Soon after we were married, my husband surprised me with a sewing machine in a small cabinet. That was 58 years ago. I have taken good care of it and have never had any problems. To oil it, I have to pull out the instruction manual.
At 21 years of age, it never dawned on me that I would be using this machine the rest of my life.
Several years ago, I realized that the manual was deteriorating. I put it in a zip lock freezer bag. I have kept it on the shelf in the machine cabinet all this time.
I did a lot of sewing when our children were young. Now, I just use it for sewing up rips and tears, but I would not part with this Kenmore sewing machine from Sears Roebuck & Company.
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I've photocopied the maintenance instructions and diagrams, and any often used pages, for all my machines and put them in the zip-lock with the instr. manual. When I use these, it saves wear and tear on the originals.
Excellent idea. I also staple my receipt to the instruction manual, just in case I have to return the item or get a repair under warranty.
I do that also. I wish I had the receipt for this sewing machine. It would be interesting to know how much it cost way back then. I would say less than $40.00.
I also have an old Kenmore sewing machine, from the late 1960's. I have used this machine for all kinds of sewing: making and mending all sorts of clothing, mending tents and backpacks, replacing zippers in tents, coats and jackets -even a suede jacket, making a custom padded guitar case, dozens of quilts (pieced AND then quilted), stuffed animals for kids and toys for pets. I even sewed a quilted blanket-coat for my brother's short-haired dog to wear outside in the winter. You name it, I've most likely made it or mended it. I've done blue jean repairs, made curtains from bed skirts, sewed fabric for re-upholstering footstools and chairs, done alterations for others....like I said, I've pretty much done it all. All of it with my Kenmore. Those machines are real workhorses. They are all metal construction and do not one computer chip or circuit board to go bad. It has cams that drop in the top for fancy stitching, and a button hole attachment. You can keep the modern electronic machines that cost THOUSANDS of dollars to buy, I'll keep my Kenmore.
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