I still love Estate Sales!
My all time favorite Singer cabinet has always been the #42, with it's cool Art Deco styling and its beautiful finish and sturdy build. It is a nice piece of furniture in its own right. I found one several years ago, and it is a beauty, but I never had the matching stool and always hoped to find one.
I'm good at biding my time, because eventually one will show up. It took five years but I found it!
Singer #42 cabinet and stool
It was only $15 and as a bonus, it was packed with goodies! The coolest thing was the packet for the Singer Sewing course which was offered for free when you bought a Singer machine in the 1940s-50s.
Singer Sewing Course - Six Lessons
Lesson One: Seams in different fabrics, matching plaids, sewing curves. Paper template included to practice sewing straight lines and circles
Lesson Two: Sewing darts and gathers
Lesson Three: Sewing trims and pipings using the edgestitch foot. Our seamstress didn't do so well here.
This is Lesson Three in the Sewing Skills booklet
Lesson Four: Doing free-motion embroidery following stamped design. Our seamstress did such a bad job at this that I picked most of it out!
Lessons Five & Six: Our seamstress never completed these lessons but according to the booklet, Lesson Five was installing zippers and Lesson Six was doing hem finishes.
I know I'm kind of weird, but I really enjoyed going through these lessons and imagining our seamstress taking time from her household chores back in 1955 to sit down at her Singer 99K and practice these skills.
