pinkCastleDH

I think we can officially dispense with the 'think' part of the subject. Three more machines followed us home today - all in cabinets. A 66 (that we bought mainly for the cabinet), a 201-2 (that we bought inspite of the art deco cabinet - though it's growing on us some) and a 15-91 (once again, for the cabinet but the machine looks like it will clean up beautifully.)

It's just plain a fact now - we've gone crazy.

lovelyl

It is a good crazy, though!

DOTTYMO

I think I am becoming a machine collector. Only I collect any electric , hand readle and children's my best friend thinks I'm mad.

pinkcastle

Well, for obvious reasons, we don't think you're mad. This vintage sewing machine thing is quite addictive, but oh, so much fun!

Bennett

What lovely machines! I really like the 15 with the Tiffany decals. I started really going crazy with machines last year...now that I'm looking at houses, I find that I'm trying to envision them filled with my...um...collection. Enjoy them!

LoisM

I'm so jealous!! I grew up in a household with a treadle machine in a beautiful cabinet...not that my mother ever used it. It may have belonged to her mother or grandmother. How I wish I had it now!

LoisM

Have you checked this out on Ebay? I remember playing with one of these boxes as a kid. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINT...item20cb38d5a5

pinkcastle

I don't think we're going to go there quite yet. We seem to be bent on acquiring as many machines as possible in a short time. I don't quite understand it, but there it is. At some point we're going to run out of money. Actually this is our 25th wedding anniversary splurge. It will quiet down soon or is that tempting fate?

pinkCastleDH

I think my winter projects are lining up:
66 - Grungy and the decals aren't in great shape so it will be the one I start and learn on, also rewiring
99 (Maggie) - SWMBO wants this one working so it's next on the agenda
66 (Colette) - My treadle machine and I want it working so it's next. Mostly just clean and lube the mechanicals
221 - Looks very, very clean but I need to repair the latches on the case
201 - Probably minimal work to be done as it was being used until recently
99K (Maddie) - Doesn't look to need too much work, just general cleaning
115 (Victoria?) - Dirty and dusty, needs all of the metal cleaned/polished and general going over
128 - Rewire and light clean up. Fix the case
15-91 - Heavy duty clean up
Frister & Rossmann - fix the case and see if I can get the machine working
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It's hard to belive we just started this

pinkCastleDH

And then there were more. Today we checked out a Craigslist ad for an 1889 (I haven't double checked the date yet) 28 hand crank. Pretty machine with the coffin case, original owners manual and full suite of attachments.* He also had a 48K that was in a little rougher shape but the decals are sure pretty. Oh, and a New National by New Home with a fun base and whose decals actually look to be in very nice shape under the grunge. And then on the way home we stopped at an antique store, from which an interesting looking New Home with very colorful decals followed us to the car.

At least the Red Eye in the parlor cabinet didn't come along - though after seeing it Herself agreed with Charlee that the parlor cabinet isn't all that large so I'm on the look out for one in a lighter wood than the one we looked at today (and hopefully without a machine as the 115 would work perfectly there.)

[Edit] Looks like the attachment manager mangled the order of the pictures so I'll leave it up to the reader to associate the verbage with the correct pics.