Originally Posted by Flour Sack Mama
Thank you for all of the good advice! I'll post a photo when it arrives. Sounds like it might be fun to fix up and eventually teach the kids how to use. Maybe it would be safer than electric for a beginner.
Could well be safer. My wife once managed - I don't know how and she doesn't remember - to stitch through her thumb on her machine. Stopping to think about it, I don't know that I've sat down to it since - that
really freaked me out. The treadle just seems much friendlier that way.