Originally Posted by Wings

Hi K3n - I think I would bore everyone silly going through all 39 of the others. I do have one treadle here that actually does a zig zag stitch. Made that way as an original. You can in fact convert to treadle lots of fifties machines that originally had engines so theoretically you could treadle some of the ones with embroidery discs if you wanted to be real fancy. I probably equate treadling to being like hand quilting, you drop the pace back and relax.

Originally Posted by Wings

Hi K3n - I will take a pic of Lily at the weekend then and put her up next week, she is a rather stunning Frister and Rossman hand crank from 1910. Just for you :)

Originally Posted by Wings

Hi K3n - I hope this works!
This one of my machines, a 1947 Bebarfald Bluebird, produced in Australia where I live, the machine itself is a Vickers. These were sold as a writing and sewing desk and were considered very topline furniture pieces of their time here. Note the Bluebird of Happiness on the machine. The advertising blurb was a blast, it went something like this, the wife would be happy sewing at home and the husband would be happy because his wife was kept busy and hence the bluebirds to signify that they were both happy. "Queenie" is one of forty machines I have but she is my best piecer for quilting outdoing the modern machines in my collection. Pic is when I first brough her home, she is much prettier now :)