Stitch124

Well, your collection is quite impressive. I will probably look for a machine for my treadle cabinet once my daughter finds her own place. Currently, I have no place to land my machines permanently except the kitchen table. My daughter and her two girls, 6 and 4, live with me and take up two of our three bedrooms. I plan to make the bigger of the two bedrooms into my sewing room, then I can set up all my machines. Of course, Birdie is my favorite.

Today, I should be receiving the last replacement parts for the refurbished FW. Small items like foot pads, a spool spring, and a couple of faceplate screws, nothing major. Got everything back together and just need to do a little touch up painting around the stitch regulator and give it a good wax. Will take pics of the big reveal this weekend hopefully.

In the meantime, I'm waiting on my next project to arrive in the mail. I found another FW on ebay for $125! It needs a foot pedal and plug, but I'm also going to repaint it. I swore I wouldn't deal with that stripper agent again...nasty stuff...burns like heck...but my DH said he loves doing the stripping...it's relaxing to him....yeah, right!? He can have that part of the process! Anyway, this FW will be for my 6 yr old g/d. She wants a pink machine with butterflies. It's going to look very girly when it's all done, but tastefully done so she will keep using it when she's older. My sister is an artist...I may ask her to paint a beautiful butterfly on it. She specializes in the trompe l'oeil style and will make the butterfly look like it's real.

Here is the before pic. This one is in good shape compared to the one I just refurbished. Talk with you soon, Julie