Sewing machines

Gritzner GSZ

Made by Pfaff This Gritzner GSZ, made by Pfaff, is first of the old sewing machines I bought . Beginners luck in the best possible way. This machine was hardly used, so it sews like new.

Gritzner TS. 1899

Gritzner TS. 1899 or 1900. Very similar to the Singer 12 new family, though “high arm”. Due to the success of the Singer machines and strange patenting laws successful Singer machines were copied by many manufacturers.

Regina Toy Sewing machines

Here we have two Regina Toy Sewing machines. The Regina Toy Sewing machine manufactured by Muller in  in Berlin in the US-Zone . They had been manufacturing toy machines since 1885. This is a later one manufactured in the Fifties or Sixties. A simple chain stitch, but battery operated.

Essex Miniature Sewing machine 1946-1956

This Essex miniature sewing machine makes a very simple chain stitch and was manufactured from 1946 to 1956 by the Essex Engineering Works. The design was based on the Singer 20 model. It is not a toy.

Singer lock stitch toy sewing machine

This plastic Singer lock stitch toy sewing machine from the late 1960. This machine makes a full lock stitch unlike the chain stitch most of the other miniature machines do. It uses a transparent version of the boat shaped transverse “vibrating” shuttle very much like the ancient Singer 12.

Singer 15 NL-K "Nostalgia" series Taiwan 1970s

The Singer 15 NL-K machine manufactured in the Singer factory in Taiwan in the Seventies as a “Nostalgia”series. This one was not used much. It looks like a brand-new old Singer 15. Quality is not as good as the old ones though, very clunky this one. The old ones are smooth even with quite a […]

Singer 221K Featherweight (Centennial) 1951

Singer 221k featherweight 1950/1951 sewing machine with centennial badge This Singer 221k featherweight Centennial Badge sewing machine is different from the other Singers. Very small and very capable. According to the serial number, this machine was manufactured in 1950, but there is a very nice badge celebrating a century of sewing service from 1851 to […]