Thanks everyone. It's nice to be able to share my joy with people who "get it"....the boys think I'm a little mad (ok, a lot!) and my husband can't understand why I don't want a new machine with all the bells and whistles. He is quite keen on helping me with some restoration which should be fun.

I think it's a 16K which had a quantity of 60000 allotted. The allotted year is 1910, though the F series are dated 1912, which I think is the actual year of release.

Haven't named it yet....I think I'll save that for after a bit of restoration and some test driving. Anyway, thanks again....happy quilting.

That is a really nice machine under the grime, and depending where you are down under your lucky to have it in that nice of condition!! Honestly it shouldnt take a whole lot to make a really nice machine out of it. Just take the machine out of the cabinet, the cabinet off of the treadle and get ready to have fun!!

Billy

Lovely! Thanks for sharing :) I have 25 machines, and never get tired of looking at them - this would be my dream machine too :)

So cool!

My mom taught me how to sew on one...she used hers until her eyes wouldn't let her sew anymore...she still won't give it up....

Oh my, enjoy the heck out of it. I would love to have one too. I hear that they are very relaxing to use it.

Babble all you want Earthwalker. Happy you found one. Enjoy using it.

Congratulations on your new treadle!

Paint me green with envy. I learned to sew on my Gramdmothers treadle. We used to ship it back and forth from Oklahoma to St Louis, on Greyhound and it cost ten dollars to ship. She lost it in a flood.

Congratulations! I got my treadle not too long ago and made a quilt top on it and it is just the most fun.