The craftsmanship of the machines and the intricate woodwork and scrolling on the stands and cabinets that house them make vintage sewing machines, like this one owned by Marenthia Lagarde of New ...

A: You have a Singer Model 20 “Sewhandy” sewing machine, which while made as a children’s toy is a fully functioning sewing machine. Singer introduced the Model 20 in 1910 and continued ...

Singer, Isaac M. Description Sewing Machine Patent Model Patent No. 8,294, issued August 12, 1851 Isaac Merritt Singer of New York, New York The eighth child of poor German immigrants, Isaac Singer ...

John Niles sometimes puts a simple sign — white background, black letters — outside his house in a woodsy subdivision in the St. Augustine suburbs. SEWING MACHINES, it reads. No kidding ...

ELIZABETH, N.J. — Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze Friday at a New Jersey industrial park that was home to the Singer sewing machine factory for more than a century. A passerby reported the ...