Sewalot for antique sewing machines

20/12/2025

Poppy's blog is great, if you haven't checked it out already - here's her latest post.
https://www.poppywhitmore.com/christmas-in-a-sewing-shop-🎄🧵/

19/09/2025

🎃🧵 Our friends over at T Larkin have gone full spooky this year — and the results are SEW good it’s scary!

From “This Is My Scary Sewing Face” to “Stitchin’ & Witchin’”, they’ve stitched up a whole range of Halloween notebooks that are perfect for jotting down your ghostly project ideas, spooky shopping lists, or just counting how many bobbins you’ve lost to the underworld. 👻🪡
These notebooks have been designed by T Larkin exclusively for us... and our sewing family - you!

We love these — finally, notebooks that understand the true horrors of tangled thread and late-night unpicking! 🧙‍♀️✨

📚 Check out the full collection here: https://mybook.to/TLarkinSewingNotebooks
All available on Amazon UK/US/CA/AU/EU

Grab one before they vanish like a thimble at the bottom of your sewing box!
👉 Share this with a friend who would definitely sew their costume 5 minutes before the party. 😅🪡

09/06/2025

🧵✨ More T Larkin Notebooks Just Landed!
Every time we check, our collection seems to grow... and we're not mad about it 😄

These designs are created exclusively for our sewing family — that's you! Whether you're into quirky quotes, vintage machines, or timeless patterns, there's a notebook here with your name on it.

🎯 Perfect for jotting down projects, patterns, or your next genius idea.

📚 Browse them all: https://mybook.to/TLarkinSewingNotebooks

Keep stitching (and smiling),
Alex & Tom

09/04/2025

🧵 Something special for our fellow sewing lovers…

We’ve just added a gorgeous new range of T Larkin notebooks to the Vintage Sewing Machines UK collection — thoughtfully designed with vintage sewing charm.

✨ Take a look here: https://vintagesewingmachines.co.uk/notebooks
🪡 Designed by T Larkin for Vintage Sewing Machines UK… and you!

18/11/2024

The long warm weather has been good for our chilies. These beauties will wake you up for sure.😂🙂😂

31/10/2024

A few more lovely machines added today, including this beauty!
https://vintagesewingmachines.co.uk/shop/

31/10/2024

It's here! No tricks, just treats...
Happy Halloween, for 4 days only - 10% off everything with the offer code HALLOWEEN-10
https://vintagesewingmachines.co.uk

25/10/2024

Save the date(s)!
10% off site-wide from October 31st to November 3rd.
https://vintagesewingmachines.co.uk
Click through to our website and join the mailing list to be kept up to date with the latest sewing machines available and special offers!

Here amongst the rolling hills on the most southern coast of the UK, we (like you) are lovers of antique sewing machines and the beautiful craftsmanship, engineering and history that comes with them.

19/10/2024

Save the date(s)!
10% off site-wide from October 31st to November 3rd.
https://vintagesewingmachines.co.uk
Click through to our website and join the mailing list to be kept up to date with the latest sewing machines available and special offers!

02/09/2024

If you have a spare moment come with me as I bring Maggie back to life,

Don't forget my books on Amazon, including Seven No1 New Releases. Many free on ALL devices with Kindle Unlimited, https://www.amazon.com/s?k=alex+askaroff&...

31/08/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__EhUuQABo
This is a fascinating insight into Singers. I appear briefly a few times. If you have a spare hour you will learn something amazing.

BBC documentary. The Singer sewing machine, international icon and a symbol of the Industrial Revolution, helped put the town of Clydebank on the map. Over t...