Originally Posted by
toverly
It amazes me that they always skip over sewing machines. Everyone has one. I always look for the elusive featherweight.
I used to watch them in amazement that some of the things they valued I remember not as so valuable like an old automatic watering gadget for hogs, the thing they stuck their snouts in and pressed to get water. They must have seen hundreds of old treadles and FWs and were not interested. I guess their mothers and grannies were not quilters!
