A wonderful gift
MY son wanted to buy a treadle for his wife for mothers day. I've been restoring a few vintage machines over the long NH winter and happened to have 3 treadles left so I told him to stop over and see if I had anything she might be interested in. He walked in and I had 3 treadles lined up in my dining rm. a 1912, 1915 and a 1924 all Red Eyes in different stages of repair. For no good reason he said he'd take the 1912. So I got to work getting it ready and delivered for Mother's Day, you know the saying don't let your sewing machine know your in a hurry, so true. Mothers Day arrived and he presented the treadle to her and told her it was a 1912, at that she got emotional and he couldn't figure out why when she told him both her grandmothers where born in 1912 which she was very close to both of them. Now how strange is that. She'll now think of her grandmothers each time she sits down at her treadle.
I can't think of a better Mother's Day present.