Originally Posted by
chris_quilts
So go there and ask him,
nicely, if he knows where you can buy a leather shoelace because that'll do in a pinch.
Try not to take umbrage at his outraged expression as he shoos you out the door.
BTW: I realize my answer wasn't much help but there are people who do use a leather shoelace/bootlace for a treadle belt.
Cindy Peters has to come to my rescue, she'll be sending me a 7' belt, she said I may have an industrial type treadle like her 130 Pfaff has.
Sharon