(Photo courtesy of Carrie Knapp) LINCOLN, Neb. — It seems that Bette Boellstorff never met a sewing machine she didn’t like.

(Photo courtesy of Carrie Knapp) LINCOLN, Neb. — It seems that Bette Boellstorff never met a sewing machine she didn’t like. Over more than 40 years of collecting, from bidding at farm sales ...

Nearly 130 years worth of sewing machines and equipment will be available in a one-of-a-kind auction this weekend in Syracuse ...

A joint show featuring the work of artists Dorothy Raymond and Ann Morgan opens Friday at The Art Base with an art opening at ...

In the Syracuse 4-H building, over 250 sewing machines were up for sale at an auction. They were collected by Bette ...

Once upon a time, in a backlash against domesticity, women aspired to learn to use power tools. I’m sure that there are still ...

To get ready for the auction, Bette Boellstorff’s family spent months cleaning the antique and vintage machines, careful not to damage the designs.

We enlisted the help of expert sewers who tackled a range of sewing tasks to assess how easy each machine is to use, how it copes with different fabrics, how easy it is to set up and more. Two sewing ...

Twelve years after her death, Bette Boellstorff left behind her collection of fabric, cups, accessories and hundreds of sewing machines. To get the sewing machines to good homes, the family ...

“The social fabric seems pretty unraveled in the moment ... and had only just begun using his trusty 1924 Singer sewing machine, lovingly dubbed Josephine. “We live in a moment where people ...

Every summer as a teen, the Southern California native would go to Wisconsin to see her grandparents. She'd visit thrift ...