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    Old 05-22-2010, 04:56 AM
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    Braid quilt on my 301 (at least this early in the morning I think it's a 301 :( )
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    Old 05-22-2010, 05:24 AM
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    Originally Posted by ginnie6
    are you using it or collecting? I'm using mine! I put my Grannie's 99 clone in the treadle cabinet and am busy using it. I like the bobbin better than the shuttle of my 127. I can never get it to wind good. I'm making the memorial quilts on it. I need 4 more blocks finished and then I can put one top together. I have two rows (of 6) done on the second one. I'm having fun sewing on Grannie's machine.
    I use mine like I stole them!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Everything I make is on a vintage machine and come to think about it, I do not own a machine newer than 43 years old. But I love my treadles and they are the only ones I use.

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    Old 05-22-2010, 05:44 AM
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    Originally Posted by virtualbernie

    Can you post a pic of the one with the glass presser foot? I've never seen one!
    Here you go...it's funny (well...not "laughing funny" but you know what I mean!) I don't see the rust with "the naked eye", but I sure see it in these pictures! Will be in there getting oil on the needle plates as soon as I post this!!

    This is "Edna"
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    Edna's "Glass Slipper"...pretty much makes her a princess, right? :)
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    Old 05-22-2010, 05:55 AM
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    Originally Posted by Aurora
    I am going to try this again. Last night I bought a 1910 Red Eye on ebay. I plan to convert it to a handcrank and leave it in the case. I feel very lucky to have found such a beautiful machine and I don't even have to remove the motor since it was originally a treadle. I will post a picture when it arrives at its new home. It will be shipped Monday via FedEx, so I should have it by the end of next week.

    I have been looking for just the perfect machine to convert since I found out how easy it is to convert a machine to a handcrank. I am sure it will take some practice, but I plan to use it to piece quilt tops this summer.
    Aurora, have you ever seen the movie or BBC series House of Elliott? It is an interesting story about two sisters in England during the 1920s who opened a clothier shop. In one of the series the maid is given a handcrank and uses it... quite proficiently. It is on for about 3 minutes or so but I was very delighted when I saw. I had just purchased two handcranks. :-D
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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:01 AM
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    Charlee, how cool your W & W #8 is. Wow. Thanks for posting pictures.
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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:02 AM
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    This is my latest project done on my Japanese 15 in a treadle

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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:06 AM
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    Currently, I am sewing a Jo Morton Cabin Corners quilt. I just completed the 9 - 5" squares last night and began joining the rows.

    I am planning to set up a new project on my Singer 15-91 today. I do not want to let my collect dust so I am also planning to set up different projects on several machines in my collection. My husband is almost finished with the treadle cabinet copy of the Damascus' cabinet. Looking forward to getting it all cleaned up and using it for its first project.
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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:13 AM
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    Originally Posted by SewExtreme
    Charlee, how cool your W & W #8 is. Wow. Thanks for posting pictures.
    Thanks Linda! :) This is the machine that William gave up some of the $$ he was saving for a fishing trip to buy for me... and it was a steal!! It was at a "high end" used furniture shop...we're talking a place where some of the furniture runs in the thousands of dollars...we actually went in there just to see "how the other half lives"...and there she sat. For $100.00 we brought her home where she lives in my living room...her cabinet is nearly perfect too...the treadle is missing the spooler, or bobbin winder from the irons. (It's not on the machine itself, but on one of the legs) I'm on the lookout for one of those, and I look nearly everyday for needles for both of my working treadles. :)
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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:39 AM
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    All of my vintage machines are dust catchers, but I am planning on putting cabinets in my sewing room and THEN I will have 2 sewing stations. I am going to whip that old 99 out and make her purr.
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    Old 05-22-2010, 06:45 AM
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    Well my machine is not quite vintage yet, I purchased in '77 I think. But when I get my Davis and Singer cleaned and running, you bet I will be trying them out.
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