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Auntie Em 02-20-2014 06:40 PM
Beautiful!!!

heather1949 02-20-2014 07:25 PM
That looks just beautiful, you are lucky to have talent in the Family.

nls 02-20-2014 07:25 PM
Very nice!

callen 02-21-2014 03:40 AM
Originally Posted by Debbie B (Post 6586744)
Love it! I have my husband's great grandmother's treadle. It was the one thing my husband asked for after his mom died. But, carrying it up from her basement the cabinet started falling apart. It's a oak parlor cabinet (painted green) & in bad shape. I showed my husband your picture & he thought it looks really nice. So, we'll see...
So glad it inspired you. It was more work than it looks. We can't get larger pieces of oak here so he had to join several pieces together, align them all, sand it all smooth, router the edges for that nice "rounded" finish, add a light stain & then put the protective finish on.
The treadle base is higher than others I have seen but it's a lovely base. He cleaned it up, spray painted it black & voila, a gorgeous restoration. I believe the machine was a 221 & I have it decorating one of my sewing rooms.

callen 02-21-2014 03:49 AM
Originally Posted by heather1949 (Post 6587064)
That looks just beautiful, you are lucky to have talent in the Family.
You're certainly right there. He has done so much work in my 2 sewing/cutting rooms to make them useful & "pretty" for me to create in that I tend to forget how "lucky" I am that he is so talented & extremely supportive of this quilting hobby of mine. I know that a lot of ladies are not that fortunate but they still manage to create wonderful masterpieces on their own. Thank you all for your wonderful comments.

tweety2 02-21-2014 05:31 AM
I love that table. Never thought of doing something like that. It is gorgeous!

youngduncan 02-21-2014 06:15 AM
How sad that many people would thrown the cabinet out. This is a wonderful way to save a piece of the past and make it modern. You've done well -- as has your husband. Thanks for sharing!!

Anne P 02-21-2014 08:46 AM
Beautiful! My DH is also a wood worker and makes furniture. He made a gorgeous cabinet for my machine, which I love. I have one treadle cabinet complete with working machine, but also have a second cabinet minus machine. Right now it's being used as a bedside table in the guest room. The cabinet is in good shape so I won't mess with it, but I love your idea of removing an old ugly, broken one and making a table from the base. Very clever!

LITTLEOLDME 02-21-2014 09:10 AM
Looks great, I used a beautiful oak kitchen cabinet door to make a top for the sewing machine stand I have. Got the door at Home depot out of a can of odd pieces for $15.00. finished..

mirish2 02-21-2014 01:30 PM
love the idea. My husband did something similar for a TV stand

CyndyK 02-21-2014 02:06 PM
Great idea! It's lovely.

Learner747 02-21-2014 02:16 PM
Absolutely beautiful! Your DH is very handy.

solstice3 02-22-2014 05:47 AM
Beautiful piece

JBeamer 02-23-2014 04:44 AM
I just love this. If you get tired of it just let me know.

javin22 02-23-2014 08:58 PM
wonderful! Great work of art.


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