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Norfolk Jacket (1890)

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Norfolk Jacket (1890)

Ladies' Dress Bodice (1890)

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Ladies' Dress Bodice (1890)

Dress Bodice (1890)

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Dress Bodice (1890)

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890)

I find it difficult to read lots of text and keep it all coherently in my mind to figure out what's going on, so if any of the instructions/text for any diagrams for The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments (1890) or other books are missing, please comment and let me know, but also go to the book for what's missing. The book does jump around a lot and I can only keep track of so much of it to see what's relevant. I find the idea of these old school instructions super important, but I find it difficult to process so... yeah.

Ladies' Newmarket (1890)

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Ladies' Newmarket (1890)

Loose-fronted Jacket 1890

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Loose-fronted Jacket (1890)

Tight Fitting Jacket 1890

The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of ladies' garments.. (1890) Tight Fitting Jacket (1890)

My Singer 201 Treadle Sewing Machine

Today I picked up my 201 Singer Treadle Sewing Machine. It came with a green tin that said Singer and 201 on it, with a few spare feet and a spare new belt inside, no documentation. The machine is able to fold into the table neatly. It is a bitch to get out though. There are two keyholes, one where it folds into itself and one on the drawer, no keys came with the table. The badge says it was made at the Wittenberge factory and the serial number is C3326731; this factory produced machines from 1908 - 1943, but mostly military by the time it closed. According to information on the internet, there are no records as they were destroyed at this factory when Russian soldiers took East Germany and the factory (then emptied it for war reparations in 1943). I did however find a page on the internet that gave a date to my serial number range as 1929, but the link to the page said that those dates were several years off. There's a few telling signs that this is a 201K-1, as it

Ladies' Combination Undergarment 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Combination Undergarment 1888

Ladies' Wrap II 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Wrap II 1888

Ladies Street Costume II 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies Street Costume II 1888

Ladies' Chemise 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Chemise 1888

Ladies' Street Costume 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Street Costume 1888

Ladies' Wrap 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Wrap 1888

Ladies' Newmarket with Cape 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Newmarket with Cape 1888

Ladies' Street Jacket 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Street Jacket 1888

Ladies' Polonaise II 1888

The national garment cutter book of diagrams (1888) Ladies' Polonaise II 1888