Used2Sew

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/ 

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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 electricity in general, and next week we’ll get into how it relates to sewing machines in particular. 

Louisan Mamer and the REA: https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0862 & https://www.cooperative.com/remagazine/articles/Pages/flashbacks-louisan-mamer-first-lady-rural-electrification-act.aspx Downton Abby opening scene: https://youtu.be/8eZ_w0kMa9A?si=AoGKl1g9bed4tFTK&t=100 
Madame C.J. Walker and the miniseries about her business empire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Made_(miniseries) 

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

TR and Aradia compare their sewing educations across 30 years.

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  



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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

A practical guide to navigating the quest for a first vintage sewing machine.

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe 

Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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/ 

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 


Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe 


Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHQgJj4kBc 
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLnWlKdxRNA 
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5O159rd2Rk 
Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0-kpGwV4ew 

Grain of salt resources:
https://www.rd.com/article/take-it-with-a-grain-of-salt/ 
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/21912/origin-of-take-this-question-with-a-grain-of-salt 
https://people.howstuffworks.com/grain-of-salt.htm 

Wheel of Time campaign: https://savewot.com  

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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-supermatic.html 
Vittorio Necchi: https://www.stillstitching.com/2018/12/vittorio-necchi-sewing-machines.html 
Leon Jolson: https://www.stillstitching.com/2018/12/necchi-nelco-elna-leon-jolson.html 

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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/paint-restoration.html 
Ready to be restored featherweight in Mike’s collection: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com/product-page/singer-221-featherweight-sewing-machine-in-stock-to-be-restored-for-you 
Quilting community: https://quiltersconnection.org

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

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/products/explorer-240-portable-power-station 
Podcast about Luddites: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-all-hail-king-ludd-159850054/ 
Gandhi quotes about sewing machines: https://www.mkgandhi.org/voiceoftruth/machinery.php

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  


Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
Buy stickers: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WYGY99FBLA474 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 

Fighting fast fashion begins at home!

Victorian Sweatshop: https://www.victoriansweatshop.com/victorian-sweatshop-501752 
TreadleOn: https://www.treadleon.net 

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Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
Editing and production by Aradiapedia
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com 
Black Girl From Eugene: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bgfe  



Get ad-free episodes through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Used2Sew 
Buy stickers: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WYGY99FBLA474 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Used2Sew 

Stagecoach Road Vintage Sewing Machine: https://www.stagecoachroadsewing.com 

Logo and music by TR Kelley
A Fox And Raven Media production https://www.foxandravenmedia.com 

Check out other FARM podcasts
Autistic Stuff for Autistic People: https://www.spreaker.com/show/asap 
Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut  
WoTSpoilers: https://www.wotspoilers.com