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Singer 201-2 Find at a Flea Market
AnneMarie60 Intermediate AR USA Member since 9/3/06 Posts: 122	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/1/12 2:21 PM Went to my favorite flea market yesterday and happened upon a 1948 Singer 201-2. It's in a nice cabinet, too. Price was marked "$38.75 firm." I contained my excitement, but I couldn't buy that machine fast enough. I was actually shopping for used furniture for my son's apartment. The machine's in great condition cosmetically, but it needs a new cord and foot pedal. I'll have to get my local repair guy to rewire it, too.
AnneMarie60 Intermediate AR USA Member since 9/3/06 Posts: 122	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/1/12 2:23 PM Thought this would post to "finds." I also see that my photo is a no-show.
pknord Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/1/11 Posts: 513	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/1/12 3:25 PM Wow, you got a really good deal on that one. I hope you'll get a pic up soon. ------ Pat in Rockport, TX "As ye sew, so shall ye rip." http://community.webshots.com/user/pknord http://www.quiltingthoughts.blogspot.com/
AnneMarie60 Intermediate AR USA Member since 9/3/06 Posts: 122	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 10/1/12 4:38 PM
jzygail   Intermediate MD USA Member since 11/2/06 Posts: 402	Login to reply to this post In reply to AnneMarie60 << Like this post Date: 10/1/12 8:37 PM Yay! What a nice find!
Denise L Perry   Advanced Beginner VT USA Member since 9/4/08 Posts: 43	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 7:58 AM You really got a deal! I bought one of these at an estate sale this summer-yours looks like it might even be the same cabinet as mine. They had no clue what to charge, so I offered $50 since it was in the cabinet. My husband couldn't believe I didn't start at $25! I have 10 or 11 other vintage machines (sorry, it IS an affliction), but the 201 is my new favorite. Just yesterday I wired a new electronic foot control (from Jenny at Sew-Classic), because the button foot control was the only thing I did not like about it. It is now perfect! You will love the absolutely perfect stitches, and the fact that it will sew through anything. I just made a leather zippered pouch for my iPad and its' paraphernalia, and it sewed like a dream.
lisalu Advanced Beginner GA USA Member since 10/5/08 Posts: 1779	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 8:12 AM Great Deal! Jealous! ------ Margaret (Singer 201-2), Betty (Singer 15-91), Bud (Singer 503), Kathy (Singer 221), Liz (Singer 221 Centennial Edition) http://runningstitches-mkb.blogspot.com/
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6935	Login to reply to this post In reply to AnneMarie60 << Like this post Date: 10/2/12 8:55 AM Great find! Hope you like sewing with the new sm kid.. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
mssewcrazy   Advanced MS USA Member since 3/4/03 Posts: 2303	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 3:40 PM Now that is quite a find. My friend's late mil's 201 had been stored and neglected for years. It cleaned up beautifully and with new wiring she is just thrilled. She had been sewing now and then on the cheapest of the cheapest junk tinker toy machines and is just thrilled with the 201. I hope your 201 is a great machine for you.
RipStitcher Intermediate Member since 5/28/12 Posts: 1401	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 3:42 PM Heh heh.... I would have dug $35 out of my pocket and talked him down - just for the fun of it. (j/k) Congrats... great find! ------ nightowlsally.com On my radar someday: Babylock Serger, and some machine for travel. My dearest wish is to have Bernina come out with a machine that doesn't give me a reason to *not* buy it. 2012: New Elna Lotus (mostly for granddaughter), Red Elna Press, Horizon 7700, Gidget 2 Table, Babylock Ellisimo Gold 1970's: Elna SU62 & ElnaPress

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