Originally Posted by Linda B
I'm new to this forum, and have surfed a few pages of this thread, but rather than read 40+ pages (!), would like to ask a couple of questions. Do most of you actually use these old machines? If you do, what do they offer that a newer machine doesn't? My husband inherited one of the Singer treadles from his mother but gave it to his sister who got rid of it. I'm wondering now if that was a big mistake!!
I use mine everyday, and most of them are treadle powered. I used to be able to say all of mine were treadle but now I have the 128, 500A, and a Kenmore that are e-machines.
The advantage is you can say you are holding a piece of living history when you give a quilt that you made on a treadle. Plus you can feel the love put into a quilt that is made on a vintage machine.
Billy