r/u_Bananadiva1

For the last few years I've been collecting antique and vintage sewing machines as I developed an interest in historical costuming. I'm currently midway though making a complete 1880s Victorian women's dress and appropriate undergarments. Several items for the project have been hand sewn but the items that are not have been sewn using the transverse shuttle German made sewing machines that date from the 1870s to the 1890s. These machines are not my full collection but for the time being in not planning on acquiring any more as I don't really have the space!