Pretty sewing table made with vintage machine bottoms
#21
Is this the one? http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/Th...g_Machine.html
about the third picture down?
I, too, agree with Cari.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
about the third picture down?
I, too, agree with Cari.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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I know this is not the popular thing to say on this site, but these sewing machines are nearly useless. Why not do something decorative with them? They fall in to the same category with other vintage tools, like hand drills, hand planes, hand mixers, hand tools for gardening, etc. Now, I love vintage tools, but if I want to cut down a tree, I'm going to get a chain saw, not a two-man cross cut saw. When I mow, I want a self propelled mower. When I want to make bread, I get out the Kitchenaid. Yes, there are some people who will hand knead bread and tell you that's the only way to do it. There aren't many of them, though. There are people who collect antique dough bowls, but most of us choose to use our space and money collecting something besides dough bowls.
Treadle machines take a lot of room. Heck, all sewing machines take a lot of room. Most people don't sew at all, much less on a treadle. Lamenting that others do not choose to share our interests seems myopic to me. It still bothers me to see a 201 as a lamp, but at least it didn't go to the dump. Once it's in the dump, it's gone forever.
bkay
Treadle machines take a lot of room. Heck, all sewing machines take a lot of room. Most people don't sew at all, much less on a treadle. Lamenting that others do not choose to share our interests seems myopic to me. It still bothers me to see a 201 as a lamp, but at least it didn't go to the dump. Once it's in the dump, it's gone forever.
bkay
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