Category:Miniature Sewing Machines

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1932: "Miniature Sewing Machines" page from the 1932 Bond's catalogue

1932: "Miniature Sewing Machines" page from the 1932 Bond's catalogue [image info]

1932: A model sewing machine built using the Trix metal construction set

1932: A model sewing machine built using the Trix metal construction set [image info]

Sewing machine, model No.140, Matador wooden construction sets

Sewing machine, model No.140, Matador wooden construction sets [image info]

1978: Meccano design for a model sewing machine with more modern styling

1978: Meccano design for a model sewing machine with more modern styling [image info]

Toy and miniature sewing machines (in Germany, kindernahmaschinen, or KNM) were designed for children, and were usually fully-functional for light work, but normally not suitable for heavy work or thick material (such as thick curtains).

Toys or miniatures?

These machines (in English, "TSM", for "Toy Sewing Machines") were usually quite up to the task of making dolls' clothes, or sewing handkerchiefs or small light bags (one instruction manual suggests making bags for school gym shoes), and some of the better models were perfectly acceptable as small sewing machines for light work without any "toy" qualification.

They did however earn a place in the "toy" category by being intended as educational tools for children. A parent might not want to let a small child loose on the household's expensive and delicate "proper" sewing machine and risk it being broken – giving the child their own miniature machine allowed the child to learn a common useful household skill (making and mending clothes) while seeing it as an enjoyable hobby and as an extension of their existing toys (making clothes for their dolls) – this would then put them in good stead for running a household on a tight budget in later life. Practicing on a "toy" sewing machine would also teach them how the machine worked, and how to treat the mechanism with respect and service it.

Commonalities

The design of a significant number of miniature sewing machines in the C20th look suspiciously similar, often based on the mechanism of the classic Singer Model 20.

External links

Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

C

Casige sewing machines‎ (1 P, 3 F)

E

E L Grain (Sewing Machines) Ltd‎ (2 P, 7 F)
EM Gheysens Ltd‎ (1 P, 12 F)

S

Singer Sewing Machines‎ (1 P, 9 F)

V

Vulcan Toys‎ (2 P, 16 F)

Pages in category ‘Miniature Sewing Machines’

The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.

E

Essex Mk1 Miniature Sewing Machine

G

M

R

Regina Sewing Machine (Muller)

S

V

Media in category ‘Miniature Sewing Machines’

The following 59 files are in this category, out of 59 total.

