The Sewing Place
Machine Talk => Vintage Machines => Topic started by: rowe1311 on May 05, 2018, 20:49:03 PM
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I have just had a lovely day cycling on the canal to Clydebank with a friend and my daughter. The festival was at the Cyldebank museum which isn't huge but a good size for me, and a nice chilled out atmosphere. https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/singerstoriesfestival.
A lot of work had has been put into archiving stories local people might still remember from the Singer factory, and I drooled over a few machines. Some of the paintwork on the machines was very pretty and delicate. They had a nice green 319k on display and I was also impressed with a meteor which I had never heard of http://ismacs.net/wheelerandwilson/images/singer-meteor-sewing-machine-305-306-decals.jpg.
They also did a ready steady sew competition. We needed to create a sporran in an hour and it just so happened that we won. There were only three teams and our attempt would make the great british sewing bee look like couture. A lady with her two boys made a much better job than we did, but I think we excelled on team work.
Overall a lovely day out, and worth the sore bum from cycling.
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Well done! A prize for the TSP team - sort of...
The festival sounds fascinating, wish I was nearer by.
Any chance of a photo of the winning sporran?
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I don't seem to have a photo of it, but my daughter has taken a video of it to send to the family. It has just been finished to be sent as a birthday present for my 5 year old niece. I will try and get a picture before it gets posted away.
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Here are some pictures of the machines and the sporran. There were only 3 teams competing, and I thought one of the other groups made a much more authentic looking sporran, but who am I to question the judges!!
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What a great festival and what a fantastic and highly practical sporran. Your team certainly deserved to win. :D
Great to think that so many of our sewing machines used to be made in Scotland and sad that none are now.