leonf

Iris and I went to Mississippi so we could see some of her family. We brought back a family treasure. a


VS Singer treadle [ATTACH=CONFIG]603613[/ATTACH]that her late husband's mom used in Honduras and other countries for a long time.Living away from roads meant that she had to make do a lot. We found three pumice stones in the drawers that she used for re-sharpening neeedles. 8 bobbins. Lots of rust down there. These are "before" pictures.

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leonf

It spun easily on day 1 and I had it stitching soon after we made it back to KS. Pincushion is heavy material and sewn tightly in place.

Kelsie

I look forward to the after pictures, especially the decals. Did you bring home a cabinet with it?

Barb in Louisiana

It looks rough but still sews??? That is a tough sewing machine. I, too, am looking forward to the cleaned up version.

Darcyshannon

Wow! Makes me grateful I don’t need a pumice stone to sharpen my sewing needle.

luvstoquilt

Ant wait to see it all clean and shiny.

leonf

Yes, we got the cabinet and the irons. At one point the machine got too close to a flood and the cabinet was mostly destroyed. The rebuilt cabinet is a story all it's own. In the middle picture you can see a bit of the mahogany cabinet peeking over the bed.