How many almonds in the shell can be stuffed into a 201K treadle head??
12-03-2015, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Ha ha could be much worse. It sounds like something my daughter would have done when she was a little kid.
12-03-2015, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by msleepingbeauty00
I'm still trying to decide what was in the pillar of my 128. My husband thinks a squirrel put in about 2 dozen acorns! When I got it home and opened, I hear a plink, plink, plink. The acorns were falling down into the cabinet and every time I moved the handwheel after that. 
12-09-2015, 01:56 PM
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Nuts are a new one on me! I found 2 mud wasp nests in the pillar of my Singer 115.
I once found about 20 straight pins in the top of a 301 that I bought. Apparently a child thought it needed them. lol Thankfully I didn't sew with it until I cleaned and oiled it.
Sharon in Texas
I once found about 20 straight pins in the top of a 301 that I bought. Apparently a child thought it needed them. lol Thankfully I didn't sew with it until I cleaned and oiled it.
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12-12-2015, 08:21 AM
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LOL! My cousin is an electrical engineer, he finds transformers that have been packed with acorns all the time.
My friend was having trouble with her sewing machine a couple years ago, I checked it out and found it to be full of large sequins and a couple pennies. Apparently the kids got into the craft room at some point and figured the top slot looked a lot like a bank slot, and sequins look a lot like money, sooo....
My friend was having trouble with her sewing machine a couple years ago, I checked it out and found it to be full of large sequins and a couple pennies. Apparently the kids got into the craft room at some point and figured the top slot looked a lot like a bank slot, and sequins look a lot like money, sooo....
12-13-2015, 07:42 AM
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I bought two Singer 319w's in one month. The green one...I was afraid to reach under it because it was full of rabbit hair and sawdust! Freaked me out. Then I purchased a black one since the green one needs some work done on it and I loved the looks of the black machine. The black one was shipped to me and when I unpacked it I found that the former owner had filled the entire inside of the machine with styrofoam noodles for shipping! It took me forever to pick them all out.
12-13-2015, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by HiDesertQuilter
I bought two Singer 319w's in one month. The green one...I was afraid to reach under it because it was full of rabbit hair and sawdust! Freaked me out. Then I purchased a black one since the green one needs some work done on it and I loved the looks of the black machine. The black one was shipped to me and when I unpacked it I found that the former owner had filled the entire inside of the machine with styrofoam noodles for shipping! It took me forever to pick them all out.
12-19-2015, 12:52 PM
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Kerosene would have melted the packing peanuts. But what a sticky mess that would have been and it would have flowed into everything....plus it is a little rough on the fiber belt that drives the 319 (a lot like my black 306)....
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