Howdy
 

I'm just learning to quilt, and re-learning how to sew after many years. At the same time, I'm getting vintage machines... and at the moment I'm trying to figure out how to get my vintage machine into a vintage cabinet. I've got everything figured out except how to run the cords.
Y'all seem like a nice bunch of folks.
Kathi

Welcome to Quilting Board. Perhaps if you post pictures of the machine and the cabinet in the Vintage section of the forum https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...thusiasts-f22/ someone may be able to help. Lots of people have trouble posting pictures, so I have made a standard reply on how to post pictures --

We like pictures. In order to post pictures on Quilting Board, you will probably need to reduce or compress the picture to a file size that is smaller than 2MB. How to post images can be found at https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...020-01-17-.pdf
Don't forget to scroll over to the far right to find and click on the "Upload" button.

I have found that only the big red "Reply" button or "Quote" work to give me the paper clip icon to work for adding pictures.
https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...p-location.jpg

Some additional info regarding reducing images at post #4 and images for the scroll and upload button can be found at #5 of https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...d-t312607.html

Another way to post pictures can be found at https://www.quiltingboard.com/showpo...postcount=1143
And how to use an ipad to post pictures can be found at https://www.quiltingboard.com/qb-hel...s-t318147.html

Or simply - Make sure pictures are smaller than 2MB
Click on red "Reply" button
Click on the paper clip icon
Click browse - choose picture/s. (only 5 allowed per post)
Once they show up as being loaded, Scroll over to the right side and click on "Upload"
After the pictures show up as being attached, you can close that window and go back to the screen to finish posting your post.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

Thank you, OurWorkbench, for the useful information! It could have taken me months to figure all that out. Even with your instructions, I only saw the Quick Reply button for this reply... and now I see that big red thing! :rolleyes: I found a work-around for the cords. I'll try to get in situ pix this week-ish and post in the vintage area.
I'm happy to be here.

I love vintage machines too and have too many!
Welcome the the Quilting Board! You can have a lot of fun here!

Welcome to the QB from So. CAL! Vintage machines are so nice. I have the Singer 15-91 that was given to my mother for a wedding present in 1950. I learned to sew on it in 1962 and love it. Then I was gifted a treadle machine that belonged for my Great Aunt May. She bought it new in 1925 from Montgomery Wards. It works great, and luckily had several bobbin spindles and the instruction book. It has several attachments but I haven't really done anything with them.

Welcome from South Louisiana! There's a lot of knowledge and experience in here and the people are wonderful about sharing anything they can to help anyone.

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Welcome from Michigan. This is a terrific place to learn, enjoy the successes of others, share your victories and to safely ask questions. We have all been in your shoes, just learning. Happy to have you with us.

Welcome from Southern California! You've come to the right place for information, help and inspiration.

Thank you all for the warm welcomes! I haven't gotten my photos from my phone to my computer yet. I got the old girl set up in her cabinet though, ordered some attachments, reorganizing my sewing space to make room for the junk I had to move to make room for her cabinet. Feeling pretty good about it all.

Welcome from Delaware. Love those vintage machines and have a few myself.

Waving hello from Maryland!

Welcome Manakeeka from Florida. Is the "mana" for manatee and "Keeka"from Parakete both of which are seen in your part of the world much more than in southern Texas! You have a great screen name!! Happy to meet you.

Howdy Back!
 

Hi Kathi,
I'm pretty new here too; I do hand quilting but have been away from it for a long time. I have an old treadle Singer from my grandmother; I'm hoping to find someone in my area who still can work on it and make sure it works. I've not tried to take it out of the Singer stand it is in, but I remember watching my grandmother do it 100 times and I don't think it's that hard. Well, we'll see! I think it would be perfect for me as a novice sewer, since I don't like complexities that these new machines show. Like this old thing is really easy to thread, etc. Anyway, nice to meet you.