i'm happy to hear some one mention whites! i have a white treadle that was my grandmother's. have no idea of anything about her, haven't sewn on her since high school (back when t-rex roamed the earth). she needs a new connecter of the treadle to the wheel and i think a belt. hasn't been cleaned oiled or otherwise taken care of in at least 50 yrs. but i just love having her and knowing she was my gramma's and she made the quilts i have from gramma. a legacy of warmth and love!