My thrift shop find!!

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01-08-2011, 09:41 PM

#51

amma

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WOW!!! I think she is awesome :D:D:D

01-08-2011, 09:50 PM

#52

Naturalmama

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That is absolutely beautiful!!

01-09-2011, 03:02 AM

#53

katesnanna

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Although I learned to sew on my mum's Singer treadle machine I have wondered what the attraction is for you ladies. ( Can someone explain )

Well, it's not really an attraction--it's more like a 'sickness' :roll: :lol: and this sickness gets worse and worse because of the internet....lol. If it wasn't for the internet, I wouldn't have known about these beautiful machines and then I wouldn't have begun collecting them and then my daughter wouldn't call me a hoarder :wink: :roll: , etc, etc, etc........

I can't believe I came across this machine, I was just browsing around the thrift shop and suddenly I could hear something softly calling my name. The soft voice was coming out of this pretty little cabinet so I stopped to take a closer look, then lo and behold, it was a vintage sewing machine calling to me from inside the little cabinet. O.K. so it didn't really happen like that :shock: but almost :roll:

I understand. Fabric and embroidery patterns call me.

01-11-2011, 02:01 PM

#54

Lucymae

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I love thrift stores, too.

What a pretty machine. Imagine the woman who got it brand new!! Must have been a joy to have one so decorative. I learned to sew on a similiar one.

thanks for sharing. ;-)

01-11-2011, 02:03 PM

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ann clare

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Great find.

01-11-2011, 02:35 PM

#56

quiltedlamb07

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very nice find

04-19-2011, 08:02 PM

#57

tammy cosper

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OMG!!!!!! I can not believe it is in this condition! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Go ahead and hurt my feelings and tell me what you paid for it..........

Billy

Well, it also came in this pretty little cabinet :D . I paid $150.00 and I don't know if it was too much but I didn't care---it was coming home with me :mrgreen:

lol I wouldn't have cared either...it would have been coming home with me too.

04-19-2011, 08:31 PM

#58

Bluebonnet Sue

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What a beauty & what a find. I love thrift stores. Save lots of $$$$$ & never know what you will find...just like this. What a deal you got too. That has to be the most beautiful machine I have ever seen. I learned to sew on my great grandmother's treadle machine, but don't remember it looking anything like this one. Recently got my first FW & now just need to find a treadle to make my "collection" complete.