Jane's Antique Sewing Treasures

This is an amazing Needle case.

You can dial the type of needle you want.  And when you open it up, the correct needles pop up.  Very interesting!  Jane demonstrated it to me so I know it really does work.

These are a few of Jane's wonderful Sewing Treasures.

I love the Mother of Pearl handle on this stilleto.

And this little egg has a surprise inside!

It's a clever Sewing Kit. 

Don't you just love it?

Here's another. It looks just like a walnut.

The same little sewing kit inside. 

 I wonder did they come with safely pins and straight pins?  

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My SAGA Raffle Basket! Take a peek.

When I teach at the SAGA National Convention - I donate a Raffle Basket.

I found this Vintage Sewing Box at an Antique Store.

This is the "Basket" part of my Raffle Basket.  I have filled it with treasures from my own sewing room.  You know, things like Antique Button Cards...circa 1914.....etc.

You'll have to see it all filled up at SAGA convention.

But, let me show you the inside (before I took the old stuff out and put my own old stuff in it!) 

It has two doors that swing open from the top.  Inside, there is an old wooden spool that the doors rest on when shut.  And a spool holder on the side to store your thread.

The previous owner had this taped to one of the doors. I left it on  for the  new owner to decide if they want to remove it.  

It is a beautiful old box.

When I saw it, I thought how wonderful it would be to Raffle it away for SAGA.  

So really, it was never mine.

That made it easier to part with!

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We own 3.77 Sewing Machines! and Winner of Giveaway # 2.

All the treasures pictured in front of the  Choosing Bucket!

The Lucky Girl for the OFB Giveaway #2 is "Lindsay" !

So, dear Lindsay, please email me (jbaumeister@cox.net) your name and address so I can get your treasures off to you!

I thank you all for visiting me at my  Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room.  I so enjoy your  comments!!  We are indeed Kindred Spirits.


Just for fun, I have compiled a (probably inaccurate) list of the information that I received from all of you who commented on this giveaway post. I asked how many  Sewing Machines you all had.   Very interesting !!  I did my best to count the machines you listed but sometimes it was hard to be sure.  This is not science!  


The average sewist owns 3.77 sewing machines.


One person listed 11 machines and one person listed 10!!


Surprisingly (to me anyway) there were 6 ladies who own only one machine.  I have a vision of you six ladies as  being neat, tidy, practical and completing each project before starting another!   The winner was among you!


Suzanne said  .."my favorite machine is my hands.  They're always with me and don't require electricity." I like her words because I love hand work too. But I do alot of machine construction.


ElizabethRose said she owns a 1876 New Home Treadle machine and plans to make a baby dress on it just to say she did it.   Well, I said the very same thing several years ago to my husband when I bought a nice treadle  machine  "Honey, I need it so I can sew my designs on an old machine just like they used to do". ( He does not know that they  actually used to sew baby clothes by hand).  My ambition is still to sew a baby gown with my treadle machine but I haven't done it yet.  Hmmmm maybe there are more of us and we can unite and encourage each other!  We can call ourselves the "Treadlers".


I love this!!  More than one of you names their Sewing Machines which I think is so  quaint.  I love naming things!  I would name my machines too,  but at this point in my life I would not be able to remember their names so I'll  just call them all "Honey"!