Brocanting & Touring our Local Area | Manor & Maker

[@TheCrowsNest1950]

Hi Sara & Stephen, Nothing better than a walk through an outdoor market for antiques. I can't wait to see where the new piece of furniture winds up. Mark & Scott

[@mariak9727]

😍 The dressing table is stunning!! Thank you for taking us along!💖

[@ManorandMaker]

You are so welcome!

[@jules092265]

I know you've heard a million suggestions regarding the table....have you thought about castor wheels. They come in a huge variety of shapes, heights and colors. You could easily raise the table up, lock the castor wheels in place and move the table around like an island.

[@antcarl1894]

I learned to sew on my Mom's Featherweight she got as a wedding gift in January 1945. I still have it and it's still my favorite! I only have 3 machines

[@Ambers_Team]

I love the voiceover parts❤ Sarah your voice is comforting and cozy 🥰

[@ManorandMaker]

Lol - thank you!

[@like.a.hairbrush6083]

The Featherweight! Passed down to me by my mother who sewed for all five of us and is still the only sewing machine this 66 year old has ever used! I've used it to sew little girl dresses, a wedding gown, hallowe'en costumes and a whole lifetime of curtains and other home decor! How fun to see one still alive and well....in France! I hope it went home that day with someone who will love it for the rest of its cast iron life!

[@ManorandMaker]

I am so happy for you! Not just a featherweight, but an heirloom! How precious!

[@like.a.hairbrush6083]

@@ManorandMaker A CANADIAN Heirloom! ;) Originally my Herringchoker mother's, but Nova Scotian for 70 or more years now. Oh, and used by an Ontarian grandchild to sew her homework a time or two (and her Christening gown decades ago). Just finished watching the CD's Patron Days...so nice to see how you all work together!

[@pamelarichards7122]

What a lovely video. Such happy memories of spending time in Sarlat.

[@BarbB56]

The dressing table is just stunning. Great purchase. The work surface turned out well. Where there’s a will there’s a way. X

[@ManorandMaker]

It’s a beautiful piece and will go well in a guest room.

[@friendlhi]

thanks for showing this very old lovely city and further creative ideas, eg that table supply - so smart👏👍

[@ManorandMaker]

Glad you liked it!

[@kathyschmidt7312]

I would put a rubber mat under that table extension. It looks like it would slide without something providing friction.

[@ManorandMaker]

The legs do have some rubber on them, but you're right, they might need a bit more.

[@dawnrebekah6522]

My daughter has her grandmother's featherweight and sews her pointe shoes on it all the time. It is an amazing sewing machine.

[@ManorandMaker]

How lucky is she! I hope she treasures it!

[@denisedecarlo9311]

LOVE the video...your friends and that table you got...gorgeous!!!

[@kokoerper]

Here's my excited comment about the Featherweight! (Way) back in the day when I was in 5th grade I joined our local 4-H club... and I learned to sew. Our club owned several Featherweights that were taken from home to home for the various sewing groups throughout the week, year after year. By the time I was in 7th grade I was making all of my clothes. Later I made two historical costumes, one of which was my wedding dress from a pattern for a 1903 afternoon dress, "suitable for playing croquet." Now I sew other things and there are no Featherweights in my life--but I do love to see one now and then.

[@ManorandMaker]

I love this story! Thank you for sharing! And I'm loving that they were used in the right context - for sharing and creating together!

[@juneparham576]

The table height adjustment is great. I would love to go to that brochante!

[@barbaracampbell4090]

Absolutely Gorgeous Furniture Piece you bought 💛

[@josephinetetley-jones2727]

Love the dressing table! Could you show us more brocante stall items, please, next time? I love virtual flea marketing(of course, I'd rather be there!)😀

[@beautyallaroundme724]

The brocanting looked like fun. Love the vanity. Creative solution to the kitchen prep table.

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Lovlies Thankyou for the visit. Perfect quick fix Steve. Take care southern Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦

[@lavonnemountain6133]

Thanks for the Peregaux trip and Sarlat, I have been there and enjoyed being there again. The Brocante was wonderful I coud go crazy in France seeing all the items I can't take home. I did ma ave some though next time an empty suitcase will help! Thanks.

[@sylviaprice5303]

Good idea but i'm just worried your table top might slip.

[@ManorandMaker]

We’ve now put rubber feet to stop the slipping.

