Sew-A-Lot

3 recommendations and reviews from 3 people

• Referral from September 7, 2016
  

  Lisa I. asked:

  Hi everyone . My mum is a serious collector of singer sewing machines , haven't actually counted them but there is lots !! My favourite one is this one . Does anyone know any facts about it ? A few people have suggested it was commissioned for a special event . But what ? Any ideas? Thankyou xxx

  

  Alex A. replied:

  After WW 2 a lot of Singers were re-furbed and re-cased as new ones were impossible to get (Singer was helping with the war effort). Your Singer Victorian model 28 has had the works, including a new beech case which was very popular in the late 1950's. It is a great machine and someone has gone to a lot of effort to keep her looking fabulous. www.sewalot.com

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• Referral from May 24, 2016
  

  Sammi C. asked:

  Looking for someone to service my sewing machine.....??

  

  Bryony F. replied:

  Alex Askaroff - 01323 509874 alexsussex@aol.com www.sewalot.com

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• Referral from October 16, 2013
  

  Stephanie S. asked:

  l was recently reading a book on my kindle that was set in the early eighteen fifties and one character who was a slave became a seamstress using a treadle sewing machine. Were there home sewing machines available in eighteen fifty?

  

  Em L. replied:

  Singer's first sewing machine in 1851 WAS a treadle. The packing crate became the functional but ugly treadle. I have seen pics of it many times. Alex even mentions it on his website: "Treadle stands were unknown in the 1850's and although Singer had invented this portable treadle-come packing case he missed his opportunity to patent it, silly boy. ". He has a picture of it on his site, and I have seen pictures of the packing crate treadle all over the web and in books. I have seen the 1851 patent model machine itself in person at the Smithsonian museum, but the one at the museum is missing the packing crate/treadle and was under glass, making it hard to get a really good photo ( glass causes glare). I'll post my pics from the Smithsonian museum later if anybody is curious. I read elsewhere that Singer couldn't patent the use of a treadle, since somebody else invented it prior to him, but I don't know who that was. I'd have to do a bit of research to get the name. http://www.sewalot.com/singer_through_the_ages.htm http://www.civilwarmed.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sewing-on-Singer-Machine-1860.jpg

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