Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by quilt addict
I finally did it.....Sewed on one of my treadle machine, a Singer 191U.
I have a question though. My machine is on smooth floor and it moves around when I am peddling. What do you guys use to keep it in place or do I need to adjust how I am peddling?
I did learn you cannot use a chair on wheels. Both the chair and the machine were rolling all over.
heeheee Rock'n and a roll'n! I hope you have some good tunes to go with that!
My floors are carpeted, and the treadles sit on the rubber carpet protector pads. You can find the pads at Home Depot or Lowes.
Have you tried sitting the treadle onto those to see if you no longer a rolling?
Find yourself a vintage Singer chair!! Or find a piano bench.
Both are about the right height for the treadles, and they both can store attachments and other vintage sewing treasures. :)
I'm picturing that too. I would love to be able to draw that cartoon... My cartoon would be drawn from the back side of ya sitting there at that treadle with a cat just sitting there playing with the fabric that spills off the table - that way it could be any one of us... I use a piano bench with storage and an old sewing stool with storage. For my industrial walking foot machine, I use a drum throne but threads get caught in the wheels - on the scout for another piano bench.