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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 11 2008 : 2:24:08 PM
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You know, this is really interesting. My machine (Singer 15-91) was made in Elizabethtown or something like that, New Jersey. This McCalls machine looks almost like a twin to it but is made in Japan?
My black beauty is a tank and runs like a top....love it.
Jami in WA
Farmgirl Sister #266
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2008 : 2:35:14 PM
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I think you have a wonderful, different, and unusual sewing machine. Good for you for finding it, and I am so glad it runs well!~
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
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Posted - Oct 13 2008 : 04:38:08 AM
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This is hilarious.....I too, shared with DH....I need(haha) a sewing "cabin" all of my own, for all of my sewing stuff, my little room (8x9) is really stuffed, floor to ceiling shelves and hardly enough room for my machines..He just laughs at me, and smiles....
I guess sewing is one addiction, that wont take my life..LOL!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #368
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 13 2008 : 08:55:38 AM
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Thanks to everyone for all this wonderful information about my humble sewing machine. My dh is amazed at what I've found out from you all. I don't know why he's so surprised! :) This is only one drop in the ocean of things I've learned since I've joined this forum!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2008 : 12:24:48 AM
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Whhhoooooohhhhhhiiieeee, Janice is gonna sew. Standing ovaiton from this girl!!!!!!
Miss Wilma's sewing house would make you all drool, I sure did.....
Love your machine Janice, a great one to be sewing with....
Farmgirl #39
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2008 : 07:01:29 AM
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Miss you, Carol Sue!!!! And the sewing thing won't happen for a while yet. It's still like summertime here! Wish you could come to Burlington on Sunday!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 02:19:41 AM
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Oh how I wish I could to.......
sewing when it gets cooler....lol
it is cooler here girl, 30's at night and 50's for the days, yep it is fall with winter not all that far away.
Hug everyone for me.....
Farmgirl #39
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2008 : 02:10:01 AM
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I wonder if the machine was made as a promo for the McCall's pattern company. I also am pretty sure its a post-war Japanese made machine and I've seen quite a few on ebay and in "real life" with various names on them. Probably names of department stores. One I saw was a Montgomery Ward Machine, almost identical.
I love it!Parts will be easy to find via ebay or if you have a good OLD sewing machine guy who likes to piece out old machines.
Since it is a straight stitch machine you may want to look for a zig zag attatchment for it and a buttonhole attatchment as well.
Good luck!
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2008 : 06:58:25 AM
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Jana - I do see attachments in thrift stores. Do you think they are universal or would I have to know exactly which one would fit my machine?
Farmgirl Sister #50
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2008 : 9:42:48 PM
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That is a short shank machine, so any short shank feet and attachments will fit. If in doubt, take the presser foot with you when you go out thrifing. They are numerous and easy to find. There are usually a lot of them on ebay, too, usually for reasonable prices.
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2008 : 6:50:14 PM
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Two good sources of new feet are www.clothilde.com or www.nancysnotions.com. You can find short shank feet and short shank adapters so that the snap on feet that are popular now will work.
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