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It's older than me and on some days running better than me. It's not the most beautiful 15 I've ever seen -- it's got some scratches and there's a chip of enamel off the base, but these are minor imperfections on a machine that runs magnificently. I've never had a sewing machine that's given me so little grief as this one. (I almost don't even want to type that in case I jinx myself.) Clothes, quilts, crafts, home dec - it's done it all.
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I won't get into all the neat and lovely attachments for it but here is the old photo of the two boxes of attachments I found on the upper shelf of my mother's closet after she died. All of them fit a 15.
It's still uncanny that she had my name on that small box which had inside it the 15-91 manual and odds and ends for it. Why? Because she never owned a 15-91 and I didn't get mine till three months after she was gone. And I didn't find these boxes until afterwards. And my 15 was missing its manual.
What does a sewing machine get for its birthday? A thorough cleaning and oiling -but probably not the day off.
7 comments:
Happy Birthday to 15-91! I have one too, although it has not been out of storage for a very long time. I do know where it is though!
I hope you have a great time giving your 15-91 its own "spa day" ;) Here's to another year of great sewing!!
retvitYou are RIGHT; it IS seriously uncanny that your mother would have that box of parts AND the manual for a 15-91 that you "just happened" to need, and, weirder yet, with YOUR NAME on them! Especially when you say that SHE never owned that particular machine!*shakes head in amazement* I think after reading your letter, I will keep my eyes open for a 15-91 with a table! (and the manual!)
Susan, you inspired to FINALLY fix the very minor issue with my 15-91 (tightening the stitch length lever, which requires removing the motor and hand wheel)!
It had been sitting unused for 13 months and yesterday I finally got out the screwdriver and made the repair, which took all of 20 minutes. It worked and I am back at my beloved machine again! Parenthetically, I love my 15-91 more than my 201, perhaps because I acquired it first and know it better. There's no machine quite like it.
Thanks again for the inspiration!
Peter, I wondered why you never mentioned your 15-91 anymore! I figured you liked some of the other machines better. I'm glad to hear it's fixed.
My grandmother had been gone for several years when I got a White Rotary from 1923.
My mother and I were going through her sewing things, and we found two bobbins for it, even though she had never owned a White Rotary.
I love the story of the box with your name on it and the 15-91 items! I found a 15 clone that I was going to convert to a hand crank today...now you have me torn between the hand crank and getting a new cord!
Great site! I found you while looking for what went into the little hole by the stitch length regulator. I'm missing a screw (yes, I said it, I have more than a screw loose)but I can use a pen in it to get it to move, so wha-laa!
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