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I dug my Great Grandmother's Singer out of the basement.  It was built in 1892 and purrs along like it was just made.  The last two years has just been grueling, and I just needed something fun to take my mind off it.

I tried to make a video that didn't suck and might even get watched to the end.  That's tough to do with a sewing video.  Be brutally honest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvNEPH9ra8

Very cool Heather!  My in-laws have an old foot powered Singer in their home.  I have a soft spot for old mechanical technology -- especially those that don't rely on electricity.   In my garage I have a couple of chain making machines from the 1930s.  I was using them in the late 90s to make sterling silver chain by the foot.  I haven't run them in years, but I can't part with them.

Very nice. I especially like some of the closeup shots of the machinery. There's a real beauty there in those old parts.

I have no interest in sewing, but I watched the whole thing. I shared it with my wife who was heard to exclaim, "Wow!" at one point and then, "Whoa!!" when you were (I think) winding the bobbin. She just got her first sewing machine and has been maxing out our crappy internet watching sewing videos.

Yours is definitely more on the artsy/mood side. Very cool. When you say you want to do more, are you thinking of tutorial style videos?

This is the user’s manual that I found in the drawer.

It has beautiful illustrations.

Fun and cool!

I used to have my grandmother's sewing machine but alas, it disappeared when we had renters for a couple of years. The brand was Raymond.

I console myself with the thought that if the power grid died I could rig up some sort of belt to drive the wheel on my mother's Elna sewing machine which I use regularly.

I've had some golden bonding moments with grandkids, teaching them some basic sewing and design skills. Note that I said grandkids, not just granddaughters! They've all done simple projects, mostly things that we can make with straight lines and rectangles, with special attention to cutting things so the patterns will match on the finished project. Even three-year-old Kate steered some of the stitching on her special pink tote bag! We've also done toy repairs ranging from stitching a ripped seam in a stuffed dinosaur's back to sewing new button eyes on a stuffed rabbit.

I think it's a valuable life lesson to cultivate both the skills and the confidence make things and fix things.

Fun to watch, well made video.
500+ views in the first day.. good start!

>> sewing would be gaining a new popularity

Indeed, and the prices of basic sewing tools and supplies have been rising steadily over the past year. Even simple needles cost twice as much.

>> we all need to be more self reliant

Yes. YES!

Even if we don't always do things for ourselves, it's good to have tools and knowhow so we could if we had to.