Wow!!! Such a beautiful treasure you have, Barb!!!! Love the designs on the machine, and the cabinet is beautiful!! :D

What a wonderful treasure.

Oh Barb....she's pretty!!!

Barb, what an awesome treasure you have!!

I haven't been on my treadle for a while, but you do need to get a rhythm going, and I have done it with one foot after I used both feet to get started. You might want to check the belt to see if it is soft and supple. That may be why it stops, it gets to the place where it was all those years! Replacing belts is not difficult after you locate one! :lol:

She is a B E A U T Y!!! I wish I had a treadle!! We past one on the way home from vaca for $30.00 and hubby said no. Dang it!

Kyia

Absolutely a stunning, beautiful machine and cabinet!!!!

That was the cadilac of it's time I'm sure. It's a beauty. I hope your children will see it's value and it continues it's life in your family.

What a lovely family heirloom! I am so glad to see that you have kept it intact. There is a couple in my city who buy old setups like this, dismantle the machine from the cabinet and make bathroom vanities out of the cabinet. They practically give away the sewing machines, but make a fortune selling the "remodeled and repurposed" cabinets. I've seen the prices on them on craigslist going anywhere from $650 to $1200! And I feel so bad that whoever had the sewing machines didn't value them for what they are--beautiful examples of craftsmanship from the past.

Beautiful - it's in amazing shape! To know the history of the machine and to realize it was used by your great-grandmother WOW!