Found the Lotus for my Bird's Eye Maple Cabinet
 

Here is the original post about what I should put in my new to me bird's eye maple cabinet.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage-antique-machine-enthusiasts-f22/birds-eye-maple-singer-treadle-cabinet-t208731.html I took your suggestions to heart and looked for a Lotus. I found her on eBay last week for a buy it now price of $129.99. Waited 2 days before I took the plunge and bought it. So here she it. Not installed in the cabinet yet, just sitting there.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]396541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]396542[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]396543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]396544[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]396545[/ATTACH]

Thanks for all of your suggestions. She's perfect for the cabinet.
DollyO

That's lovely. Happy seeing.

Dollyo,

Very nice machine, and cabinet. It would bennifit greatly from Skips Japan paint / shellac touch up too.

Question, do you know the the date of manufacture is? I only ask because I don't see a motor boss on the pillar and only the very earliest ones did not have that. I have a 1913 vintage 66-1 Red Eye that does have the motor boss.

Joe

April 4, 1905. Thanks for the suggestion of the Skips Japan paint/shellac touch up. Where would I purchase that? It's also a back clamp.

Beautiful match up. Those Lotus decals are lovely, and hard to find in good condition. Congratulations.

Dollyo,

Go here for Skips tutorial on touching up the machine finish.
{ http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...s-t186522.html }


Have you decided what to sew with it yet?

Joe

I want to piece some more quilts, but, regrettably, I have to paint one of the rental houses. I hate when life gets in the way of what I WANT to do. Then I want to go thru all of my vintage machines and clean and oil them. Then I get to sew. I probably will sew in between cleaning. I don't think that I can wait that long. I've cleaned and waxed all of the cabinets and the featherweight table that I have. I've been a little afraid to tackle the machines. DH usually does that kind of thing, but I need to learn.
Dolly

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely beautiful!

Yep, absolutely beautiful! They look wonderful together.

The cabinet is gorgeous. I'd love to find one.

Beautiful. My husband had a cabinet similar to that before I met him (I don't know if it had a machine or not) - he gave it away - breaks my heart.

what an awesome machine and cabinet.

Looks wonderful, both beautiful! Enjoy.

Great pairing....hope you get some time for some sewing.

I have the identical machine in a cabinet...love it...my decals were in pretty good shape after I scrubbed off a 100 years of oil furnace crud...love the cabinet

Beautiful.....I love it....

What a beauty, what a buy, what a combination of perfection. Lucky you!

That's a beautiful cabinet.

Hi neighbor, nice machine and cabnet...............calla