Oh my...do I have the world's best hubby or what? :D Saw this in a local used furniture store...I drooled and whimpered....he bargined and loaded it in that car!! Made sometime between 1878 and the late 1880's according to what I can find on Needlebar...

~happy lil sigh~ He gave up a planned fishing trip to the coast to bring this home!! Love that man to pieces!

What a wonderful find! DH is definitely a keeper!!!

Beautiful!

Lucky you that is a beauty.

They are both keepers!!! It looks like its in very good shape!
Now take hubby fishing! ;-)

I promise Marsye! Next month, I'm going to actually go with him and brave going out on the ocean in a boat...~shudder~ :lol: :lol: :lol:

uh oh!!! Better take some Dramamine :thumbup:

Charlee, that is in absolutely gorgeous condition!!! And yes that is a "Coffin top".

Its rare that you find one that complete and with the majority of the decals left on it. Not too many folks know this but look at the Presser Foot closely....... that is a glass Presser Foot. It was a proprietary feature with the W&W's.

That is a great collectors piece!!

Oh and tell your Hubby I love him too!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Billy

:) Thanks! William laughed and blew you a kiss Billy...should I be worried? :lol:

Serial # is 434598...she has the early version of tensioner...but has the release bar on the bobbin case...guessing she was born sometime about 1880...would that be right?

You are lucky lady. She's a beauty.

I really have not the faintest idea about dating the W&W's. My buddy Miller would know for sure, he is the resident expert on the W&W 8's on the NB and I am thinking he has 3 or 4 and one being an Antebellum issue. I will email him and find out for you.

That is his all time favorite machine in the whole world!!

Billy

:mrgreen: WOW :mrgreen: Take the dramamine , he deserves it :wink:

drooling....
That is so awesome.

Beautiful....I have an old one in my basement , similar, I should polish it up. Do you mind me asking what you paid.

Charlee I sent Miller an email and I should hear back from him soon. I lifted the photos of it to help him date it just in case the serial was a between year.

I am going to have to pull a road trip I can see that!!

Billy

I don't mind at all Dahna...too much for our financial condition right at the moment, but he'd been saving for his fishing trip, so he parted with $100.00 for her...

I think I'll name her "Ellen" after my g-g-grandmother! :)

don't let that DH get away!!!

Billy, you and your family have a place to stay if you do! :D Thanks for checking with Miller....I appreciate it! :)

$100?!?! They gave it away.... :shock: :shock:

Yep I am coming for sure!!!!!

Billy

How sweet .. kudos to your DH!

It's beautiful! What a find! Both your husband and the sewing machine! :)

What a beautiful find!!!

What a great find! Way to go DH. He's a gem.

Lucky, lucky!!! Beautiful machine, and what a great bargainer your DH is!!

That is gorgeous. Get out the polish often & it will stay like new forever.

Beautiful find! Hubby is definitely a keeper and the price is awesome!

***Vanity disclaimer*** Have been buzzing around since we got home from town and hadn't brushed my hair yet when I sat down to test Ellen's stitching ability, so have "coat collar hair".... and the blouse I'm wearing is one of my "transition" blouses from when I first started losing weight ***disclaimer over*** ;)

She sews nicely!! :D

I bought a sewing machine at a garage sale last summer - I'm attaching a picture of it - only paid $5 for it, and I need to find a power cord for it as the lady couldn't find it - any ideas?

Cool, just a bought a 1904 singer. I haven't had time to use it much thoughl.

I am drooling looking at how clean and minty the machine is! :shock: :shock: :shock:

And the lady is not bad herself!! ;)

Billy

Nativewoman, I *think* that's something you can get from any number of online sources....I'd try this man first....his name is Guy Baker, and if you send an email with your phone number, he calls... to make sure that he has what you want/need.

http://www.sewingmachineparts.net/pricelist.html

He actually refused to sell me a new motor for my Kenmore until the old one burns out for sure...and so far, it's going strong and has stopped smoking! :)

wow you are so lucky to have a treasure like that.

Thanks for the info!

~blush~ Thank you Kind Sir! Just finished using Howard's Furniture Restore and a beeswax/orange oil finish on the cabinet...now I'm on a mission to find out what the burled wood inset on the bonnet is....any ideas? :)

She is absolutely beautiful. What a beautiful cabinet too. You do have a wonderful hubby. Great find.

You've got a great DH to give up a fishing trip for a sewing machine!! Fantastic find!!

OMG that is absolutely gorgeous so good to see someone have it that will treasure it .

Wow!!!! Congratulations. Wish some thing like that would followed me home!!

If you know the model Ebay sells power cords and pedals for them. LOL

That is a beautiful machine. Been well taken care of. Mine wasn't taken care of like that but still its a treadle.