[@tina9665]

My thought exactly. It is a good idea but could easily slip off table if bumped by accident.

[@lyndadavison6318]

Glad to hear that too!

[@lisaakinlabi]

OK that's a dream sale - I would be in heaven! Always great finds! That dressing table is amazing! I would totally buy the feather weight.

[@ManorandMaker]

It was sooo good Lisa! We had an immediate counter offer on the table - could have turned a profit. Would have been hard to turn a profit on the sewing machine at EUR300!

[@Likeahairbrush]

That Featherweight! Mine was passed down from my mother who sewed for five of us, and is the only sewing machine this 66 yr old has ever used! Wedding gowns, little girl dresses, Halloween costumes, and a lifetime of curtains and comforters!. Amazing how many of them are still around. Still love mine after all these years!

[@johnoleary528]

Great vlog. Many thanks 😊

[@birth_and_bond]

One of your most beautiful videos! That dressing table is gorgeous.

[@carladuus4338]

That dressing table is beautiful! Nice find...

[@karlanorvell9573]

What a beautiful little town where the brocante was held. I enjoyed the history that you shared. Steve-great job on making an innovative, flexible working space.

[@Grete-x2g]

I love this place have to visit when I come to see you guys

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Love the Featherweight sewing machine ❤❤❤❤❤Beautiful dressing table ❤❤❤❤❤Such a beautiful town 😍😘

[@nancywhite4057]

Love your vlogs !such a creative couple

[@ManorandMaker]

Thank you so much!!

[@clarefoskett9959]

I like your raised table station 😊😊😊😊

[@lottieloobylou5035]

I bought one of those delightful little featherweights when I started to make Teddy Bears (not toys, collectibles) and it sits on my hall table next to a little old typewriter, I also have my Mum’s Treadle Singer sewing machine which is the only thing I have of hers, she died when I was 7 which was nearly 60 years ago; and it also has pride of place in my hallway - I don’t actually sew with it, but, I can still picture her using it. What a find~~ I hope you did purchase that adorable dressing table!! xx

[@ManorandMaker]

Sooo envious of your featherweight - and so glad it's with someone who appreciates it!

[@micheledavies1665]

Love the dressing table. Will look stunning in you chateau!

[@ManorandMaker]

We're very pleased...

[@robconnolly7976]

A 221 Featherweight would have been a great find a 222 you struck gold!

[@heyguysimstuck5196]

❤the featherweight! I love mine

[@ManorandMaker]

Oooh, envious you have one!

[@borge2014]

Great idea on the counter table top, put non skid rubber on the legs so it does not move or fall. BTW love the voice over always!!!

[@ManorandMaker]

Thanks!

[@heidijay5902]

Just to add another excited comment about that Featherweight! I’ve never owned one, but as someone who has always sewn (& also studied tailoring & pattern making at college), I’d love to have one of those adorable little treasures.

[@ManorandMaker]

Such a treasure - I'm on the lookout for a vendor who is less canny about what they've got.

[@christophercunningham3679]

Steve, for the table extension you may want to look into straps or something to secure the top to the bottom from sliding (needing doe, other heavy pushing jobs).

[@leslieryan-pm7zc]

The brocanting looks so fun, so many treasures. Thank you for taking us along. Where is your chateaux located - close to Perigeaux’?

[@ManorandMaker]

Yes only about 30 minutes by car.

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Way not just raise the tables legs? Chunky wood should available somewhere to add existing legs?

[@ManorandMaker]

We need to be able to adapt to different heights - Val & Megan are as different in height as Stephen and I (maybe a bit more)

[@aprilninthr2886]

So happy you purchased the beautiful vanity table and I hope the Featherweight sewing machine. Looks like you had a fun day.

[@ManorandMaker]

I'm afraid the featherweight stayed with the vendor...

[@sandramuis7430]

You live in such a beautiful area…..thank you for vlogging for us

[@ManorandMaker]

We're really lucky...

[@RonRobertson-lafrance]

Looks like a great brocante! I love those little bands that pop up and play jazz and the like. I used to see them pop up at unexpected times in Toulouse when I lived there, and in Fontainebleau. Don't see them as much in my tiny town in western France, but they do show up for parades! At the ones in Toulouse you'd see people spontaneously start dancing in the street or clapping along, right in the middle of a work day. That was one of those moments when I felt "you're not in the US anymore!", and I love it. Great work on the table, totally agree about the height, just looking at a low work table makes my back ache! And I'm sure that dressing table will look great in one of your rooms.

