HEIRLOOM MACHINES / SPECIALTY SEWING

We have hundreds of turn-of-the-century sewing machines! As the Industrial Revolution and the sewing machine shifted the industry from couture to ready to wear, each machine was created to duplicate a specific function or stitch previously done by hand.

These machines include multi-needle, blanket stitching, elastic shirring, machine smocking, tucking, rolled blind heming, baby heming, fish wire hems, purl merrow edging, fagoting, figure eight fagoting, hem stitching, picot edge, and so much more.

Our talented technicians can often modify these machines by tweaking them or creating custom attachments to create unintended and beautiful new possibilities.