Originally Posted by shelburn

I had a great Mother's Day!!!! about 35 years ago, I helped an elderly lady move out of her house into an assisted living apartnemt. She had an old treadle machine and offered it to me for $25. I wasn't in the market for another machine, as my Viking was doing all I needed to do.
But I was fascinated by the drawer pulls and bought it.
Just recently, reading about all the great finds by members of this board, I told my men that, for Mother's Day, they could get this old machine out of the storage shed for me so I could take a good look at it. They did, and I fell in love with the drawer pulls all over again along with the machine itself. It's an old New Home treadle that had pounds of dust and dirt on it. That was my project for Mother's Day!! DH re-attached parts of the cabinet that had fallen off and I washed and scraped and oiled and dusted. It looks pretty good for maybe a hundred years old. And I named her "Cora" after the lady I bought it from. Next is to clean up the throat plate,figure out the thread sequence and put a needle in it. Everyting seems to move easily and smoothly. so we will see. I have had the greatest Mother's Day ever!!!