i just came across the photo of your quilt that you pieced with your treadle machines. i love them...i recently bough and restored a "free" treadle sew. machine and i am still practicing filling the bobbin and sewing seams but getting pretty bored with it...i think i am ready to try piecing and quilting at least one project with this machine. do you have any tips? i did discover that the machine will take schmetz needles so i am stocked up with those for a good while.