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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
Ephemera and Paper Stuff
Advertising Trade Cards
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..

These pages bite me in the bum every time. Lots more to add. Sigh...

Sewing Books

  • MAE356 Schmetz Guide to Sewing Techniques, good; £5
  • MAE 320 Coats Sewing Today - Fabrics and Threads, good; £4
  • MAE286a Haslam System Foundation, with instructions, good; £5
  • MAE286b Haslam System Lingerie draftings, good, 1939; £
  • MAE287 Singer Sewing Library No 4; Draperies, 1929-34, good; £10
  • MAE288 Singer Sewing Library No 3; Childrens Clothes, good; £10
  • MAE292 Doll making, with patterns, Dryad 123, not very pc; £2
  • MAE295 Singer Shortcuts to home sewing, 1926, VG; £10
  • MAE296 Simple Pressing, 1941-49, Singer, good; £10
  • MAE298 Singer Sewing Library No 1;Short Cuts, good; £10
  • MAE298a Singer Sewing Library No 2;Dresses, good; £10
  • MAE299 Edinburgh Book of Plain Sewing, hardback, 1944, good; £4
  • MAE300 Singer Sewing Library; Dressmaker Tailoring, 1961, good; £3.50
  • MAE306 Ministry of Information; Housewives Guide to Making and Mending, wartime, no date, good; £4
  • MAE307 Ministry of Information; Make Do and Mend, 1943, good; £4
  • MAE308 Simplicity Sewing Book 1947, scruffy cover otherwise good; £6
  • MAE309a Singer Sewing Library; How to make Bedspreads; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309b Singer Sewing Library; How to make Belts and Hems; £
  • MAE309c Singer Sewing Library; How to make Valances; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309d Singer Sewing Library; How to make Sleeves; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309e Singer Sewing Library; How to make Curtains; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309f Singer Sewing Library; How to make Draperies; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309g Singer Sewing Library; How to make Zipper Closures; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309h Singer Sewing Library; How to Lay out a Pattern and Cut; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309i Singer Sewing Library; How to make Buttonholes and Pockets; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309j Singer Sewing Library; How to make Collars and Finish Necklines; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309g Singer Sewing Library; How to make Zipper closures; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309f Singer Sewing Library; How to make Draperies; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309k Singer Sewing Library; How Measure, Alter, and Fit; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309l Singer Sewing Library; How to make Seams and Finishes; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309m Singer Sewing Library; How to make Slip Covers; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE309n Singer Sewing Library; How to Reinforce, Repair, and Refit; comb-bound, good; £6.50
  • MAE314 Hints for Home Sewing, probably 1930s; Ada Partington for Singer, good, loose cover; £7.50
  • MAE315 Re-dress your rooms; Julia Cairns for Singer, no front cover; £2
  • MAE355 Good Housekeeping Show Me How To Sew (for children), 1947, fair; £6
  • MAE324 Technical Advice for Sewing Textiles, Schmetz, good; £3
  • MAE330 Singer Sewing Reference Library; More Creative Sewing Ideas, 1992, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE331 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Sewing With an Overlock, 1989, hardback, good; £
  • MAE332 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Sewing Projects for The Home, 1991, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE333 Singer Sewing Reference Library; 101 Sewing Secrets, 1989, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE334 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Timesaving Sewing, 1987, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE335 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Sewing For Children, 1988, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE336 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Creative Sewing Ideas, 1990, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE337 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Sewing For The Home, 1988, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE338 Singer Sewing Reference Library; Quilting By Machine, 1990, hardback, good; £10
  • MAE339 Simplicity Sewing Book 1969, big paperback, slightly watered; £5
  • MAE340 Complete Family Sewing, slightly incomplete, patterns in envelopes; £8
  • MAE348 Wheldons Easier Dressmaking, with camiknicker paper pattern, 1935, good; £7
  • MAE354 Penelope Quilted Cushions, good; £3
  • MAE358 The Art of Needlework, Singer, fair; £6
  • MAE360 BBC TV Series "Home Dressmaking" 1963, good; £3
  • MAE366 The Perfect Fit pattern system, good in box; £20
  • MAE365 Weldons Dress pattern 7158 "New Look" Unopened; £7.50

Embroidery Books

  • MAE211 Singer book of Lacework and Embroidery; £25
  • MAE389 The Needlewoman magazine, 1936, plus lots of oddments, good; £7.50
  • MAE313a Embroidery Stitches, NDS Book 4, good; £4
  • MAE313b Embroidery Stitches, NDS Book 5, good; £4
  • MAE316a Simple Embroidery, Marguerite Randall; Cassell, good; £3.50
  • MAE316b More Simple Embroidery, Marguerite Randall; Cassell, good; £3.50
  • MAE317 Machine Embroidery; Dorothy Benson for Singer, good; £5
  • MAE318 ABC of Smocking and Gauging; Bestway, good; £2.50
  • MAE323 29 Embroidery stitches (mini booklet) Anchor, good; £2.50
  • MAE327 Decorative stitching with the sewing machine, good; £5
  • MAE365 Journal Des Brodeuses broadsheets, 7 different ones numbers 762, 766, 777, 786, 787, 789, 791; 1958-60, in French with international images; £
  • MAE364 Album des Broderies au point de croix, Th. de Dillmont; Leaves in folder, French, German, English, good; £25
  • MAE363 100 Embroidery Stitches, Anchor, 1967, good; £3
  • MAE328 Tondilo Work, good; £4
  • MAE325 Kay's Practical Embroiderer, leaflet, fair; £3
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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