Okay so what are you making with your vintage machine?
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Originally Posted by ginnie6
are you using it or collecting? I'm using mine! I put my Grannie's 99 clone in the treadle cabinet and am busy using it. I like the bobbin better than the shuttle of my 127. I can never get it to wind good. I'm making the memorial quilts on it. I need 4 more blocks finished and then I can put one top together. I have two rows (of 6) done on the second one. I'm having fun sewing on Grannie's machine.
Everything I make is on a vintage machine and come to think about it, I do not own a machine newer than 43 years old. But I love my treadles and they are the only ones I use.
Billy
#13
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Can you post a pic of the one with the glass presser foot? I've never seen one!
This is "Edna"
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Edna's "Glass Slipper"...pretty much makes her a princess, right? :)
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#14
Originally Posted by Aurora
I am going to try this again. Last night I bought a 1910 Red Eye on ebay. I plan to convert it to a handcrank and leave it in the case. I feel very lucky to have found such a beautiful machine and I don't even have to remove the motor since it was originally a treadle. I will post a picture when it arrives at its new home. It will be shipped Monday via FedEx, so I should have it by the end of next week.
I have been looking for just the perfect machine to convert since I found out how easy it is to convert a machine to a handcrank. I am sure it will take some practice, but I plan to use it to piece quilt tops this summer.
I have been looking for just the perfect machine to convert since I found out how easy it is to convert a machine to a handcrank. I am sure it will take some practice, but I plan to use it to piece quilt tops this summer.
#17
Currently, I am sewing a Jo Morton Cabin Corners quilt. I just completed the 9 - 5" squares last night and began joining the rows.
I am planning to set up a new project on my Singer 15-91 today. I do not want to let my collect dust so I am also planning to set up different projects on several machines in my collection. My husband is almost finished with the treadle cabinet copy of the Damascus' cabinet. Looking forward to getting it all cleaned up and using it for its first project.
I am planning to set up a new project on my Singer 15-91 today. I do not want to let my collect dust so I am also planning to set up different projects on several machines in my collection. My husband is almost finished with the treadle cabinet copy of the Damascus' cabinet. Looking forward to getting it all cleaned up and using it for its first project.
#18
Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Charlee, how cool your W & W #8 is. Wow. Thanks for posting pictures.
#19
All of my vintage machines are dust catchers, but I am planning on putting cabinets in my sewing room and THEN I will have 2 sewing stations. I am going to whip that old 99 out and make her purr.
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