Sewing Machine

Is your grandmother’s sewing machine dangerous? 1948 Singer Sewing Machine in Table: 6,238 ppm Lead (in the gold paint).

Is your grandmother’s sewing machine dangerous? 1948 Singer Sewing Machine in Table: 6,238 ppm Lead (in the gold paint).

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Here’s a photo of my son wearing the first sewing project he made on his “new-to-him” vintage sewing machine this past week! It’s a hat (for clowning and unicycling while busking in Boston)! Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine: 2,309 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 126 ppm Arsenic

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine: 2,309 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 126 ppm Arsenic

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Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine Doll House Toy. Green & Blue Plastic. Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s). To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here. The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as follows: Green Plastic of Sewing Machine Table: Lead (Pb): 2,309…