[@ManorandMaker]

The band really added something to the atmosphere. We passed them a couple of times, and you could just see people perk up that little bit more...

[@lynnharper3048]

Sarlat is such a beautiful town. I do not drink tea. But one of my best meals was in a tea cafe because it was a Sunday evening and most places were closed. Everything was preserved in or prepared with tea leaves. It was absolutely lovely. Spent a couple of days in Perigueux as well. And it just happened to be truffle season! I so love France!! IMHO you picked the best area of France to live in. Well done.

[@ManorandMaker]

That tea cafe sounds so cool.. I wonder if it's still there...

[@lynnharper3048]

@@ManorandMaker I will look to see if I have a picture. Will send it to you if I find one. By the way, your wedding costumes were wonderful. As was your wedding! Congratulations.

[@kimbevan5614]

Please tell me you bought the ❤❤Featherweight❤❤ .? Xx

[@ManorandMaker]

Sadly not this time.

[@Saarvl-sl5zz]

How much was the Featherweight? Love the dressing table.

[@cathyleffler658]

Looks like my Mom's machine, that I learned to sew on, made it all the way to France! I used it to make all of my kids Halloween costumes back in the 90's

[@amandahugo1421]

Love your city and that dressing table is magnificent.

[@ManorandMaker]

Thank you so much!

[@penihavir1777]

It looks like you all had a great time! A great solution for this issue. ♥️♥️♥️

[@jonimarchese7655]

Bonjour Sara and Steve, what a fun day out, Angela and Kate looked like they were having a blast. The dressing table is beautiful. Steve a wonderful idea for the work top in the kitchen. Thank you for sharing today. Love from N.Y. BYE Angela and Kate, see you in the fall.

[@ManorandMaker]

Thank you Joni!

[@lizarce272]

The counter top.. hmmm. Hope it works

[@ManorandMaker]

We'll find out! So far so good!

[@SandiAschoff]

My friend and I were talking about her Little Singer Sewing machine. We curious as to what vendor was selling it for. Her appraisal was somewhere around $2k and maybe more. Her’s has attachments and original storage boxes. It’s a sweet little thing

[@ManorandMaker]

EUR300. A quick look on eBay found a listing for EUR1500, but that had all the accessories.

[@SandiAschoff]

@@ManorandMaker yes hers has all accessories to. In excellent condition

[@debbiecagliarini4421]

Hi Steve, not sure if mdf is the same in france but many countries have banned it, if i remember correctly it was found to have dangerous particles. Not sure if it is food safe. It may need sealing, but certainly would be worth investigating. A quick bit of looking showed it is to do with the resin that binds the particles together that once cut release formaldehyde. It also needs to be moisture resistant if being used in the kitchen. This is what i found for australia. Sorry if it doesn't apply to france.

[@ManorandMaker]

We generally dont prepare food directly on the surface - lots of cutting boards, even if we're not cutting. Thank you for the head's up!

[@3_3645]

My sister has my mom's old singer possibly older than the one you saw, still working beautifully 😉

[@ManorandMaker]

That's awesome!

[@teasippingtango]

I still have my Mom’s featherweight Singer!

[@ManorandMaker]

I hope you use and enjoy it!

[@alannagilmore8982]

Love it dearies!!❤

[@ManorandMaker]

We love you back.

[@FindingFrance]

OMG! The lace-workers station!! The lace is still on it. I wonder what the story is?

[@ManorandMaker]

Right? Who had to walk away from that half-finished project?

[@deborahstone8077]

What prevents the table extension from sliding around especially while cutting and chopping

[@ManorandMaker]

The bit of rubber on the bottom of the legs. Tho we might add a bit more.

[@suepopoff3159]

Hello from beautiful B.C.🇨🇦you make my day!

[@ManorandMaker]

So glad! We are happy to oblige.

[@karenwalters9793]

Ohh I want that sewing machine.

[@derrihanson9876]

Is your raised workspace slide sideways resistance?

[@jacquielawrence5670]

Wow, that Singer would have come home with me

[@ManorandMaker]

At EUR300, it was a think-thrice sort of item, as much as I love them. I hope someday I'll find a vendor who doesn't know what he has...

