Have you got an old sewing machine at home, sitting gathering dust? As the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure - and that is certainly the case for one Belfast-based charity.

It would be an understatement to describe homemaker Joanne Lim Lung Ching, 58, as someone who likes to collect vintage sewing machines. Judging from the impressive 15 antique sewing machines in ...

(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 ...