The best sewing machines are workhorses that can do it all: mend holes on clothes, make fun costumes, piece together quilts and craft scrunchies, for starters. What’s more, they’re built to last.

Judy’s Sewing & Craft Museum in Morro Bay is closing and putting hundreds of its items, including antique sewing machines, on auction. The auction is being being hosted on the SLO Cal Estate ...