Singer Sewing Machine.

Sandra Crosbie
by Sandra Crosbie
This was my Mums machine. I wanted to try make it happy again. I revamp it in time for her anniversary which was on July 24th. I did manage to finish in time.
Now I don't know what is happening, each time I try to put a caption on the photos it would seem I am posting. I hope I'm not because I wouldn't like to appear as if I don't have much to post. So here I go again, fingers crossed.
Just out of the shed.
Rusty and dirty.
This box has always been in the drawer
It is very rusted
The hinges were okay.
I removed the machine from the stand to be able to clean and sand it. The frame was very wobbly it needed to be tightened and steadied.
I sanded cleaned and sanded some more.
The stand was very rusted and unsteady.
Machine on the floor to get a good look. At i
The wobbly stand after sanding
It cleaned up well after sanding and varnish
I have begun to paint with black metal paint
Varnished and sealed
Beginning to look happy at last.
I used lots of elbow grease and a scourer pad
Pride of place
I was so happy with how it came back to life. I didn't want to change it I just wanted to bring it back to its former glory.


I know my Mum would be looking down on me with a smile. She always got great laughs when I would tell her how many things I wanted to revamp.
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  • Midalia Rivera Midalia Rivera on Sep 05, 2017

    Does the machine actually work?

  • Jacqi Murphy Jacqi Murphy on Jun 17, 2019

    What did you use to clean the machine? I have three antique machines but am very nervous about cleaning them and disrupting the decals (although they are all intact). Your machine/cabinet are absolutely stunning! I'm sure your Mother is thrilled!! Thank you:)

  • Dawn Dawn on Jan 13, 2021

    Hi I love this project and am the proud owner of my Great Grandmother's Singer which I want to restore... can I ask what you cleaned the metal stand with and also if you painted it with a gloss paint?

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  • Vona Giese Vona Giese on Aug 10, 2018

    So glad you restored it, was afraid to look past the first photo thinking I would find only pieces used for something else

  • Lesa D Lesa D on Jan 03, 2019

    Amazing! I also have a very old one I’ve been wanting to restore. I don’t know if it will work or not but I still want to restore it mostly for the memories of my Grandma using hers to sew everything when her and my Pap had 17 children at home! The machine is so dirty it almost looks like it was in a fire so I’m hoping it cleans up as well as yours did. I’m anxious to look up the information on my machine as well. Thanks for your post!

    • Sandra Crosbie Sandra Crosbie on Jan 28, 2019

      Hiya Lesa. I found the information about machine by going to the Singer website and putting the number from my machine into the appropriate box. I discovered it was made in 1956. There was only 5000 machines made that year in Singer.

      There is a metal tag on the front of the machine. This is the number that gives you the information about your machine. Hopefully this Will help your research. Go give your machine a facelift. You will be so glad you've Happyfied it.

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