Quilting on a Treadle
01-04-2010, 06:31 AM
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Oh my gosh.....I'm in love with your machines! They are just beautiful girls....they look to be in wonderful condition too! I don't have any older machines...no room for them, but I sure would love to someday!
Your quilt is fantastic! Is that embroidery in the center squares?? I love it!
Your quilt is fantastic! Is that embroidery in the center squares?? I love it!
01-04-2010, 05:19 PM
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Here I am LOL!!!
I love the quilt blocks and the black and white just stand out wonderfully.
Quilting on a treadle is a blast. To me it gives the quilt a certain personality and all the machines I ever use are treadled. I have a 24, a few 27's, a 66, and a Japanese 15. And you are dead on about the 27 and the soothing sounds it makes when it sews. I love a VS machine!!
Have you looked under your 15 and made sure you cant drop the fees dogs on it. It might have a knob under the bed that you loosen and the feed dogs drop, but depending on the year it was manufactured it might not have it.
Instead of spending the money on the darning plate just take a card and tape it over the feed dogs and you are FMQing!! FMQ on a treadle to me is easier than on an electric. It seems like you have more control over the stitches than with the electric type of machine.
Congratulations on using your machines for what they were intended for and doing such a wonderful job. You can even see the love in the quilt just from the photos of the blocks and you cant get that from an electric machine! :thumbup:
Billy
I love the quilt blocks and the black and white just stand out wonderfully.
Quilting on a treadle is a blast. To me it gives the quilt a certain personality and all the machines I ever use are treadled. I have a 24, a few 27's, a 66, and a Japanese 15. And you are dead on about the 27 and the soothing sounds it makes when it sews. I love a VS machine!!
Have you looked under your 15 and made sure you cant drop the fees dogs on it. It might have a knob under the bed that you loosen and the feed dogs drop, but depending on the year it was manufactured it might not have it.
Instead of spending the money on the darning plate just take a card and tape it over the feed dogs and you are FMQing!! FMQ on a treadle to me is easier than on an electric. It seems like you have more control over the stitches than with the electric type of machine.
Congratulations on using your machines for what they were intended for and doing such a wonderful job. You can even see the love in the quilt just from the photos of the blocks and you cant get that from an electric machine! :thumbup:
Billy
01-04-2010, 05:28 PM
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Oh and here is my set up in case you have not seen it. I can change the plates out of the table and I can use different machines on the central treadle.
And here are a few of the machines in my arsenal......
Billy
And here are a few of the machines in my arsenal......
Billy
01-05-2010, 05:58 AM
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The Universal was just cleaned and oiled but the other two were completely gone through. Here is a link to some of my machines and things I have restored.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-28727-1.htm
I have several machines that I haven't started on and I bought out a lady whose GG Grandad owned a sewing machine dealership/repair shop from the late 1800's to the beginning of WW2. I just hope I can fit it all in my 40' enclosed trailer. Its a 11 hour drive one way so I really do not want to make a lot of trips LOL.
Oh and I would love to have Blockheads' Singer 15, I have always loved the Tiffany Gingerbread decals. I looked at one the other day but the decals were to far gone for what I wanted.
Billy
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-28727-1.htm
I have several machines that I haven't started on and I bought out a lady whose GG Grandad owned a sewing machine dealership/repair shop from the late 1800's to the beginning of WW2. I just hope I can fit it all in my 40' enclosed trailer. Its a 11 hour drive one way so I really do not want to make a lot of trips LOL.
Oh and I would love to have Blockheads' Singer 15, I have always loved the Tiffany Gingerbread decals. I looked at one the other day but the decals were to far gone for what I wanted.
Billy
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