Welcome to this fun forum! I joined not long ago. We live in Delaware, but took a "memory trip" to Michigan in fall of 2008- my hubby lived there for some time in his younger years. We had some rainy weather, and I saw 2 quilt shows on that trip, with work that was really impressive! So MI is a creative place to be!
I used to use my Grandmas treadle machine too - That comment was what prompted my greeting to you. Wish I still had it - it was a New Home which now i understand is Janome. I guess I've come full circle now, cause I bought a nice Janome last year which I have enjoyed using. The auto feed walking foot is probably a good trade off for the treadle, in the current stream I'm in.
Welcome!!