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Alex has spent a lifetime in the sewing industry and is considered one of the foremost experts of pioneering machines and their inventors. He has written extensively for trade magazines, radio, television, books and publications worldwide.

Hello, my site has thousands of visitors every week. It is a large site with many pages so take your time and save it for future visits. If there is anything you need to ask just drop me a line anytime:alexsussex@aol.com

I must add a little note to thank all the hundreds of people, who, over the last two decades have helped build this educational site with their information, pictures, documents and photos.

The site falls into several sections. The sewing machine section which has antique sewing machines for sale Then there is my antique sewing machine collection plus lots of helpful sewing hints. There is the super book section. Which has my sewing stories, history, information and fun stuff. And of course my story pages full of true sewing stories and laughter. The Main Site Index has everything else.

Scroll down and enjoy.

listen to one of Alex's stories.

Looking for the ideal present? Try one of my books.

Book information & Stories

Looking for something that is easy to wrap and ideal for family and friends? Then try one or more of my great books. Check out the review pages and see why thousands of people from all over the world have bought them. Copies can be personally signed.

See the last Millennium Calendar

Read some amazing book reviews

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Isaac singer

The legend his six wives and his 24 children. Henry VIII eat your heart out.

Guild Master Craftsmen

Moldacot
The smallest bobbin in the world

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Walter Hunt
The forgotten genius

Why Write? by Alex Askaroff

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Arm & Platform the first free-arm sewing machine

The most beautiful sewing machine in the world and a Goddess.

Elias Howe Genius or fraud?

Remington
The sewing machines that went bang.

Vickers
From weapons to sewing machines

New Home Little Worker sewing machine
No snow white involved

Raymond & Weir New England sewing machines

Sewing machine fault finder

The ultimate sewing machine fault finder.

Sewing machine tension

TENSION DRIVING YOU MAD!

Try Al's solutions

Have a few moments to spare? Then take a journey with me to my part of the world.
Sample stories

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News Flash!

My latest book Tales from the Coast is now on sale. Mail me for details: alexsussex@aol.com

Time to relax...Read one of Alex's stories

Winter's End
or
The Emerald Ring

Listen to one of Alex's stories.

Alex Askaroff collector, writer and enthusiast

The Sewalot site is run by Alex Askaroff. The enterprise was founded on service, quality and genuine enthusiasm for sewing machines. Alex is a long term member of the Guild of Master Craftsmen.

Alex grew up in the sewing industry and as a teenager undertook a four- year engineering course, qualifying in 1976, yeah he's no spring chicken. After qualifying he was trained by further experts from Jaeger and the sewing trade then spent 10 years on the factory floor at the family firm before founding his own business.

Alex has around 35,000 customers in his area from schools to businesses, factories to farms, hotels to hospitals, just about anywhere there are sewing machines, from boot patchers to sail makers, plus all those happy quilters and patchworkers.

One of Alex's hobbies has always been collecting early sewing machines after trying to rescue 6 on a skip as a child. He now owns one of the finest collections of early 19th century machines.

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Alex has had work published across the world from Australia to America and is considered one of the few experts in early pioneering machines and their inventors.

Alex's Biography

This is the great bit.

Through popular request (okay pestering over many years) many of Alex's most popular stories have been put together into a trilogy of sewing books. They are much in the same theme as James Herriot on his travels around the Yorkshire Dales. They have sold in there thousands all over the world. Stunning reviews.

Ready to have a laugh? Read a few of his stories online now!

Sample stories

Fancy a fascinating read about a turbulent time long ago and one girls struggle?

Spies & Spitfires

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TENSION DRIVING YOU MAD!

Try Al's' solutions

Sewing machine Tension Problems

As a new collector I have found your site has increased my knowledge in a short time to a degree that I couldn't have imagined.

Thank you again for all the useful information you give freely to us beginners.

Kind regards

Brenda P