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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: vintage sewing


❤✄◡ً✄❤  Known as the "Westfalia", or model no.7, this quality toy was manufactured by the German firm of Casige during the early 1900's - http://www.dincum.com/library/lib_casige_westfalia.html

Before I start showing photos for today's quilt inspiration, I have a special photo to share.  My mother-in-law is raising three baby goats in her living room.  Three mother goats have had two kids apiece, but a few of the kids are not strong enough to stand up for nursing, so the in-laws are milking the mothers and bottle feeding the babies.  As the babies get stronger, they go back to the mothers.  I guess raising two sons and helping with four grandsons and 11 great grandchildren may have given her some insights on how to handle this.  Either way, she's been wildly successful with these babies.  Aren't they just too cute?

Okay, so on to our inspiration for the day (or actually, night) which is vintage sewing because I happen to find a few great photos.  
Antique toy sewing machine

❤✄◡ً✄❤  Known as the "Westfalia", or model no.7, this quality toy was manufactured by the German firm of Casige during the early 1900's - http://www.dincum.com/library/lib_casige_westfalia.html

Antique Ornate Silver Sewing Kit Set in Original Box Thimble Scissors

Fancy 1860s Early Victorian Sterling Silver Sewing Tape Measure

Image detail for -Sale – Antique Vintage German Toy Miniature Sewing Machine - Mini ...

Aren't these beautiful?  I had no idea that Pfaff made sewing machines so early.  I always thought that they were a more recent company.

Gresham treadle.

Traveling Dressmaker's Form, 1878

The center pole on this dressmaker's form can be removed so that everything collapses down into the bottom of the box.  Add the top and you're ready to travel!  Brilliant!
source: 79ideas.org

hand-painted, toy German sewing machine ... c. 1880
   
Vintage Sewing Table Cabinet. Beautiful little cabinet!

Vintage Style Dress Forms

Old scissors

Husqvarna Viking is celebrating their 140th year.  The first model, Nordstjernan was designed in 1872 and over the past 140 years each machine designed and produced had amazing new features.  Husqvarna Viking introduced the first computerized machine in 1979.
Happy Quilting,
Mary

1 comment:

  1. Lovely pictures of vintage sewing items. Have a great year! Hope you got the Google+ stuff figured out.

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