Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
Nancy - Wow! Thanks, 1956, huh?
Havplenty - Must be a good time for finding LBOW, mine is one, too. The serial number is stamped under the bed on the left side near the hinge for the extension. You don't have to remove the oil drip cover, it's outside of it.
I think I'm going to really like this machine. It really is like a big sister of the Featherweight. I just got her cleaned up and spent a few minutes test stitching but I'm impressed so far.
Havplenty - Must be a good time for finding LBOW, mine is one, too. The serial number is stamped under the bed on the left side near the hinge for the extension. You don't have to remove the oil drip cover, it's outside of it.
I think I'm going to really like this machine. It really is like a big sister of the Featherweight. I just got her cleaned up and spent a few minutes test stitching but I'm impressed so far.
Nancy
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Yes, she knows about it. We like to wait until the deal is done on machines that we're interested in because they get pounced on by other folks that are lurkers here...
Becky, from the Vintage Treadle Sewing Machine yahoo list posted her You Tube videos of her drawing room cabinets...they're kind of neat to watch... I have the "oak style" with my 115 in it. I want the other one now too!!
Part 1- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=oPmANs6QJic
Part 2- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=hrw9oDfNMLI
Part 1- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=oPmANs6QJic
Part 2- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=hrw9oDfNMLI
Nancy
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Nancy - Wow! Thanks, 1956, huh?
Havplenty - Must be a good time for finding LBOW, mine is one, too. The serial number is stamped under the bed on the left side near the hinge for the extension. You don't have to remove the oil drip cover, it's outside of it.
I think I'm going to really like this machine. It really is like a big sister of the Featherweight. I just got her cleaned up and spent a few minutes test stitching but I'm impressed so far.
Havplenty - Must be a good time for finding LBOW, mine is one, too. The serial number is stamped under the bed on the left side near the hinge for the extension. You don't have to remove the oil drip cover, it's outside of it.
I think I'm going to really like this machine. It really is like a big sister of the Featherweight. I just got her cleaned up and spent a few minutes test stitching but I'm impressed so far.
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I actually proved that point last year with a machine, that I had bid on at shopgoodwill.com and decided against it. When I could not retract my bid, I mentioned it here, and viola! I was outbid. I learned that after I mentioned one I really wanted, and got shot down. Lesson learned and used. But that red is a cute machine though. I would have to think about it hard if I was near it, but agree that it is overpriced.
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Jan, I have a 1953 301a, and I just LOVE her to pieces!! She is my piecing machine....her straight stitches are just perfectly straight, and make the most accurate seams I have ever gotten for quilting. I love the little tick, tick, tick sound she makes while sewing, and although it "feels" lightweight, it sews very strong. I never have a problem going over thicker seams. I even sew through some seams that my modern low-end Brother machine will not sew through.
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