Comet Miniature Sewing Machine, EM Gheysens (BPO 1955-10).jpg 1,635 × 1,558; 741 KB
E L Grain, mk1, logo.jpg 2,560 × 1,024; 240 KB
E L Grain, mk2, logo.jpg 3,196 × 711; 175 KB
Essex Miniature Sewing Machine Mk1, carry-case.jpg 1,024 × 968; 683 KB
Essex Miniature Sewing Machine Mk1.jpg 1,800 × 1,703; 1.2 MB
Essex Miniature Sewing Machine, company illustration.jpg 1,800 × 1,798; 2.21 MB
Essex Miniature Sewing Machine, front cover.jpg 1,654 × 2,500; 1.78 MB
Essex Miniature Sewing Machine, oiling guide.jpg 1,054 × 1,600; 983 KB
Ford Singer Van, Matchbox No59 (MBCat 1959).jpg 1,473 × 857; 542 KB
Grain Mk2 Sewing Machine, red base.jpg 3,000 × 2,000; 2.91 MB
Grain Mk2 sewing machines booklet, front cover.jpg 1,600 × 1,556; 1.66 MB
Grain Sewing Machine Mk1, green.jpg 2,200 × 1,650; 1.86 MB
Grain Sewing Machine Mk2, box.jpg 1,200 × 800; 613 KB
Grain sewing machines booklet, back cover.jpg 1,024 × 997; 588 KB
Jones Meccano sewing machine.jpg 1,024 × 768; 428 KB
L Rees and Co (BPO 1955-10).jpg 786 × 1,200; 532 KB
Little Betty Miniature Sewing Machine W1, EM Gheysens (BPO 1955-10).jpg 1,633 × 1,745; 942 KB
Little Betty Miniature Sewing Machine W2, EM Gheysens (BPO 1955-10).jpg 1,648 × 1,873; 1.05 MB
Little Betty, childs sewing machine (Hobbies 1968).jpg 1,825 × 2,135; 2.06 MB
Miniature sewing machine (Casige).jpg 800 × 733; 487 KB
Miniature sewing machine (Orscha).jpg 2,000 × 1,334; 1.21 MB
Miniature Sewing Machine, Casige 4100 (HobbiesH 1965).jpg 1,450 × 1,404; 462 KB
Miniature Sewing Machine, Casige 4124 (HobbiesH 1965).jpg 1,660 × 1,450; 695 KB
Miniature Sewing Machines (Bonds 1932-2ed).jpg 1,754 × 2,200; 1.38 MB
Miniature Sewing Machines, EM Gheysens (BPO 1955-10).jpg 831 × 1,200; 581 KB
Parts diagram, Singer Model 20 sewing machine (SingerK3480 1928).jpg 2,109 × 2,110; 2.51 MB
Sewing Machine (MBoM4 1978).jpg 2,500 × 2,061; 2.19 MB
Sewing Machine, model 140 (Matador 4 59 E).jpg 2,001 × 1,711; 916 KB
Sewing Machine, Trix Metal Construction Sets (HW 1932-03-12).jpg 2,033 × 2,618; 1.32 MB
Singer Manufacturing Company, logo.jpg 1,299 × 1,800; 462 KB
Singer Model 20 sewing machine, boxed.jpg 1,600 × 1,527; 1.64 MB
Singer Model 20 sewing machine, German instruction manual, front and back pages (SingerK3480 1928).jpg 3,000 × 2,305; 4.21 MB
Singer Model 20 sewing machine, left profile.jpg 1,600 × 1,448; 731 KB
Singer Model 20 sewing machine, logo.jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 934 KB
Singer No20, box lid artwork.jpg 2,770 × 3,000; 1.57 MB
Singer Sewing Machines, box end.jpg 3,000 × 1,681; 4.06 MB
Snow White Sewing Machine, box end (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 1,800 × 974; 1.45 MB
Snow White Sewing Machine, box instructions (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 863 × 1,200; 922 KB
Snow White Sewing Machine, box main (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 1,600 × 1,173; 1.77 MB
Snow White Sewing Machine, box reverse (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 1,600 × 1,194; 1.85 MB
Snow White Sewing Machine, box threading diagram (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 881 × 1,200; 962 KB
Snow White Sewing Machine, handle (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 1,200 × 800; 399 KB
Snow White Sewing Machine, side view (Gheysens LB W4D).jpg 1,600 × 1,143; 728 KB
Threading Instructions, Singer Model 20 sewing machine (SingerK3480 1928).jpg 2,200 × 1,702; 2.16 MB
Vulcan Classic, childs sewing machine (Hobbies 1966).jpg 1,484 × 1,800; 309 KB
Vulcan Cooker (GaT 1956).jpg 1,794 × 1,719; 330 KB
Vulcan Countess and Vulcan Classic, parts.jpg 1,800 × 1,244; 579 KB
Vulcan Countess sewing machine, box lid.jpg 2,500 × 1,884; 4.01 MB
Vulcan Countess, childs sewing machine (Hobbies 1966).jpg 1,608 × 1,800; 282 KB
Vulcan Countess, childs sewing machine (Hobbies 1968).jpg 2,733 × 2,713; 3.61 MB
Vulcan Countess, instructions sheet front-back.jpg 3,000 × 1,902; 1.26 MB
Vulcan Junior and Vulcan Minor, parts.jpg 1,800 × 1,307; 422 KB
Vulcan logo (1966).jpg 1,200 × 578; 46 KB
Vulcan Minor sewing machine, profile.jpg 2,800 × 1,867; 2.38 MB
Vulcan Minor, childs sewing machine (Hobbies 1968).jpg 1,443 × 1,583; 1.27 MB
Vulcan Sewing Machine, featherweight (BPO 1955-10).jpg 947 × 1,200; 429 KB
Vulcan Sewing Machine, Instruction Book.jpg 2,200 × 1,380; 2.27 MB
Vulcan Toys (BPO 1955-10).jpg 1,200 × 1,111; 564 KB
Vulcan, childs sewing machine, logo.jpg 2,500 × 1,200; 383 KB

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