next generation!

Cecilia S.

This habit is a slippery, slippery slope.

I have vowed never to get a Toy Machine, for that, too, is a slippery slope.

Sigh.

;-)

tessagin

I hope you have this all insured. Heck of a collection.

nanna-up-north

I happens to the best of us......

Macybaby

You can blame Ebay for most of it. If you watch often, most of this comes up regularly at $5- $10 including shipping. I have to be careful not to bid on things just because they are so cheap!

Living a rural area of South Dakota, I rarely find things locally - though I have gotten some of my best finds in back rooms, sheds and barns LOL!!

I'm not sure if I want to admit this - but I have been collecting for a bit less than a year. It really isn't much of an investment (spent more on flooring for the kitchen then my total collection including all the machines).

DH and I moved to SD in 2003 and bought a 130 year old farm house that needed extensive work. For the next 9 years all our extra time and money went into the house, and once we got done I found I had both time and money for doing something else. I never expected to get fascinated by vintage sewing machines, and it all started because I had bought an old treadle machine from the neighbor for $25 and asked on another board if I could use it for sewing rabbit fur . . . turns out that machine had a lot of problems and missing parts, so I starting looking for another . . . and as they say - the rest is history!

I'd have not gotten near as bad, but for some reason my husband caught the disease too.

And Manicmike -we can probably start doing some trading. there are some things that are only common on one side of the Pacific. I'd dearly love to get a crinkle finish Singer box, and they are like hen's teeth over here. I've gotten outbid on several from the UK - and the ones already in the USA go for way more than I'm willing to pay, even factoring in the shipping.