A couple of posts ago I briefly mentioned the curse word 'buttonholes' and alluded to a future blog post. Well here it is.....Meet the sewing machine I learnt to sew on:It is a 1950's Elna Supermatic that my mother bought before she was married. Don't you just love the kitchen green colour? It has a…
My newest baby. Found her on Ebay, she sustained some cosmetic damage in shipping but has gorgeous insides and purrs like a kitten. Came with all its original goodies, what a find!
Pour tout ce qui a attrait aux éléments autour de l'automobile, tels que les accessoires, nous les nommons "automobilia". Mais pour la couture, je n'ai pas le terme... Je vous invite à vous préparer un bon thé (ou un café), à vous installer confortablement, car je vais vous conter l'histoire d'une ELNA nommée SUPERMATIC, et il…
Connie's Elna Supermatic
Posts about Elna #1 Grasshopper maintenance written by Sid
I've had my Mum's 1955 Elna Supermatic for a long time now, and I know I'll always keep it. Mum bought it when she was at teachers college, and it was the machine my sister and I learnt to sew on. It hasn't worked for several years. The first problem was that the coupling knob…
I see these things occasionally and because they are not that attractive I never thought to look into them. But because the Swiss made Elna...
The enclosed DVD is a supplement when purchasing ELNA eXcellence 770 / Elna eXcellence 780 (very useful).DVD video content:0:40 Preparation0:46 Connecti...
Several years ago when my dad started working in the auction field, I asked him to look out for just two things on his travels around Far No...
Well I finally found my very own Lotus; missing only the the manual but having all of the little tools under the hood! Although very dirty, ...
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I have the marked cams. Looking for the others.
Photos and model information for vintage Elna sewing machines.
Last week, we looked at the Elna Carina, a fully featured cam ready machine that sits at the cusp of what I consider vintage. Today we'll step back in time to look at the Star Series flatbed Elna Super 64C--a far less common variant of one of the most famous and ubiquitous Elnas of all, the Elna 62C SU.
Vintage Sewing Machines and Sergers, find, fix, refurbish, attachments, accessories & feet, and fix sewing problems.
Embroidery Sewing Machine The Elna 9000 embroidery sewing machine has a number of fine features and you may be able to pick one up on the used sewing machine market. The one caveat to that is that, most 9000 owners find it very hard to part with their sewing machines, so it may be very […]
Elna Transforma sewing machine. 1950s vintage. The portable carrying case folds out into a work surface. This is the straight stitch version of the Supermatic.
