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Mom3 05-25-2012 04:50 AM

The ad said "I have a porch full of sewing machines for free".....
 
I thought I was dreaming.

Of course I almost tripped over myself getting out the door. :)

She had 4 machines in cabinets and a wrought iron treadle base w/o a machine.

One cabinet did not have a machine.

One cabinet contained a Sears sewing machine (not interested).
.
One cabinet contained a 1970's Singer (not interested).

The last cabinet contained a Singer 201-2 (vintage 1950), including a zigzag attachment, a buttonhole attachment and lots of other attachments (all were contained in a red plastic onion bag of all things). Of course the 201 came home with me. :)

There was also a sewing box, the kind with the cantilevered drawers in it. Lots of goodies in there including two old style button hooks for button down shoes, sewing machine needles, sewing machine screw drivers, etc. The sewing box found its way into my vehicle. :)

Oh, the treadle base came home also.

Price for all the above: $0.00

It was a nice day. :)

Shari

KarenR 05-25-2012 04:52 AM

All I can say is "WOW"

J Miller 05-25-2012 05:00 AM

I'm living in the wrong place, nothing like that ever happens around here. :(

Joe

amyjo 05-25-2012 06:06 AM

Or here. Wow got a good deal there. best I have ever seen in fact.

Neesie 05-25-2012 07:08 AM

WHOA! :thumbup:

MaryMo 05-25-2012 07:10 AM

Somebody loves you! but the rest of us are jealous!!! LOL :p

Mom3 05-25-2012 09:20 AM

Hey, Joe -

I seem to recall you might be interested in a bare treadle base. If you can come get it you can have the one I just picked up. It's not marked Singer - might be a White brand.

I'm just outside Milwaukee, WI.

Shari

momto5 05-25-2012 04:10 PM


Originally Posted by J Miller (Post 5241770)
I'm living in the wrong place, nothing like that ever happens around here. :(

Joe

Me too, Joe...

J Miller 05-25-2012 04:12 PM

Oh boy howdy that would be a road trip and a half. LOL.

Well, to tell you the truth, I'm burried in machines and cabinets and paraphernalia. Gonna have to pass until we find a bigger home for our machines.

Joe

Mom3 05-25-2012 07:12 PM


Originally Posted by J Miller (Post 5242968)
Oh boy howdy that would be a road trip and a half. LOL.

Well, to tell you the truth, I'm burried in machines and cabinets and paraphernalia. Gonna have to pass until we find a bigger home for our machines.

Joe

Boy can I relate to that comment!

The same lady was giving away a loft bed..... I was thinking of getting it, setting it up inside our garage and using the 'bed' part of it for storing my machines and using the 'study' area of it for a mini-workbench area. Hmm........

Shari


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