Here is what my mom says about sewing with a Singer machine back in the 1960s.
I bought a new machine in 1962 as all I had was my Singer Featherweight that my parents had given me when I was 19. Mine looked something like this and had some decorative stitches. I don’t think mine was a Slantomatic. I bought mine right before the Slantomatic came out. I remember sewing you a dark striped dress with a white waistband. I used some of the decorative stitches around the waist and around a white sewn in collar. You liked that dress a lot. Do you remember it? I think you were about nine or ten at the time and I made all your clothes except for the ugly Holy Family uniforms you had to wear to school. I was really pleased with that dress and made a second one from the same pattern, in blue, for a girl who played a part in one of [the local theater groups] many plays.
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I think it must be about 100F (38C) where I live, so the air conditioning is on and not going out until it is dark. My dogs aren’t mad, nor am I a Brit, so I am staying indoors, drinking water, and prepping the Maggie Shirt . . . and I am sewing it on my vintage Singer 403a,
I think these machines (the Singer 400 series) date from the mid to late 1950s and into the early 60s. Mine is like it was never used. When I bought her, she needed some TLC, heat and oiling, as well as a bit of gear grease, before she was off and sewing. Unused machines freeze up, but once they have been given the right attention, I think they are the best! I’ve had my 403a for awhile, and as I cycle through my machines, she hasn’t been out for a spin…
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