July 6, 2019 Colorado Get-together Part 1
We've had some cloudy and rainy days recently, but we had a sunny Saturday morning in the seventies for our July meeting of Colorado sewing machine enthusiasts. It was well attended with Carol, Dianne, Courtney, Dorothy, James, Cheryl, Chris, Janey and John.
Courtney brought miniature oilers which he gave to everyone at the meeting, with several still leftover. He bought them in bulk online. They are a very convenient size, about two inches tall and will be useful to all of us. A picture of one of the oilers, with an attached tightly fitting cap, is shown below.
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Dorothy told us of a new machine she acquired called a New Conover, actually a badged machine made by Davis. While she didn't bring the machine, we got a surprisingly good shot of it from the picture she showed us on her tablet. The treadle that it was originally with had been repurposed by someone for a table or something else, and Dorothy got the machine head. The head seems to be difficult to turn, but when she gets it moving better, it will be a beautiful machine, as can be seen in the picture.
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A few of us at the end of the table also talked a bit with Dorothy about the possibility of making hail protective mats for car windshields from the tough black fabric she has made carriers from, combined with thick Styrofoam inserts, which would be replaceable. We've had an unusually active season of large hail this year in Colorado.
Dianne brought a Coleman gasoline powered iron, as well as several other irons and heat absorbing trivets to set irons on. The Coleman gasoline powered one, for example, could not be turned upward when not in use as modern irons are. They needed to be put on a heat tolerant base or trivet. She also brought what is called a sad iron and several pictures of other similar devices. One iron pictured had a hose for connection to a natural gas supply. We were reminded how much safer ironing is today.
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Janey brought some pictures of feet with a short toe, similar to one that was a topic at a previous get together. There was talk about the possible applications and uses of such feet.
....to be continued in Part 2