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Old 07-19-2012, 03:16 PM
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thepolyparrot
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Around 30. Five treadles. A Featherweight for it's cute factor. A 401 in a cabinet just like my grandmother's. Several other slant-needle machines. Some 70's Kenmores (worth their weight in gold, to me) A couple of 15-91's in waterfall cabinets. A bronze embossed White in the Mount Vernon cabinet. A 301 and a Lady Kenmore in the kitchen. A couple of 201's.

I "rescue" them and fix them up and sew with them for a while, then I usually give them to someone. I love taking something that's been beat up and mistreated and restoring it to beautiful functionality. It's been fun to learn to refurbish them and they sew like nothing you can buy, today. These old gals will sew for another hundred years with minimal care. I smile when I see them. I love to play with them and their antiquated attachments. I do 95% of my sewing lately on a 1947 Singer 15-91. Otherwise, I'm using the serger or one of the zig-zag machines for a garment-making task.

I have one 28 treadle that I only keep because it has a hemstitcher attachment. I could use the 15's hemstitcher, but that's a jackrabbit machine and you need a little precision and control when you're using a hemstitcher. I love all my old gals.
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