Used2Sew

Today we get into some sewing machine history and personal lore, with the first half of TR’s infamous Sewing Machine Song! We will dissect and explain every line through the lens of the lessons learned so far on this podcast. Originally published January 18th 2025 Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/615657...

Originally published November 10th 2024 Welcome back to Used2Sew, where it’s time to talk about how rural electrification came to the sewing machine itself, and how Singer failed to capture the moment.  Pungo Living:  https://pungolivinghome.com/2021/11/07/restoration-of-a-1930-vintage-singer-model-101-sewing-machine/   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   F...

Originally published November 3rd 2024 Welcome back to Used2Sew, where it’s time to talk about rural electrification! ZZZZT! The motorization of gadgets wasn’t possible until every house could reasonably be expected to have power, though it took a while to make sure that power wasn’t more of a hazard than help. This topic is so large that we broke it into two parts; this week we talk about electri...

TR and Aradia compare their sewing educations across 30 years. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com   Logo and music...

A practical guide to navigating the quest for a first vintage sewing machine. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com Lo...

By request we are exploring outside of our usual Singer wheelhouse into Berninas! Alex Askaroff: https://sewalot.com/bernina_sewing_machines.htm   Bernadette’s book: https://www.powells.com/book/make-sew-mend-traditional-techniques-to-sustainably-maintain-refashion-your-clothes-9781645674863   Singer sewing reference library: https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/singer-sewing-reference-library/   Ge...

It’s time for fashion nerding! Or at least fangirling over one fashion nerd. TR and Aradia have discovered Bernadette Banner on YouTube, and are here to talk about her construction of a Wheel of Time show outfit. Bernadette’s book: https://www.powells.com/book/make-sew-mend-traditional-techniques-to-sustainably-maintain-refashion-your-clothes-9781645674863   Making Moiraine’s outfit videos Video 1...

Singer might have been the most well known name in the US before WWII, but eventually European machines began to make up more and more of the new machines US customers bought. Here are the tales of two of the European machines that challenged Singer for the US market. The Silver Bobbin: https://silverbobbin.com   Elna Supermatic:  https://silkmothsewing.blogspot.com/2011/09/green-machine-elna-supe...

The Singer Featherweight is perhaps the most well known sewing machine of all time. Let’s talk about how it got such a rabid cult following.  The Featherweight Shop: https://singer-featherweight.com   Vintage Sewing Center and Museum:  https://www.facebook.com/VintageSewingCenterandMuseum/   Custom paint jobs for featherweights:  https://www.sewserious.com and https://www.stillstitching.com/p/pain...

Off-grid sewing can be accomplished in a variety of ways, all of them fun. Treadle belt: https://cottagecraftworks.com/rubber-treadle-sewing-machine-belt   Installing a treadle belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoOWxXUWY6Q    LED sewing machine light: https://singer-featherweight.com/products/light-bulb-led   TreadleOn: https://www.treadleon.net   Jackary power station: https://www.jackery.com...

Fighting fast fashion begins at home! Victorian Sweatshop: https://www.victoriansweatshop.com/victorian-sweatshop-501752   TreadleOn: https://www.treadleon.net   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2S...

What is a zig-zag, and how were consumers sold on the idea? Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Swing needle bits and bobs: https://cyndykitt.com.au/a.main/index.htm  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Se...

Another installment of our ongoing series of episodes that focuses on a specific Singer model. This episode is about the Singer 201 and was inspired by a friend showing us a picture of a particularly rusty specimen. Pungo Living Homes comparison between the 201 and 15-91: https://pungolivinghome.com/2020/02/05/a-simple-but-in-depth-comparison-the-differences-between-a-singer-201-2-and-a-singer-15-...

It’s time to talk about tension, and a new-to-us Singer 101, and even some fan mail! Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing...

Sears was Amazon.com first, they are indirectly responsible for the creation of the Delta Blues, and their Kenmore sewing machines can give Singer a run for its money… and win. It’s time for a deep dive into the history of how sewing machines exist inside the larger story of American capitalism. https://www.npr.org/2018/10/16/657923126/how-the-sears-catalog-was-revolutionary-in-the-jim-crow-era  ...

A collection of three topics: featherweight repair, sewing machines as cultural power in colonial Africa, and sewing technology as military infrastructure in the US civil war. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtu...

We went on a thrifting adventure and found some cool stuff, including a Singer 301! Dedicated to Mom/Grandma, 1938-2025. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machi...

We went on a thrifting adventure, and found some cool stuff. Dedicated to Mom/Grandma, 1938-2025. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew   Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stageco...

Sewing machines all work basically the same way, right? WRONG! Today we are on a history tangent learning about a totally different way for the basic action of a sewing machine to be accomplished. Dedicated to Mom/Grandma, 1938-2025. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Instagram:  https:/...

We’re back! We’ve got trivia! Join us today in learning about PNW history and speculating on how the sewing machine fits into it all. Look up your location: https://native-land.ca   PNW history video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSSX0Bc3Mvs   Seattle train history:  https://trainmuseum.org/   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.f...

We had some things come up to interrupt our usual publishing schedule, so rather than leave you without an episode this week we’ve got a crossover from one of Aradia’s other podcast projects that focuses on books. Hot Nuance Book Club episode: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hot-nuance-book-club--5873018   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:...

We had some things come up to interrupt our usual publishing schedule, so rather than leave you without an episode this week we’ve got a crossover from one of Aradia’s other podcast projects that focuses on books. Hot Nuance podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hot-nuance-book-club--5873018   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://...

We start on how all these new tariffs will affect the world of sewing, wander through international sewing supply commerce, confess our imperfections, and give ourselves a pep talk about how perfection isn’t possible anyway. Rit-dye: https://www.ritdye.com   How2Make:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK4JTIuerSE   Behind the Bastards:  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-2923632...

What happened to retail fabric stores? TR was there to see the end of the good times. This is the start of an ongoing conversation about fabric as an integral part of sewing machine history.  Sewing Parts Online: https://www.sewingpartsonline.com   Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/   Inst...

Travel back with us to the 1950s, where a mother-daughter team used sewing and singing to create one of the most iconic country music acts of the midcentury. Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Used2Sew/61565705042098/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/used2sew/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew  Stagec...