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Tutorial: Thread a vintage sewing machine

July 16, 2011 by Anne Weaver

It’s fairly easy to find a vintage sewing machine in good working order, but they often don’t have their manuals with them.  Aunt Millie from Sewing and Growing shows how to get started sewing on a vintage Singer sewing machine.  She shows how to wind a bobbin and thread the machine.  Even if you don’t have the same make and model as hers, the basic process should be similar enough to get you sewing on your new old machine.  Get the tute.

[photo from Sewing and Growing]

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