I have a dilemma and should be grateful for your thoughts: I already have my mother's 'electric' 201K and my Mother-in-Law's Hand Crank Jones Family CS. Not to mention my older, - just in case -, Husqvarna . I didn't intend to start a sewing machine museum, but nobody in the family sews and I couldn't bear to see them to go to the tip!
1. My Mother's Singer 201K needs new leads and PAT testing. It has had a motor and a light attached at some point. It
also has Accessories.
2. Mother-in-Law's Jones is the most basic model ever; no built in accessories box, but it does have the two bullet
shaped bobbins and it works. She was given it at age 21 and it was second hand. It also has the original needle!
( M-i-L was shocked at the idea of ever having to change it.
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My Brother is offering me these two 'vintage', family owned machines or else they go, pronto!
3. My Grandmother's Singer 99K. We have just found her receipt from April 1918, paying £6.10s for the machine. The price included conversion to a Hand Crank and Lid was included. At some point a motor has been added and a hand wheel removed. I don't know if it works. The leads look lethal. ( My brother was most amused at the idea of a cast iron machine being 'Featherweight' and spent time weighing and measuring. Would have purchase included delivery?)
4. My Aunt's Singer 66. It is a hand crank and has been put into a new base box. There is a built in Accessories box which appears to be full of something! I hope it is attachments rather than dust.
Now, :thinking: What would you do? Would you just give up the unequal struggle and give a home to all four machines? Or would you say that one model is is obviously the best and the others should be cast off without a thought?
I would be very glad of your input.
Clare