Originally Posted by
vintagemotif
NICE! I like the way you cleaned up Rizzo's box and lid. Clever! Have you tried to treadle her machine? I would, if it can be done.
I say keep Rizzo!!
I think the case took more work than the machine. The hardest part was getting the paper off the inside. I used my little portable clothes steamer and a scraper--just like taking off wallpaper. I also had to replace the 2 side pieces of her base. I couldn't get the old latches off without tearing them up, and they were just held in with rusty staples. I was also just going to put black felt on the bottom, but they were out of black and white when I went to the store. They had some thin craft foam that works really well (can't slide it around at all!), but no plain black or white. On a whim I got the zebra print. I think it suits her, the wild child.
I haven't measured to see if she'd fit my Singer treadle base...yet.
