quilter1

Sorry to say, I have no room for my 3 treadles. We moved last year and my studio will not accommodate them.
A friend suggested taking out the machines and displaying them on a shelf. One of them might work if my DH can complete the refurb. The others are hopeless I think.
Another idea was to use one cabinet only as a desk top, and keep one of my Featherweights on top, in our family room for quick sewing projects. I really don't know what to do with these beautiful Sphinxes. Many of you might think it is a horrible thing to take them apart but I am stumped.
Another problem is my 2 floor standing quilting frames- no room for them either, plus I quilt mostly on my long arm or hand quilt on my Hinterberg hoop.
Maybe a bigger house but I don't have it in me to move again LOL.

nanna-up-north

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. We all love our machines so much. Perhaps there would be someone in your area that would love those machines... maybe give Craigslist a try. I understand when the space is full.... you have to do something.

Candace

Put the two frames you don't use on CL or donate them to your local quilt guild. That should free up much needed space. If you have a guest room, you can use one or two of your treadles as bed side tables?

dinlauren

Oh, I llike the bedside table idea. A friend used hers as an end table next to a high armed sofa, then as a lamp table another time. I use mine to display an old fashioned pitcher and wash bowl because the machine needs to be refurbished so I don't want to display it until it's done.

deplaylady

I have my only treadle in my dining room. It looks beautiful there with a flower arrangement on top of it and and it and is available for a quick sew. I have a 128 La Vincendora hand crank on top of a Martha Washington cabinet also in the dining room - I use the drawers for dining room stuff. The bent wood cover is stored on top of my curio cabinet (unless my littlest DGD is visiting.) (Edited to add - you can turn one into a hand crank if you really love the machine and its easier to find room for it!)

tropit

"What can I do with my treadles?

Well...if that's not a baited question, I don't know what is. Send them to me, of course!

Seriously, I use mine as a bedside table and it looks so pretty next to the iron bed. I like the idea of using them in a dining area as a buffet serving table, so long as the tops are protected. You could even put 2, or 3 together to form a long buffet table. Don't sell them, or separate the heads from their bases....that would be very sad, indeed.

~ Cindy

RainydayQuilter

I bought a treadle 20+ years ago missing parts and needing refinished. Was not into sewing/quilting at the time. The cabinet has been repainted a couple of times and hopefully soon will finally be refinished. The machine I haven't been brave enough to mess with. I've dragged this thing on two 500+ mile moves, it's lived with me in three states and in several small apartments and houses. It has lived in the kitchen as a microwave stand, had the TV on it in the family room, been a bedside table, used as a side board in the dining room, used as an entry way table and as a desk. Mine is very sturdy and well loved, I've had to be creative with its uses to be able to hang on to it all these years.

ManiacQuilter2

I have my Singer Treadle in my bedroom with my Grandmother's antique gas lamp (had been changed to electricity) sitting on it underneath is one of her crochet table runner. I did actually piece my first quilt this antique. Just did a simple Trip Around the World.

star619

Lovely displays! I love the hand crank on top of the sewing chest!

jeanharville

I have mine in the entry way with a quilt under the presser foot and draping over the extended cover like someone is making a quilt and my grandmother's oil lamp on the quilt. Makes an interesting vignette. It doesn't look out of place in our lake cottage type home.