Sewing Machine Pages - Manuals, Books and Patterns

Manuals, Books and Patterns

Original Sewing Machine Instruction Books

See further down for Reproduced Manuals and Patterns
Page updated February 1st 2010

Little Green Singer Books
These are all in good condition - complete, clean, covers attached etc. They are all perfectly usable. I do have a few poor ones which are cheaper; and if you can download from the net there is a link on this page here for free copies of 15k, 66/99k and 128/28/127/27k manuals..
MA009 15k80; £5
MA011 66k (also usable for 99k); £5
MA012 Featherweight 221k; £7.50
MA007 BAK Motor; £3
MA008 BRK Motor; £3
MA015 201k: £5

MA028 Singer Manual of Family Sewing Machines -
covers all the old style machines; £7
MA029 Also one with a cream cover, slightly smaller (same content); £7

MA017 Later Singer 15k book; £5
Singer 449 manual

MA052 Singer 449; £5

MA049 Singer "Fashion Disc" machines; £5

MA022 Book for 478k Singer machine; £5

MA034 Viking SLE6570 Manual; 8 inches square, 78 pages; comb-binding; very good condition £10

MA026 Book for Singer 15k clone machine; 6 by 5 inches, quite worn; £3

MA025 Automatic Zigzag machine manual; 6 by 4 inches; 64 pages; good condition; £5

The machine...

MA020 Central bobbin machine manual; 5-1/4 by 3-1/2 inches; 28 pages, good condition; £5

The machine...

MA051 Alfa

The machine...

MA019 Jones CSE Machine manual; 5-1/4 by 3-1/2 inches; 32 pages, good condition; £5

The machine...

MA046 Jones CS complete; Good condition £7.50; MA024 Fair £6.50 (see below for repro copies)

MA047 Jones CS - Machine only (see below for repro copies) £5

MA045 Jones Attachments; £5

MA053 Jones "Blue Case" machines - with leaflets VGC; £7.50

MA035 Charming 1950s full-colour book with layered pages, for 15 clone machine; £5

MA033 Minerva (yet another 15 clone); scruffy; £4

MA048 Pfaff 30 (see below for repro copies); £8.50

Singer Buttonholer Instructions (Black and Red Case types) (see below for repro copies); £6

MA050 Frister and Rossman Vibrating Shuttle Manual - complete, a bit fragile; £8.50

Reproduced Manuals and Instruction Leaflets

Many machines are unused or worse because of a lack of instructions. The following are reproduced manuals. All are carefully scanned and cleaned-up from the fragile and hard-to-find originals, and are printed as clearly as I can manage. Some have odd marks and frayed edges which can be seen in the reproductions, but they are all of a quality sufficient to make the machines accessible again. Some manuals are increased in size to make them more legible (the Pfaff manual was tiny...)
Printed on good-quality white paper, with coloured card covers...
I am always adding to this list, please ask if you cannot see what you want...
I have a new scanner, so I am working on lots more sewing machine books..

MA005 Pfaff 30 (image above); £5
MA003 Frister and Rossman manual for long-shuttle machines (image above); £5
MA055 Singer Buttonholer (Black and Red Case types) (image above); £5
MA004 Singer Blind Stitch Attachment (image above); £5
MA001 Jones CS Complete (image above); £5
MA002 Jones CS Machine only (image above); £3.50
MA006 Quicknit Circular Knitting Machine (Sock Knitter); £10
MA037 Singercraft Leaflet (image above); £2.50
MA059 Airlyne Rugmaker leaflet; £3
MA061 Essex Toy Machine; £4
MA062 Frister and Rossman 27; £10
MA063 Hague Linker leaflet; £3
MA064 Alfa 312; £10
MA065 Singer Darning instructions (for Spring Needle); £2.50
MA067 Super Novum; £10
MA068 Toyota 2440, 2440DX, 2466; £7.50
MA069 Jones Spool (also works for Wheeler and Wilson 9); £5
MA070 Singer Hemstitcher Attachment; £7

The following are reproduced from pdf files and printed to order. They are not as pretty as the books above but very usable. Mostly A4..
MA056 Singer 12W (10 pages); £5
MA057 Singer 16-188 (45 pages); £10
MA058 Singer 35-class (9 pages); £5
MA060 Bernina 807 (57 pages); £12.50
MA066 Singer 911G and the like (industrial walking-needle machines)(19 pages); £6
MA071 Singer 27/28/127/128k shuttle machines; £5

Other Interesting Things (But Not Machine Manuals)

MA023 Interesting pre-war booklet produced by a Scissor manufacturer with lots of sewing tips - front and back cover shown, A5, 36 pages; £8

MA031 Tiny (3-1/2 by 2-3/4 inches) Singer book with coloured photos of the attachments in use. Very charming; £5

Patterns

Patterns are complete as far as I can tell, and most have been used once at most.
Classic designs - be aware that sizing may have changed...
Knitting patterns are on the Knitting Stuff Page