by plrlegal on Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:00 pm
Ladies, the great thing about the old treadles is that if you find one that is still all together and the cabinet is in reasonably good condition, you can clean the machine with a good oil, put a new leather belt on them and more than likely they will sew. Also, if you look at yard and garage sales, sometimes you will find a cabinet that does not have the machine in it. I love my treadle and it sews like a new one and makes the prettiest straight stitch you have ever seen. Also, I have my dh's grandmother's old treadle machine waiting for me in a basement in Bristol, Virginia when dh and I have the time and money to go retrieve it along with a cedar chest that belonged to one of the aunts that helped raise him. DH is 69 so figure in your own heads how old his grandmother's treadle is now as well as the cedar chest.
Patsy
"Quilting Is My Therapy...I've Been Preshrunk"