Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
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Try putting a wide rubber band on the wheel then a piece of elastic for a belt, till you get one. Or a piece of ¼” tubing or an old “rubber” electric cord.
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It is beautiful, Charlee. Love the blue. There is a white morse, with blue writing on it, sitting on the porch of an abandoned house on my paper route. I want to save it so bad, but have never seen anyone there. When I do, I am going to give it heck.
I would try pantyhose for a belt. One of my best friends would come in after a wild weekend, and say, "Pantyhose makes good knots." I never asked for details, but try it on a sewing machine anyway.
I would try pantyhose for a belt. One of my best friends would come in after a wild weekend, and say, "Pantyhose makes good knots." I never asked for details, but try it on a sewing machine anyway.
it is beautiful, charlee. Love the blue. There is a white morse, with blue writing on it, sitting on the porch of an abandoned house on my paper route. I want to save it so bad, but have never seen anyone there. When i do, i am going to give it heck.
I would try pantyhose for a belt. One of my best friends would come in after a wild weekend, and say, "pantyhose makes good knots." i never asked for details, but try it on a sewing machine anyway.
I would try pantyhose for a belt. One of my best friends would come in after a wild weekend, and say, "pantyhose makes good knots." i never asked for details, but try it on a sewing machine anyway.
I feel like I just scored BIG TIME!!
My big expenditure of the day? $17 for a Morse 15 clone. Pretty blue machine...but it's got a broken belt, so I can't *really* test it, but turning by hand it turns easily and makes a nice stitch, and plugging it in, the motor turns...I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best! That was at Goodwill.
At St. Vinny's (St. Vincent DePaul), for a whopping $1.75, I brought home a throw size quilt top, sampler style and adorable...and an about 24" Christmas tree wall hanging that needs quilted too. Oh! And a vest pattern.
So....I'm a happy camper right now.
My big expenditure of the day? $17 for a Morse 15 clone. Pretty blue machine...but it's got a broken belt, so I can't *really* test it, but turning by hand it turns easily and makes a nice stitch, and plugging it in, the motor turns...I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best! That was at Goodwill.
At St. Vinny's (St. Vincent DePaul), for a whopping $1.75, I brought home a throw size quilt top, sampler style and adorable...and an about 24" Christmas tree wall hanging that needs quilted too. Oh! And a vest pattern.
So....I'm a happy camper right now.
I treadle with my feet together. After picking up the treadle with the "feet" as the treadle pedal, I learned to treadle with feet together. If the treadle treadles smoothly then there is very little work done to tire one out. I would always get a workout on the Singer 328k in treadle since it was poorly designed to be treadled.
Nancy
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I will be able to do what you did with my Pfaff 260 because I can widen or shorten the satin stitch while he is running! That will be fun to try - monogramming some towels free hand!
Candace as far as stitching without fabric underneath the foot - yowwww! I'd be afraid to try that! I realize after she got the first stiches she was just stitching over them, but the first row would scare me, although it did look like she stitched that first row after cutting out the fabric! I'd love to see someone do that lace in person!
Nancy
I have had an exciting day of playing with sewing machines. I joined the old pfaff group at yahoo and got a copy of the stitch wheel, and finally did some embroidery stitches with my Pfaff 230. What an amazing machine. I had only fiddled with it enough to figure out how to straight stitch and zig zag with it, and do the fmq. It is hard to believe that a machine older than me can do all those stitches, and have so many options about spacing and width and such. I am going to make myself a top, and put several rows of stitching around the neck and hem lines in the matching thread to add some texture. In my mind it will be pretty. In real life, we will see.
I also downloaded the book to the Lady Kenmore 89 and learned how to use it better. I read that it is a Pfaff in disguise, and it is smooth as silk. The embroidery stitches built into it are pretty too. Not as many, but easier to do. Very nice machine.
I also downloaded the book to the Lady Kenmore 89 and learned how to use it better. I read that it is a Pfaff in disguise, and it is smooth as silk. The embroidery stitches built into it are pretty too. Not as many, but easier to do. Very nice machine.
Nancy
[ATTACH=CONFIG]348074[/ATTACH]Moving this over from another thread...advice from there "Get an old but clean mascara brush and check first for clogged up stuff - lint, broken needles, dried up grease and oil, etc. Get some Triflow oil - put one drop on anything that remotely moves. Jiggle it as you oil. Muv has a great video on the sticky: HOW TO CLEAN UP and use a vintage sewing machine - videos by Muv and Fav Her tutorial should be enough to get that machine serviced. That machine's exterior looks to be in good shape, you do not need Glenn's tutorial. Your machine looks like it runs on a treadle. Some of those machine's also have a little wheel to drive the balance wheel. Sometimes those get a flat spot or die. It looks like it needs a bobbin winder tire. This can further be discussed here: Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell which is also on the sticky. "
It does run on treadle. The treadle moves VERY smoothly. When I disengage the hand wheel, it moves very smoothly, but engaged, it won't budge. I've been looking for the reason and I'm thinking that one of the gears won't move. Needle is stuck in the down position and bobbin case won't move either. I've oiled everything, let it sit over night. Still stuck. Still looking.
It does run on treadle. The treadle moves VERY smoothly. When I disengage the hand wheel, it moves very smoothly, but engaged, it won't budge. I've been looking for the reason and I'm thinking that one of the gears won't move. Needle is stuck in the down position and bobbin case won't move either. I've oiled everything, let it sit over night. Still stuck. Still looking.
Nancy
Here you go Melinda...amid the clutter of my cutting table... This one says, "Precision Built Model 2600, Made in India"
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And the two quilt tops, the little one is already sandwiched:
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And this one needs top and bottom borders...I think I have some of this fabric!
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And the two quilt tops, the little one is already sandwiched:
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And this one needs top and bottom borders...I think I have some of this fabric!
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Nancy
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