I can see the training exercises in my mind...running, deep knee bends, stretching...
Nancy, does finishing the piecemeal quilt mean that you'll be back with us more often now? Would love to see it!
Have just been browsing the Smithsonian website....they have a rather interesting catalog for the "post-Singer" Wheeler & Wilson machines...242 pages (images) of this catalog! I tended to think of the W&W machines produced after Singer acquired the company to be rather limited to the 9W....not so!
If you go to this link, scroll down to the trade catalog for Singer, the one that reads:
[TABLE="width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 68%"]
Singer Manufacturing Company[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Company Name:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
Singer Manufacturing Company[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Title:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
Singer sewing machines manufactured at Bridgeport, Conn., USA. / Catalogue of sewing machines manufactured at Bridgeport, Conn., USA.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Imprint:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
1908[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Pages:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
245[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Notes:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
Format: Trade catalogs
Models represented: All Wheeler and Wilson models.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 32%, bgcolor: #666699"]
Descriptive Notes:[/TD]
[TD="width: 68%"]
Technical descriptions and images of manufacturing machines, mainly Wheeler and Wilson machines. Singer models are included on extra sheets. Recommending certain models for certain uses.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
This is the link to the search that I used:
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect...ch-results.cfm