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I have divided the Manuals Pages and remade them for greater ease of use..

Click on the links below for the page you need..

Singer Manuals
Manuals for Non-Singer Machines
Advertising Trade Cards
Sewing and Embroidery Books
Service Manuals and Parts Lists

I often find the most astonishing bits of paper in machines. Preserved nicely, birth certificates, letters of condolence, and birthday cards from the 1920s.. None of those here, but all manner of goodies nonetheless
I'm happy to send an image of any of these, but cannot make a page of all of them, too messy..

This page bites me in the bum every time. Lots more to add. Sigh...

Featured Items

mae229vikingleather
MAE229 Sew in Leather with Viking; £5
mae145
MAE145 Singer folder with adverts and sewing lessons; £10
mae076
MAE076 "Our Singer Electric" catalogue, good; £10
mae013singer
MAE013 Singer catalogue with machines and cabinets, fair; £8

MAE001 Tiny Singer Attachments booklet in charming 1930s colour; £5

MAE003 Singer Illustrated Dressmaking - very comprehensive, and in good condition; £15
Also available (MAE004) in pink...

MAE084a Jones Attachments

MAE063 "Prevent Frustration" folded hints leaflet

MAE031 Singer price list, probably late 40s, fair; £3

MAE022 Sewing Machines Attachments booklet, good, 16 pages; £3

MAE112 "10 more good reasons to buy a Singer" 60s fold-out card leaflet, good; £3
mae175needles
MAE175 Singer Needles, good; £8