[@jacquielawrence5670]

Oh blimey. Yes, it would have stayed there if I'd known how much. I have one and I'm looking after it x❤

[@claudialibis5962]

Did that Featherweight come with the case? I have one and had the case, but sadly it was ruined in a basement flood. The machine survived though. It had belonged to a missionary couple, then my Aunt, then me. It’s a little tank!

[@ManorandMaker]

The case yes, but not any of the accessories.

[@JaneMcGuinness-y5d]

I think Sara is so looking so well since she got wedded to Steven!! 😉 😉

[@ManorandMaker]

He's a great guy...

[@armymom8378]

❤❤

[@peterwhite9261]

I would put something that is non-slip under the legs to prevent a major injury, especially when cutting on top of it. Good idea, though.

[@ManorandMaker]

Good idea.

[@Jessica-ec9fu]

How much were they asking for the Featherweight? They are going for over $400 USD here in the States depending on the condition and accessories. That one you showed was pretty.

[@ManorandMaker]

It was around that price. The seller clearly knew what he had.

[@TdotTwiFic]

How do you find out about these street brocants or other events? Where do they advertise? This is what I want whenever I get to go to France.

[@ManorandMaker]

There is a site called brocabrac(dot)fr. You can search by date or department number...

[@janedunworth4622]

How do I get the newsletter, please. Very interested in your crafting courses.

[@ManorandMaker]

Sign up on the bottom of any page on our website. We'd be delighted to have you!

[@sallyjohnson3381]

👋👍❤️

[@UnicornPurple-ut8wf]

I would have made a flip open option for a bigger top…

[@UnicornPurple-ut8wf]

But you could add a hinged second piece

[@marshaandrews2749]

I see the Featherweight! How much was it?!

[@ManorandMaker]

EUR300. Had the box, but none of the small accessories or storage box.

[@3_3645]

When you do another artist workshop do it around this time for a day visit???ah you did The desk is beautiful

[@ManorandMaker]

We are having discussions with local artists for day options...

[@micheledavies1665]

The Famous Singer 222k Featherweight! Wow! Hope that it went home with you?

[@ManorandMaker]

It did not. EUR300. Had the box, but none of the small accessories or storage box.

[@darquisekrysciak8732]

🥰🇨🇦

[@cillewagner7991]

So how much was the Featherweight Sewing Machine?

[@ManorandMaker]

EUR300. With the case, but no accessories.

[@lindacarey7578]

I have a little featherweight singer did you buy it?

[@ManorandMaker]

I did not, I'm afraid. EUR300. Had the box, but none of the small accessories or storage box.

[@jellyfish0098]

What about screwing those legs to the bottom of the existing legs on the table

[@ManorandMaker]

That is a possibility but want to see how it performs first. Cheers!

[@RaySqw785]

Sarlat-la-Canéda pas "le", still has long road for your frenchitude

[@ManorandMaker]

Fortunately there's always someone there for every correction that is needed.

[@drusabs]

I have a treadle sewing machine if anyone would like to buy it

[@Hiris-hu5pc]

I have Sara's fetish for sewing machines, and have three featherweights as well as two of the card tables that hold them (I know, I should be embarassed); and several other machines. That 222K is so rare and I'm curious to know the price they were asking (as are many others in the comments!)

[@ManorandMaker]

EUR300. Had the outer box, but none of the small accessories or storage box. Three? 3?! Nice collection!

[@Katgobou]

Please say you bought the featherweight!

[@ManorandMaker]

I'm afraid not - EUR300.

[@maryhollenbach4966]

Everyone who sews needs a featherweight.

[@ManorandMaker]

I concur!

[@gianniqccanada6545]

love this channel, but this one its the porest video,,, nobody its interesting in brocante . vente garage, grenier etc....

[@ManorandMaker]

Some of the comments indicate some people are interested. We appreciate your support on the videos that are to your liking!

[@pamelamickey2535]

Featherweight machines are very desirable among my quilting friends. I have one! They are very easy to service yourself and great to take to a class. I belong to a local Quilt Guild and we have over 125 members! 🧵🪡✂️

[@ManorandMaker]

I love that so many followers know them! Makes me feel like I'm not geeking all on my own! Waves to your quilting friends!