Look what I got yesterday!
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Look what I got yesterday!
I saw an estate sale listed on Craig's List yesterday and talked the hubby into going with me...and came home with a 1940 Singer 15-88! We got her for $180. I asked the guy if he'd take $150 and he said not this early in the day. I figured it was still worth what he was asking. They helped me put the machine into the table and me and hubby loaded it up. Got her home and when I set her back up I found a sealed envelope in the bottom of the cubby. Opened it up and found $32! I guess the lady that had owned her was looking down from heaven and wanted me to have her for my price! We have a sewing/vac store here in town that has a very old guy that works there. He knows everything about sewing machines so I paid him a visit and bought a new belt,needles,and bobbins. He told me how to install the belt. Between his directions and YouTube I got it on. She sews like a dream! I love her already and see she is going to give my legs a workout! Now to discover her name...
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I have a treadle much older than that one that used to belong to my great grandmother, and found that I could get parts for it in any sewing store in an Amish community about 100 miles away, including a new belt. Just thought I'd pass that along. Cindy
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