Machine I've always wanted.
#13
I was about 7-8 years old (60's) and my mother wouldn't let me or my sisters near her electric sewing machine. She knew we wanted to sew on a machine, so when she was at an auction and one came on the block, she got it for $3.00. We learned to sew on that machine. It had a great stitch. I made a lot of clothes for myself. It was part of the bedroom furniture. 3 beds, 3 dressers and the sewing machine. I think I used it more than the others. When we moved on to our own homes, my mother got 2 or 3 more. Then she moved to a small apartment and gave one to each of us. My younger sister got the one we learned on(we drew straws).I got a different one. I have never tried to use it. It has a long bobin and I feel I need to learn a new tool. The old dog new trick syndrom. ---- When you start to use it, remember to turn the hand wheel to make it go forward and work the feet at the same time. Once you get it going it should be smooth. You will probably need to use the hand wheel to position any beginning and ending stitch.
#14
A big congrats! It looks in wonderful shape. We recently purchased a treadle too. It wasn't in working order but just a couple of days ago we got it up and running. I am practicing the treadling itself for now but I do plan to use it for sewing quilts.
A picture of her all fixed up but before the belt was on.
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Originally Posted by QBeth
Long story short, my legs are too long for these nachines. :-)
Another option would be to use a small wooden kitchen table, add the cast iron treadle base under it, cut a hole in the top of the table and treadle that way. That way you do not have the storage tray in the way of your knees.
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
A big congrats! It looks in wonderful shape. We recently purchased a treadle too. It wasn't in working order but just a couple of days ago we got it up and running. I am practicing the treadling itself for now but I do plan to use it for sewing quilts.
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Check out the virtual section for Vintage Machines... :) You got a beautiful machine...Billy has tuts on how to clean and restore your machine.
I use my Singer treadle all of the time piecing my DJ quilt and for other things as well...I do NOT use my Wheeler & Wilson...the decals on it are fragile, and I don't want to lose anymore of them that are already gone...
I use my Singer treadle all of the time piecing my DJ quilt and for other things as well...I do NOT use my Wheeler & Wilson...the decals on it are fragile, and I don't want to lose anymore of them that are already gone...
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Originally Posted by DebbyT
I was about 7-8 years old (60's) and my mother wouldn't let me or my sisters near her electric sewing machine. She knew we wanted to sew on a machine, so when she was at an auction and one came on the block, she got it for $3.00. We learned to sew on that machine. It had a great stitch. I made a lot of clothes for myself. It was part of the bedroom furniture. 3 beds, 3 dressers and the sewing machine. I think I used it more than the others. When we moved on to our own homes, my mother got 2 or 3 more. Then she moved to a small apartment and gave one to each of us. My younger sister got the one we learned on(we drew straws).I got a different one. I have never tried to use it. It has a long bobin and I feel I need to learn a new tool. The old dog new trick syndrom. ---- When you start to use it, remember to turn the hand wheel to make it go forward and work the feet at the same time. Once you get it going it should be smooth. You will probably need to use the hand wheel to position any beginning and ending stitch.
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