CL listing for Damascus Treadle
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CL listing for Damascus Treadle
DH surfing CL again. Found a Damascus Treadle for $60. Looks dirty but decent. Is a Damascus something I would want to add to my collection? Haven't found much info on them. Know about Damascus Annie and her yahoo group, but I don't want to join if I'm not going to own one. I have too much to learn about the machines that I already own. Any help would be appreciated.
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DollyO
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DollyO
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I have one that belonged to my Great Aunt Mae - 1925. I used it a lot when I first got it and if I make a quilt by hand I use it to sew the binding on because according to the Amish it is still considered being hand made if you use a treadle machine. They were sold by Montgomery Wards - it was my understanding it was the MW brand - but I cannot be sure. My grandmother had that one (because Auntie Mae came to live with them towards the end of her life) and she had a Singer which my great grandmother used, she was a seamstress and milliner. I took the Damascus because it had the book and some attachments. My aunt still has the Singer.
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