Macybaby

getting ready for the trip south - and hoping I'll be taking some of this with me - and leaving it somewhere else!

Got everything out - and started sorting it



Stuff for sure to keep



And the some of the rest



Though I'll keep these two - though they aren't much help.



Gotta few derelict machines too.



Most of this came from the bulk purchase I made.

And then to put it all back.







Now to send Joe some pictures and see how much I can pawn off on him LOL!!

Too bad there aren't more vintage machine enthusiasts between SD and IL.

MFord

Wow, what a job! I suppose the cats just got in the way, as usual!! Wish you were heading west, not south, although I sure don't have as much room as you do to store stuff. I have a room in our garage - had a little tiff with DH because he had the door open while he was cutting lumber and I didn't want my machines all dusty - he won, though, and I covered them all with plastic bags.

My little Singer 99k is going to have the honor of being blown up in a high school play. Hope they keep their explosives non-lethal!

J Miller

Cathy,

I'm slobbering ....... I wish I could come up there. I see enough treadle parts to make a couple complete cabinets.

I've replied to your emails. You do know that I'm really up a creek now. Same thing as you, somethings gotta go to make room. LOL

Oh and those kitties are performing a valuable service, they're guarding the shady spot.

Joe

HelenAnn

Is there a meet up planned?
HelenAnn

Macybaby

I'm planning on being to Joe's house some time on Saturday - going to drop off as much as I can fit in the van, and pick up one treadle he's storing for me. Will stop in St. Louis to pick up a second machine from a good friend.

Then I'm heading north to Iowa and stopping at Cogito's place on Sunday and picking up another machine.

I don't have time this trip to go any farther east than Joe's house, so I don't know if anything got worked out for those wanting to meet up on the east side of IL.

KLO

And those are only photos of what was in the boat shed, right? You do have a few in the house also, correct? Hope your trip is beneficial to all involved.

Macybaby

Yes, let's say that I didn't put anything I considered real nice out there, those stayed in the house.

Most of my machines did not come in cabinets (bought on eBay) and I'll set them up so I can swap them in a treadle cabinet with ease. I can display a lot more by putting them in bases on shelves. The "Shed" will hold 12-15 cabinets. The hard part will be deciding what to display and what to store. I need to have room for my attachment collection too.

I'll be keeping almost all the Singers in the house - and that is about 1/4 of my collection.

greenjellybean

Macybaby, where in the South are you going, I sure could use a lid for my treadle, my husband was refinishing the cabinet but the lid was too far gone. If you head to Alabama way let me know, I'm a transplanted Texan

Macybaby

Greenjellybean- we usually head that way in the fall. Got two grown kids living around Atlanta- they decided they didn't care for the snow! DD was living on the west coast for a while, then transferred to UGA after her brother bought a house 40 miles from campus.

Macybaby

got four singer cabinets loaded up to take to Joe's house. Unfortunately, removing 4 didn't make much of a dent in the group . . . Would have taken more, but that is all that would fit in the van. Joe better hope I don't find my dream cabinet on the way to his house, or one of those four may end up on the curb!