Price Lists and Promotional Items

  • MAE031 Singer price list (see above); £3
  • MAE076 Our Singer Electric catalogue, good (see above); £10
  • MAE110 Pair of Singer price lists; £4
  • MAE134 Assorted Airlyne documents and adverts; £10
  • MAE137 "85 Years of progress" Singer, scruffy; £5
  • MAE153 "A lifetime" Jones papers assorted, good; £2
  • MAE162 Singer 151W2 sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE163 Singer 231 sales leaflet, good; £2.50
  • MAE164 Singer sales leaflet 99w110, 99w111, 99w112, good; £2.50
  • MAE165 Necchi Lock sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE166 Babylock sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE167 Frister Rossmann Babylock sales leaflet, good; 50p
  • MAE170 Bernina 727 sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE171 Bernina 707 sales leaflet with 1969 pricelist; £1
  • MAE173 Strobel 2-thread blindstitch sales leaflet, poor; 50p
  • MAE174 Mitsubishi DM2 sales leaflet, poor; 50p
  • MAE188 Jones price list, good; £7
  • MAE192 Pfaff 1221, 1222 sales leaflet, good; £2
  • MAE193 Jones price list, good; £8
  • MAE195 Singer Symphonie 300, 200 sales leaflet, good; £2
  • MAE196 Pfaff 260-261 sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE198 Singer price list 1957, fair; £2
  • MAE200 Willcox and Gibbs Automatic Chainstitch dealer list, fair; £2
  • MAE201 Willcox and Gibbs Automatic Chainstitch price list, good; £10
  • MAE202 Willcox and Gibbs Automatic Chainstitch price list, good; £10
  • MAE213 Singer 317 sales leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE214 Singer cabinets price list, fair; £2
  • MAE220 Bernina accessories price list no. 8, good; £2
  • MAE222 Bernina accessories price list no. 5, good; £2
  • MAE223 Bernina 640-1, 640-2 sales leaflet, poor; £1
  • MAE231 Catalogue, Singer exhibition 1893, fair; £5
  • MAE232 Singer price list 1899, good; £10
  • MAE237 Singer catalogue and prices, July/October 1933, good; £10
  • MAE239 Jones catalogue and price list, fragile; £5
  • MAE240 Singer catalogue 1 January 1910, fragile; £10
  • MAE241 Jaggers of Cape Town Sewing and coffin catalogue 1935, good; £10
  • MAE242 Singer folded catalogue 1891, good; £5
  • MAE242a Singer USA electric machines and cabinets 1939, good; £6.50
  • MAE243 Singer 15B75 leaflet, in French, fair; £4
  • MAE244 Singer Way catalogue 1932, good; £8.50
  • MAE247 Jones catalogue and price list with letter, March 1940, good; £10
  • MAE267 Singer "Make Clothes at Home" catalogue, good; £3.50
  • MAE294 Small advert for Singer 20 and stocking darner, good; £4
  • MAE297 EJR advertising leaflet with rugmakers etc, fair; £2.50
  • MAE304 Frister and Rossmann catalogue, with "notes" pages, early, poor; £10
  • MAE319 Atlas Handicrafts catalogue 1955-56, comb bound, good; £3
  • MAE329 Jones parts list, CS etc. good; £5
  • MAE346 Jones price list and catalogue, fair, 1940; £5
  • MAE366 Singer advert 1897, good; £2
  • MAE367 Assorted leaflets, Viking, Pfaff, Frister Rossmann etc. various condition; £2.50
  • MAE368 Assorted Singer sales leaflets, various; £5
  • MAE369 Assorted Singer ephemera, various; £5
  • MAE370 Assorted ephemera, all sorts of makes, various; £3
  • MAE388 Assorted Willcox and Gibbs "puff pieces" possibly repro, 1869?; £3
  • MAE001 Tiny Singer booklet "What Can Be Done With The Attachments" Colour (see above); £5
  • MAE013 Singer Catalogue from Ipswich, with cabinets etc, poor, (see above) £6
  • MAE037 Singer "Is your sewing machine out of repair?" folded card, VG, £3.50
  • MAE050 Singer catalogue, June 1928, good £10
  • MAE051 Singer Guarantee certificate, 1930, good £2.50
  • MAE054 Singer HP agreement 1931, fragile, £2.50
  • MAE056 Singer sewing machine album, 1950s, good £7.50
  • MAE076 "Our Singer Electric" catalogue, good, Sold (Repro available, £5)
  • MAE083 Singer 66 XXth-Century booklet, 1902, VG, £15
  • MAE109 Elna Industrial booklet, good; £2.50
  • MAE112 10 more good reasons to buy a Singer, 60s? folded card, good; £3
  • MAE121 Leaflet about Singer shops, good; £7.50
  • MAE123 White Sewing Machines advertising card, folded, very good; £10
  • MAE136 Jones 765, 684, 401 adverts, good; £2.50
  • MAE145 Red folder with adverts from 1960s and sewing lesson plan, good; £10
  • MAE150 Bernina 1000 series sales leaflets, good, some pen marks; £3
  • MAE158 Singer sales leaflet for 134w3,4,5,6,7,8, good; £2.50
  • MAE159 Singer sales leaflet for 147-108, good; £1
  • MAE160 Singer sales leaflet for 95k40, 95k60, good; £1.50
  • MAE128 Assorted New Home documents including guarantee, good; £4
  • MAE131 Pfaff magazine with multiple models and hints, fair; £15
  • MAE132 Advert sheet with gadgets, good; £1
  • MAE326 IXL Scissor catalogue, good; £5

Trade Cards

Images HERE on a new page...
  • MAE071 Singer card "Baltimore Oriole", 1926/7, VG, £6
  • MAE248 Singer French card "Fierte de maman", good; £5
  • MAE249 Singer French card "Fee du foyer", good; £5
  • MAE250 Singer French postcard ÒVive St AnneÓ; £
  • MAE250a Singer set of 40 cards Cathedrals, fair; £25
  • MAE251 Elna French postcard ÒVive St AnneÓ, good; £5
  • MAE252 Elna French postcard, good; £5
  • MAE253 US postcard ÒSinger towerÓ, good; £5
  • MAE255 Singer French card "Fee du foyer", fair; £5
  • MAE256 Singer French card "Sans effort", fair; £5
  • MAE257 Singer card "Liberty", 1883, good; £5
  • MAE258 Singer French card "Expo", 1900, good; £4
  • MAE259 Household card "Telephone", good; £4
  • MAE260 New Home card "Kittens", good; £4
  • MAE261 Singer card "Kellog", good; £5
  • MAE262 Singer card "Campanini, good; £5
  • MAE263 Wheeler and Wilson card "New No 9", 1888, good; £5
  • MAE264 Singer card "First Lesson", 1892, good; £5
  • MAE265 Singer card "Romeo and Juliet", good; £5
  • MAE379 Singer card "Lerwick", good; £5
  • MAE380 Singer card "Edinburgh", good; £5
  • MAE381 Singer card "Londonderry", good; £5
  • MAE382 Singer card "Brooklyn Bridge", good; £5
  • MAE373 Wheeler and Wilson card, repro; 50p
  • MAE374 Coats "Policeman" card, repro; 50p
  • MAE376 New Home card "Le Travaille en Famille", good; £5
  • MAE133 Album of Cathedral cards, Singer, good; £30

