Originally Posted by
Manalto
Those Pacesetters make everyone jealous!
My favorite is my 1916 Singer 31-15 treadle, AKA "The Tailor's Machine." It has a 16" flywheel which gives excellent control and goes like the wind on the straightaway. No features - nothing but forward stitches; tacking means you have to turn your work around or hold back to make several stitches in one spot. Utterly reliable and forgiving. Will go through several layers of canvas or fine silk without complaint. Domestic machines feel cramped by comparison.
To complete my "collection" (accumulation is probably a better word in my case) I'd like a Pfaff 138 because it has zigzag and reverse.
Hey, long time no "see"!! Good to see you back!
I really don't know what it would take to complete my collection. I haven't figured out how to focus my herd. Try to get one of every color? Get as many different badge names as I can find? Get every model from a certain time period? For any of these choices I'd have to have a much bigger house.
Cari