The Beauty of a Singer
As I was throwing my bags of garbage into the bin at the dumpsters today, I spied this very old Singer sewing machine sitting off to the side. It was not in working order, and I doubt it could ever be fixed to run again. Considering I already have 4 machines, I decided to photograph it instead of taking it home to collect dust. The beauty of the scroll work was what caught my eye."May your bobbin always be full!”
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Beautiful! This work of art sure beats the heck out of plastic!
ReplyDeleteOh how terribly sad that this was thrown into a dumpster, it is beautiful scroll work and looking at it just speaks of a history here, someone or maybe many peoples stories. Great capture.
ReplyDeleteReally marvelous macro shot!!
ReplyDeleteoh, i bet one of your readers is going to be pleading with you to go get it for them!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous photo. I remember my Grandma's and my Mum's old Singer sewing machines. They really were works of art.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I love and appreciate old things like this. Your picture captured it perfectly. The colors are just right.
ReplyDeleteLovely machine. Makes me itch to fix it up too! I learned originally on side treadle singer. Now I realize that I was learning on a piece of history that my grandpa onwed, but back then all I wanted was a modern machine.
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful workmanship! I'm impressed you managed to stop with just taking pictures! :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! I would have taken it home even though you have some already. :)
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted one of these.
ReplyDeleteFabulous tones in this image. What a wonderful old relic.
ReplyDeleteHappy Macro Monday!
A beautiful piece, and a great picture :)
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful, who has not used one in our early days. I made my first dresses on such one.
ReplyDeleteOld machinery has really interesting details, nice find!
ReplyDeleteNow I feel even more guilty about throwing mine out last year, table and all.
ReplyDeleteIt was still in good working order, but I never used it.
Didn't even take a close-up of it.
I am doing the non-floral round today :-)
Oh my, If this were mine, I would not have thrown it out working or not. I just love old "stuff", and can only imagine the lady that used to use it, and just what she might have made for her family.
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It's a lovely antique. I have a similar one.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that some antique dealer would have loved it. You've captured such a beautiful feature!
ReplyDeleteGreat perspective on this old machine...love how the black and white ages the image with the machine and how elegant it makes the machine look!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, detailed shot! I could not have left it there, but I could benefit from just taking a photo and not dragging so much stuff home . . .
ReplyDeleteI agree, it is very beautiful. In those days they did know how to make machinery look good.
ReplyDeletethanks for the nice comment on the Krollilja. I am quite pleased with it myself. So, your comment was welcome. If you want to see the original you have to go to Bildverkstan. :)
I think you were very wise to take a photo and NOT the machine. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what fantastic artwork. That is just a true collectible. They don't make them like they used to :)
ReplyDeleteso...everyone else is posting flower close-ups. Of course, I just HAD to check yours out.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. My grandmother had one similar...it was indeed a work of art. Thanks for a nice trip down memory lane.
David/Tropical Texana/ Houston :-)
It's a wonderful photograph depicting the great workmanship of days gone by!
ReplyDeleteYou have some willpower! I would have been on that in a hot second! Great, detailed photo, Genie. They certainly do not make them like that anymore. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, now that could collect dust in my house! Love the photo!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, what a find Genie! I have one of these that I was able to get working, although it usually spends most of its time just being beautiful!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this today at The Creative Exchange.
Have a wonderful evening!
lisa.
I, too, learned to sew on a singer treadle...though this looks like it has a motor...I could not have left it there, either.
ReplyDeleteThey definitely don't make then that beautiful anymore. You are stronger than I, I would have to drag it home...
ReplyDeleteStunning Macro. I love the detail.
ReplyDeleteI really can't believe someone would just throw that out.. Your photo of it look wonderful..
ReplyDeleteIsn't it beautiful. I remember the one my g'ma had when I was little.
ReplyDeleteGreat capture... maybe you should have taken it home, may be worth something one day. =)