Attachment Instructions and Threading Diagrams etc: Originals

  • MAE029 Singercraft leaflet, good; £4
  • MAE057 Darning The Singer Way, fair; £2.50
  • MAE058 "Attachments supplied", Singer, tiny leaflet; £1
  • MAE073 Imitation Hemstitcher leaflet, November 1922, good; £1
  • MAE138 Singer electrical instructions on tags, pair, good; £8
  • MAE139 Jones D53 hand-crank fitting instructions and guarantee, good; £2
  • MAE141 Singer slant walking foot instructions in multiple languages, good; £1.50
  • MAE143 Jones "CB" attachments leaflet and guarantee card, good; £1
  • MAE147 Jura darning foot leaflet, good; £2
  • MAE148 "Useful Attachments" for Jones (Greist type), good; £4
  • MAE149 Fronce-Mode Elastic thread leaflet in French, fair; £1
  • MAE151 Polish TUR2 motor, fix and service, fair; £3
  • MAE156 Singer K62, K63 motor card, good; £3
  • MAE157 Singer 331K5 parts diagram, good; £2
  • MAE161 Singer 59, 69 transmitters 38, 48, Motors, good; £1.50
  • MAE190 Singer clutch motor K62 K63, tag, good; £2
  • MAE203 Attachments card, high-shank, good; £1
  • MAE204 Wheeler and Wilson 9 gatherer, fair; £2
  • MAE205 Assemble table leaflet, fair; £1
  • MAE181a Singer"Fashion discs" box insert (type A cams) set 3, good; 50p
  • MAE181b Singer"Fashion discs" box insert (type A cams) set 5, good; 50p
  • MAE215 Bernina Hemstitcher needle booklet, good; £3
  • MAE217 Assorted motor stuff, good, fair; £5
  • MAE226 Button sewer instructions, good; £1
  • MAE227 Singer walking foot leaflet, good; 50p
  • MAE347 Attachment card, good; 75p
  • MAE357 Pfaff 5-stitch ruffler, good; £1
  • MAE362a Threading card for Singer 66 & 99, good; £1
  • MAE362b Threading card for Singer 201, good; £1
  • MAE375 Accessories Supplied booklet, various makers, fair; £1
  • MAE384 Bernina "The Hemstitch needle and it's Application", fair; £3
  • MAE386 XL Hemstitcher instruction leaflet, fair; £2
  • MAE230 New Yorker Attachments, Good £4
  • MAE022 Dakota Sewing Machine Attachments booklet 16pp Good £3
  • MAE038 A5 Threading card, single sided, for Singer 201, VG £2.50
  • MAE038a A5 threading card for Singer 66/99, good; £2.50
  • MAE039 A5 Threading and part names card double-sided for Singer 239k, VG £2.50
  • MAE041 Feed cover needle plate leaflet 1974, VG £1
  • MAE042 Guarantee card with troubleshooting guide 1972, A6 two-sided, VG £1
  • MAE059 Metropolitan "Keep this in your machine" leaflet, fair £1
  • MAE060 Singer Threader leaflet, later (size 11 needles+), good, £2
  • MAE061 Singer Threader leaflet, earlier (1921/1922) (size 9 needles), good, £2
  • MAE063 "Save Frustration" leaflet (troubleshooting tips), good, £2
  • MAE064 Singer edge-stitching foot leaflet, fair, £1
  • MAE045 Singer threader leaflet (M010 type) £1
  • MAE046 Singercraft leaflet £2.00
  • MAE048 Willcox and Gibbs tuckmarker leaflet, fragile £5
  • MAE049 Willcox and Gibbs Ruffler leaflet, fragile £5
  • MAE024 Singer 1-6-12 Ruffler (86642) leaflet, good; £1
  • MAE024a Later Singer Ruffler leaflet, red print, fair; £1
  • MAE024b Singer Ruffler 1-6-12, 86742, 161561, good £1
  • MAE025 Singercraft Knife, one page, fair; £1.50
  • MAE026 Singer Threader (121632), good; £1
  • MAE069 Singer shears leaflet; £5
  • MAE108 Small leaflet explaining different feet for ZZ machine, shiny card, fair; 50p
  • MAE124 Singer Skirt marker leaflet, good; £2.50
  • MAE125 Superior machine attachments, including zip feet; £4

