Originally Posted by miriam

cover the decals with a magnet sheet when you sew - be careful not to rub them off when you put the magnet on and off though.

Originally Posted by Bamagal

In 1938 my Grandmother bought a new sewing machine in a sewing table with Queen Anne legs. When she passed in 1986 my mother brought it to our house and put in in a room no one used. We thought it was just a table. When my mother passed in 2011, I realized it was a sewing machine and brought it to my house. Last week my sewing machine friend was here working on my mid arm and he was able to finally remove it from the table! He took it to his shop and brought it back to life!! I brought it home today and put it back in the table. It sews like a dream!! He said it had very little use as most of its decals are intact only the ones that material ran across were slightly worn. It gorgeous!! The table is in pretty bad shape but usable!! I am really excited!! It's beautiful and means a lot because I know the original owner!! I will enjoy it for many years and then pass to my child!! How much fun!

Originally Posted by minibarn

I put a magnet strip on the bed of my Free #5 to use as a seam guide, and forgot about it. Well, I had not used the machine for a while and when I opened it up recently and took that magnet off it took some of the varnish w/it! I was very unhappy about that but it was my own fault.

Jp