Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
01-28-2011, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Penni is all cleaned up! The cabinet cleaned up nicely too. I had to glue back a piece of a scroll that had been damaged. Luckily, it was sitting in one of the drawers. I carefully cleaned up the built in tape measure on cabinet. Next is the belt and then learning to sew with her.
Nancy
01-28-2011, 10:45 PM
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[quote=tjradj]
I love the green machines!
Nancy
Originally Posted by tjradj
Ok, i have to confess. I am a turncoat. Bought a green ELNA. It's the second model - the Supramatic. Seeing as she's a couple of years older than me, I think she looks pretty good! :)
I tried her out and she sews like a dream. That motor is slick, you can just hear it saying, "but I have so much more to how you Clarice"
I tried her out and she sews like a dream. That motor is slick, you can just hear it saying, "but I have so much more to how you Clarice"
Nancy
01-28-2011, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenn
I have started to play with the stitch regulator and it is having some positive effects with the stitches but still not even. I will keep adjusting everything until I get a good stitch. At least we are skipping every now and then instead of every other stitch. I really would like to get this machine to sew!! I did notice that the stitch length did not change much regardless where the regulator was placed. Glenn
Nancy
01-28-2011, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
No, no! Not meant to offend, more as a joke for us all/at us all. A lot of us either already have a lot of machines, or we're in the "process" of having a lot of machines. Others on this thread have mentioned that this love of these old machines is a 'sickness'... I just had to laugh in agreement. For whatever we call it, I have it to! I apologize if what I typed seemed offensive, it was not meant that way. I'll try to be more careful in the future...
Nancy
01-29-2011, 06:14 AM
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Vintage, your machine cleaned up really really nice. I hope to get started on mine when the weather breaks. If it turns out half as nice as yours I will be happy.
01-29-2011, 07:12 AM
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This has to stop!
ha ha ha, he he he.
Last August I had
but one Janome
I thought I was happy.
Really I did,
But the Horizon came out,
and "NEED" her. I did!
And then, there were two,
one upstairs, one down,
But I read 'vintage' thread,
And one I must own!
I found my old Singer,
a 1904
model 27,
in a cabinet,
she came through my door.
And I thought I was done.
But no! Not quite yet,
Someone said "thrift stores",
I'll find one I bet!
And I did.
Thanks a lot!
Now I can't even pass one
without givin' it a shot
I found Morse Apollo,
alone,
the back row,
She came along with me
The cabinet in tow.
Now surely I'm finished!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
ha ha ha, he he he.
Last August I had
but one Janome
I thought I was happy.
Really I did,
But the Horizon came out,
and "NEED" her. I did!
And then, there were two,
one upstairs, one down,
But I read 'vintage' thread,
And one I must own!
I found my old Singer,
a 1904
model 27,
in a cabinet,
she came through my door.
And I thought I was done.
But no! Not quite yet,
Someone said "thrift stores",
I'll find one I bet!
And I did.
Thanks a lot!
Now I can't even pass one
without givin' it a shot
I found Morse Apollo,
alone,
the back row,
She came along with me
The cabinet in tow.
Now surely I'm finished!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
01-29-2011, 07:21 AM
#9057
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Originally Posted by tjradj
Now surely I'm finished!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
Thank you!
Nancy
01-29-2011, 09:09 AM
#9058
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Location: Cadillac, MI
Posts: 6,487
Love the little green Elna. My 'good' machine is an Elna Star. She'd love to have older sister. I'm jealous of the feed dog cover.
01-29-2011, 09:11 AM
#9059
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 799
My grandmother's house was originally built in 1720, and did not have a "bathroom" until 1946. What is now that bathroom was the room my great-grandfather died in. Her treadle machine did double duty as a countertop, covered with thick towels. When she used it, she had to keep the door open to flip the top up. That house is in Norfolk, Connecticut and is teeny tiny. There was no other place for the treadle, apparently. Said treadle is finally in my possession- in the garage, waiting for us to sell our house and move, and have space to clean her up.....
The house has been amazingly restored by the couple that bought it from my family about a dozen years ago.
No room for a machine in my little 1950's bathroom.
Oh, so, THAT is how to get more cabinets into the house....I never thought about putting one behind the sofa....:mrgreen:
Now when you put one in the bathroom, you are ready for a 12-step program, lol !
I have one in mine!! :lol:
Billy
The house has been amazingly restored by the couple that bought it from my family about a dozen years ago.
No room for a machine in my little 1950's bathroom.
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Originally Posted by tomilu
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Today, I moved my 201 treadle into my living room behind my sofa, to make room for the Davis cabinet.
Billy
01-29-2011, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 4,972
Originally Posted by tjradj
This has to stop!
ha ha ha, he he he.
Last August I had
but one Janome
I thought I was happy.
Really I did,
But the Horizon came out,
and "NEED" her. I did!
And then, there were two,
one upstairs, one down,
But I read 'vintage' thread,
And one I must own!
I found my old Singer,
a 1904
model 27,
in a cabinet,
she came through my door.
And I thought I was done.
But no! Not quite yet,
Someone said "thrift stores",
I'll find one I bet!
And I did.
Thanks a lot!
Now I can't even pass one
without givin' it a shot
I found Morse Apollo,
alone,
the back row,
She came along with me
The cabinet in tow.
Now surely I'm finished!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
ha ha ha, he he he.
Last August I had
but one Janome
I thought I was happy.
Really I did,
But the Horizon came out,
and "NEED" her. I did!
And then, there were two,
one upstairs, one down,
But I read 'vintage' thread,
And one I must own!
I found my old Singer,
a 1904
model 27,
in a cabinet,
she came through my door.
And I thought I was done.
But no! Not quite yet,
Someone said "thrift stores",
I'll find one I bet!
And I did.
Thanks a lot!
Now I can't even pass one
without givin' it a shot
I found Morse Apollo,
alone,
the back row,
She came along with me
The cabinet in tow.
Now surely I'm finished!
My house is quite small.
I can't have another,
I'll not move at all!
But while browsing Kijiji,
just biding my time,
What should I spy?
a little green Elna,
She HAD to be mine!
She is a real cutie,
So now confess.
There's NO ROOM for more,
My house is a mess!
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