Buttonholers, Zigzaggers and The Like

Note that any buttonholer sold by me will come with the right instructions...
  • MAE349 Greist buttonholer, full-cam type, good; £2
  • MAE350 Buttonholer, like Greist, full-cam type, good; £2
  • MAE028 Jones Auto Buttonholer Instructions, Good £3.50
  • MAE361 Greist buttonholer, full-cam type, good; £2
  • MAE221 Boy zigzagger instructions, fair; £1
  • MAE152 Ruby buttonholer instruction leaflet, fair; £1.50
  • MAE142 Singer "Autopilot" Buttonholer instructions, VG; £6
  • MAE140 Green buttonholer instructions, smal, good; £2
  • MAE103 "Famous" Buttonholer leaflet, poor; £2
  • MAE090 Singer Professional buttonholer manual, good, £6.50
  • MAE027 Buttonholer Instructions (Red Case and Black) Singer Various, £5-£6
  • MAE228 Vanguard (Singer) zigzagger leaflet, good; 50p
  • MAE233 YS Industrial buttonholer instructions, good; £2
  • MAE101 White Automatic Decorator (very fancy zigzag attachment), very good; £10
  • MAE372 Alphabet Stitcher instructions, good; £3
  • MAE359 Singer Auto zigzagger, fair; £3
  • MAE023 Singer Blind Stitch Instructions, Good £6

Attachment Instructions: Reproduced

Some of these are very small, I am compiling a booklet with all the minor stuff in it. If you buy an attachment that needs instructions, they will be included
Almost anything above or below can be reproduced as required if not already prepared
  • MAR005 Singercraft set £2.50
  • MAR006 Singercraft Knife only 50p
  • MAR007 Singer Adjustable Buttonholers (Red case and "Black") £5
  • MAR008 Singer Darning 50p
  • MAR009 Stoppax Embroidery Attachment, 50p
  • MAR015 Speedweve leaflet, 50p
  • MAR016 Singer Black "puzzle" box leaflet, 50p
  • MAR018 Singer Needle threader (2 types) 50p
  • MAR032 Singer False Hemstitcher/ Veining foot instructions 50p
  • MAR034 Mordella Embroidery Attachment £1
  • MAR037 Singer Blind Hem attachment (in colour) £5
  • MAR038 Greist Buttonholer attachment £5
  • MAR039 Singer "Pebble Case" cam buttonholer £5
  • MAR040 Singer "Swiss" zigzag attachment £5
  • MAR041 Daga darning tool £1
  • MAR045 Singer "Jetson" cam buttonholer £5
  • MAR050 Singer Edge stitching foot leaflet 50p
  • MAR051 Singer Automatic Zigzagger Patterns insert 50p
  • MAR052 Singer Hemstitcher (the big one) £5
  • MAR053 Singer Golden Panoramic Buttonholer £5
  • MAR036 Wurker zigzag attachment £4
  • MAE085 White Automatic Decorator (fancy zigzagger) booklet, reproduced, good, £5

