So, she started off making her own clothes and she could see in each sewing machine, the woman and her family.” After picking out pieces that were meaningful to them, the family held a three-day ...

SYRACUSE, Neb. (KOLN/Gray News) - In a 4-H building in Syracuse, Nebraska, over 250 sewing machines were up for sale at an auction. They were collected by Bette Boellstorff, a seamstress, mother ...

SYRACUSE, Neb. (KOLN /Gray News) - In a 4-H building in Syracuse, Nebraska, over 250 sewing machines were up for sale at an auction. They were collected by Bette Boellstorff, a seamstress, mother and ...

To get the sewing machines to good homes, the family trusted a fifth-generation auctioneer from northwestern Missouri named Liz Hunt. Within six hours on the first day of the auction, Hunt said the ...