Machines & tools

A sewing machine, typically hand-crank or treadle powered, manufactured in the 19th or early 20th century, often collected and restored for its mechanical craftsmanship.

A long, torpedo-shaped bobbin used in vibrating and transverse shuttle machines, distinct from the round bobbins used in modern rotary hooks.

A widely produced vintage sewing machine platform known for its oscillating hook and full range of licensed and cloned versions manufactured worldwide.

A lightweight, portable straight-stitch-only Singer model, most famously the 221, prized by collectors and quilters for its smooth stitch quality and durability.

An early sewing machine shuttle mechanism that travels side to side beneath the needle plate, common in machines predating the rotary hook.

An early bobbin-holding mechanism that moves back and forth in a straight line to interlock the upper thread loop with a long bobbin's thread.