Books and Leaflets about Sewing and The Like

  • MAE178 Bernina booklet about choosing threads, good; £3
  • MAE211 Singer book of Embroidery and Lace Work, good; £25
  • MAE234 Singer Needlework Sampler books, with real cloth examples, July 1933, pair; £25
  • MAE293 100 Embroidery Stitches, Clark, good; £3.50
  • MAE303 Stencilling on Fabrics, Rowney, good; £3
  • MAE305 Pandora Rag Doll folded pattern, Cronit, good; £2
  • MAE225 Elna sewing guide, for SU, SP, EC etc, good; £10
  • MAE229 Sew in Leather with Viking Husquvarna, Good (see above) £5
  • MAE002 Singer Sewing manual 1976, 48pp Good £8
  • MAE003 Singer Illustrated Dressmaking Guide (Orange cover), Good £15
  • MAE004 Singer Illustrated Dressmaking Guide (pink cover), Good £15
  • MAE018 English Sewing Simple Stitchery PB 28pp, VG £3
  • MAE116 Set of 10 big Bernina leaflets about using special feet, punched for binder, good; £10
  • MAE115 WI Magazine style book about the Sewing Machine - very good basic information and nice illustrations, good; £10
  • MAE095 Clarks Embroidery Stitches booklet, good; £3
  • MAE097 Penelope Smocking 2, booklet with transfers, good; £4
  • MAE098 Simply Smocking, by Jean Picton-Turberville, with transfers, good; £3.50
  • MAE117 Singer Illustrated Dressmaking A4 Red Green and White. No date but the machines shown are Singer new shape 201/185ish, Good; £12.50
  • MAE120 Pfaff booklet with tracing sheets for monogrammes, very good; £8.50

Paper Oddities

  • MAE006 Woman's Pictorial Embroidery transfer book, Good £5
  • MAE011 Singer 1951 Gala Dinner photo + envelope, 8 by 10 inches, Good £6
  • MAE015 Singer Pattern Paper in Singer paper bag 3 sheets, Good £3.50
  • MAE019 Simplicity Tracing Paper 6 sheets in 3 colours £2.50
  • MAE068 Receipt for Singer 201 1953, fair, £1
  • MAE072 Singer agent's business card; Barrhead, good, £1
  • MAE072a Singer agent's business card; Norwich, good; £1
  • MAE075 Singer "comic" paper, cartoon, fragile, £3.50
  • MAE077 Singer guarantee card, good, £1.50
  • MAE078 Singer parts envelope, green, fragile, 50p
  • MAE079 Bernette guarantee, good, 50p
  • MAE081 Multi-language leaflet, fragile, £1
  • MAE086 Singer packers slip, tiny, good, 50p
  • MAE093 Assorted Cresta papers including service vouchers etc, good; £4
  • MAE114 Singer paper bag, ratty; £1
  • MAE077a Singer guarantee card, green, good; £1.50
  • MAE079 Bernette guarantee card, good; 50p
  • MAE107 Prym, Newey pack of three sheets of pattern paper, unused; £3 pack (2 available)
  • MAE126 Singer Certificate of teaching sewing competence, good; £5
  • MAE129 Singer Fair trading policy sheet, good; £1
  • MAE144 Singer 15k receipt, 1959, fair; £1
  • MAE154 Singer 28K4 receipt, 1929, good; £3
  • MAE154a Singer 27K4 receipt, 1906, poor; £2
  • MAE168 Laughton job offer letter, good; £2
  • MAE169 Singer International clothing trade exhibition catalogue 1968, good; £3
  • MAE176 Sewing Machine Engineer magazine, February 1954, fair; £3
  • MAE177 Sewing Machine Engineer magazine, February 1955, fair; £3
  • MAE179 New Home guarantee card; £
  • MAE180 Singer receipts "Silhouette", fair, pair; £1
  • MAE184 Singer (industrial?) waterslide decals, various; £1
  • MAE187 Pfaff "History of the Sewing Machine, new; £2.50
  • MAE197 Singer receipt, fancy, fair; £1.50
  • MAE208 Vibra receipt, fair; 25p
  • MAE216 Frister Lock Guarantee card; 50p
  • MAE219 Frister Rossmann Guarantee hanging tag, good; £1
  • MAE235 Sussex Sewing Machines Millenium calendar, unused; £9
  • MAE238 Gutermann Silks 1935 Diary, unused, VG; £5
  • MAE243a 1950 Receipt for Singer 201K4, fair; £2
  • MAE245a Assorted sewing machine patents 1895-1900, scruffy; £5
  • MAE248 Singer envelope with stamp, posted South Africa, fair; £2
  • MAE266 Leaflet on Worsted yarns, good; £2.50
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days