gangles

How did you clean the machine heads?? What did you use besides elbow grease?

leaha

wow you did a great job bringing them back to the beauties they were!!

Jingle

All are now gorgeous. You did a terrific job redoing them and the cabinets.

hobo2000

I would love to bring my grandmothers' Red Eye back to its original beauty. How did you do it. Was it repainted? How did you replace the worn decals? Any info would be appreciated. It runs like a dream and I love using it but there are some deep gouges on the table and fabric and thread catches on it. My grandmother was trained as a milliner when she was 8 years ols in Baltimore, Md. By the time she was 12 she was designing dressing and was an accomplished seamstress. She designed and sewed for women her entire life. She raised me and taught me to design and sew for my boys.

magpiefeather

Wow..I might have to start collecting machines! Love the before and afters...it shows the love and caring put into restoring them!

craftybear

beautiful collection of your vintage sewng machines, thanks for sharing, do you sew with all of them?

Stitchnripper

Beautiful collection.

annieshane

This redeye has to be the ultimate treasure. You have inspired me to go ahead with my granny's old treadle. The repairman has scared me into thinking it is not worth it, but I just have to try, thanks to photos like yours.

Ohio Star Quilter

I followed lostn51's tutorials in the Virtual section: Vintage sewing machine shop here on the quilting board and yes a lot of elbow grease, lol
It takes time and patience but is worth it in the end.
Judy

Grama Lehr

Nice! Very Nice!! :thumbup: