Sunday, 11 April 2010

Meet Cynthia

The recent good weather has made me start a little spring cleaning, which ended in a trip to the charity shop. Usually I drop off my contributions and leave, but this time I was delayed by the sight of an old hand Singer sewing machine. It was in working order, and at only £20, I just had to have her.

Here she is, in all her glory, now named Cynthia. I looked her up on the Singer website, and apparently she is a 66K model, made at Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland on November 15th 1930, and somewhere, she has 999,999 brothers and sisters!


She's not flashy, but for an old lady, she's a little gem. I was lucky enough to download a free manual for a 99K (similar model) from the Singer site, whcih has given me a few clues on how she works. I'm off to get some machine oil and give her a little beauty treatment!
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5 comments:

  1. sewkalico11 April 2010 at 20:31

    Ooh you are lucky!

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  2. Contented Caroline12 April 2010 at 08:25

    Wow, she's gorgeous. I hope you have much enjoyment together.

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  3. Catherine Evans12 April 2010 at 10:29

    A friend of mine also picked up a Singer hand machine from a charity shop. It also cost about ehr same price. She had it serviced and fixed as the tension was all wrong but now works like a dream! Worth looking out for.

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  4. Sew Create It - Jane14 April 2010 at 18:29

    ooh she's pretty! I bet she will sew like a dream!

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  5. Home lighting15 April 2010 at 01:21

    Just like me not flashy but dependable!

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