hard life Singer 27
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Iris and I went to Mississippi so we could see some of her family. We brought back a family treasure. a
VS Singer treadle [ATTACH=CONFIG]603613[/ATTACH]that her late husband's mom used in Honduras and other countries for a long time.Living away from roads meant that she had to make do a lot. We found three pumice stones in the drawers that she used for re-sharpening neeedles. 8 bobbins. Lots of rust down there. These are "before" pictures.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603614[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603615[/ATTACH]
VS Singer treadle [ATTACH=CONFIG]603613[/ATTACH]that her late husband's mom used in Honduras and other countries for a long time.Living away from roads meant that she had to make do a lot. We found three pumice stones in the drawers that she used for re-sharpening neeedles. 8 bobbins. Lots of rust down there. These are "before" pictures.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603614[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603615[/ATTACH]
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Yes, we got the cabinet and the irons. At one point the machine got too close to a flood and the cabinet was mostly destroyed. The rebuilt cabinet is a story all it's own. In the middle picture you can see a bit of the mahogany cabinet peeking over the bed.
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