I love browsing craigs list in the baby/kids section and for sewing things. I've gotten a few things off it for good prices and Mom found a great sewing machine in a cute desk with a chair a couple weeks ago. On Wednesday night, I looked at an ad on there for a vintage singer sewing machine and desk, works great. I went to bed and woke up thinking I should of sent an email to go look at that. They wanted $50, that's it. So I called and left a message. Then I emailed just in case. And heard nothing for a few hours. I got home from a Joann's trip and the lady called me back. So I called her and arranged to go look at her machine that afternoon.
I got there, Mike and kiddos in the car, and the gal showed it to me. It was in the garage. The garage?! I know no one who has their machine in the garage. Turns out this was her moms and the gal doesn't sew. Whooo hoo for me. Her husband plugged it in, turned it on and ran it, and I had to have it. He and Mike loaded it up in the missile and off it went to my house.
I cleaned it up this morning while Maemae napped and got to working on it. It sounds great when running, sewing beautifully, and I'm thinking was pretty high class back in the 70s when it came out. The manual (the original manual was in the drawer!) has 1971 as it's copywrite date. I am the proud mama of a Singer zig-zag 413 sewing machine in a fairly good condition sewing desk. Little does that gal know I would of paid $100 for it.
I got there, Mike and kiddos in the car, and the gal showed it to me. It was in the garage. The garage?! I know no one who has their machine in the garage. Turns out this was her moms and the gal doesn't sew. Whooo hoo for me. Her husband plugged it in, turned it on and ran it, and I had to have it. He and Mike loaded it up in the missile and off it went to my house.
I cleaned it up this morning while Maemae napped and got to working on it. It sounds great when running, sewing beautifully, and I'm thinking was pretty high class back in the 70s when it came out. The manual (the original manual was in the drawer!) has 1971 as it's copywrite date. I am the proud mama of a Singer zig-zag 413 sewing machine in a fairly good condition sewing desk. Little does that gal know I would of paid $100 for it.
Here she is. I think I'll call her Sally.
I'm already working on some Peanut shorts with it. It will make me sewing downstairs so much better since I can fold it down into the desk to keep Peanut from sewing on it himself. Or trying to pull all the thread off the spool. And I have 2 drawers to put my stuff in to keep it clean and organized looking. It's sitting in the dining area in front of a window so if Peanut is outside, I can see him while I sew. Not sure where it'll go once we move, but I'll figure that out in 2 1/2 months.
TTFN. Off to play some more with Sally. I love craigs list. It's like yard sale shopping while it's raining outside.
~Crys
TTFN. Off to play some more with Sally. I love craigs list. It's like yard sale shopping while it's raining outside.
~Crys
2 comments:
geez, guess I'm going to have to pay more attention on Craig's list! Good find! Sometimes the older ones are the better ones. Seems like the more tech advanced they are the more persnickitive they are. I like simple, that's why I love my featherweight and my old black 1953 singer. Easy cheesy with just a few moving parts to break down, and built a while lot better than the more expensive ones.
bueller... bueller....
anyone here???
time for an update =)
(dont you hate it when people do that to you??? haha!!)
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