Jake says ‘CONCEPT – something thought or imagined: something that somebody has thought up, or that somebody might be able to imagine, Broad principle affecting perception and behavior: a broad abstract idea or a guiding general principle, one that determines how a person or culture behaves, or how nature, reality, or events are perceived the concept of time Understanding or grasp: the most basic understanding of something has little concept of what is involved, Way of doing or perceiving something: a method, plan, or type of product or design.‘
So the challenge week is to come up with an interpretation of this – difficult eh? If I had known yesterday how useful these photos would be I would have tried harder, taken more time and well – shoved people out of the way 🙂 Anyway I hope you get the gist.
Isaac Merrit Singer’s prototype for a sewing machine.
A beautiful early model
Isn’t this lovely?
I think this is my favourite. I learn to sew on a very old treadle machine when I was a small girl. What an incredible concept from My Singer and how different the world would be without sewing machines.
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Lucid Gypsy 
WOW! Does this bring back memories. My mother had a singer and she taught me how to sew on it.. It was like this one, only all black. The head of the machine weighed a ton. Before she had it converted to a foot petal, there was a knee petal. I wish I still had it. I don’t know what happened to it. Thanks for sharing this concept.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Wow I’ve never heard of a knee pedal!
What a beautiful piece of detailed sewing machine and also the floor is beautiful !!
Yes its lovely, I’ll post more about thebuilding soon.
My mother had an all black treddle model. It weighed a ton but worked on and on and on….
So much simpler back then!
They are all lovely models … Well done, Gilly.
Thanks Cheryl, I loved seeing them.
The ornamentation is amazing! (As I type, I have my grandmother’s 1912 treadle Singer sitting next to me…one of these days, I’ll try it out.)
Oh you must, they are lovely machines to use!
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Thanks for the memories, Gilly. My mom had a Singer in a beautiful cabinet, and also with a treadle. She made all our clothes and curtains on it. So much nicer than the plastic rubbish machines one gets today. 🙂
Great concept Gilly , Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂
Love vintage sewing machines. My nanny who I considered a family used to make blankets out of surplus fabrics. When I use them on cold nights, I always felt safe and comforted. Great post.
I think this fits the bill. I still remember learning about the first sewing machine when I was 12 years old in history class. It helped change the world.
wonderful idea for the theme gilly! they are beautiful machines … like my grandmother’s old Bluebird which I learnt to sew on … oh the fun of rocking the treadle!!! …. i still have it here in the guest room, sadly unused, but one day I will teach my granddaughters how it works 😀
I learned to sew on one of the old Singers too, Gilly. Those were the good ole days! 🙂
it’s lovely indeed! ^^
aren’t they gorgeous
SINGER!!!!!!! So lovely, Gilly. Felt like I turned back time to my childhood. 😀 And no, you did just enough awesomeness capturing these. 😀
what a wonderful SPHINX-machine!
Looks like what my mom had back in the day…