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Vintage Sewing

For fans of vintage and historic sewing, dressmaking and vintage patterns, and antique sewing machines!

51k subscribers262 posts / mo in Sep 2026228 authors / mosince 2014

r/vintagesewing has 51k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 262 posts a month from 228 people. Top topics: Sewing Machines Help, Vintage Sewing Machines and Sewing Machine Troubleshooting.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +4.5% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202651k
Growing51k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−8.4%vs Sep 2025 · −7.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026262
QuieterPeaked at 357 in May 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/vintagesewing

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Sewing Machines Help33%
  2. Vintage Sewing Machines11%
  3. Sewing Machine Troubleshooting6.2%
  4. Sewing Machine Picks2.1%
  5. Vintage Patterns & Books0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ismacs.net
  2. ManualsLib
  3. Vintagesingerparts
  4. Scribd
  5. Sewing Parts Online

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research