Help find my heart's desire
01-11-2014, 06:29 AM
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Help find my heart's desire
I know there's a forum for buying & selling but I'm posting this here for all of you sharp eyed fans of vintage machines. I have been smitten by JMiller's 3/4 Greyhound New Home. I'm keeping an eye out for other New Home Greyhound machines but this one with Greyhound spelled out on the frame is something special. When it showed up in my dreams last night I knew I needed help. I've shared my home with retired racing greyhounds for 12 yrs. I quilt coats for them, quilt portraits of them, make quilts for GPA-MN fundraisers. I've been waylaid by some other easily acquired machines but I'm focusing on Greyhounds again. I don't have a lot of room or $$ but I hope there's a 3/4 Greyhound out there looking to be adopted. If you ever see one, please remember me and send me a link or message in the notifications. I can't keep up with ebay, GW, CL locally let alone nationally so I am asking for a little help. Please, don't go out of your way but if you happen to see a nice greyhound at a sale or online, I'd love a heads up.
Here's a pic of JMiller's darling taken from another post. Joe, I hope you don't mind and I was just kidding about taking your machine to a country with no extradition treaty in that other post.
Here's a pic of JMiller's darling taken from another post. Joe, I hope you don't mind and I was just kidding about taking your machine to a country with no extradition treaty in that other post.
01-11-2014, 07:55 AM
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GreyQ,
Don't mind at all. I hope you find what you want. We don't know where the one we have came from. It was here when I got here in 99. Sat around with the case falling apart in the garage, then storage shed, then garage again until 2011 when I drug it out and fixed it up. As best we can tell it was part of an auction lot.
It's a cute little machine, that's for sure.
Joe
Don't mind at all. I hope you find what you want. We don't know where the one we have came from. It was here when I got here in 99. Sat around with the case falling apart in the garage, then storage shed, then garage again until 2011 when I drug it out and fixed it up. As best we can tell it was part of an auction lot.
It's a cute little machine, that's for sure.
Joe
01-12-2014, 04:56 AM
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They occasionally show up on eBay - so I'll keep my eye out and let you know.
I believe this machine may take a National shuttle, as it's based on the National Eldredge BTE (same as my Wards). Free took over New Home, and then years later National - and then they all were gone.
I believe this machine may take a National shuttle, as it's based on the National Eldredge BTE (same as my Wards). Free took over New Home, and then years later National - and then they all were gone.
01-12-2014, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by GreyQ
I know there's a forum for buying & selling but I'm posting this here for all of you sharp eyed fans of vintage machines. I have been smitten by JMiller's 3/4 Greyhound New Home. I'm keeping an eye out for other New Home Greyhound machines but this one with Greyhound spelled out on the frame is something special. When it showed up in my dreams last night I knew I needed help. I've shared my home with retired racing greyhounds for 12 yrs. I quilt coats for them, quilt portraits of them, make quilts for GPA-MN fundraisers. I've been waylaid by some other easily acquired machines but I'm focusing on Greyhounds again. I don't have a lot of room or $$ but I hope there's a 3/4 Greyhound out there looking to be adopted. If you ever see one, please remember me and send me a link or message in the notifications. I can't keep up with ebay, GW, CL locally let alone nationally so I am asking for a little help. Please, don't go out of your way but if you happen to see a nice greyhound at a sale or online, I'd love a heads up.
Here's a pic of JMiller's darling taken from another post. Joe, I hope you don't mind and I was just kidding about taking your machine to a country with no extradition treaty in that other post.
Here's a pic of JMiller's darling taken from another post. Joe, I hope you don't mind and I was just kidding about taking your machine to a country with no extradition treaty in that other post.
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