I'm finally home from my last scheduled trip. I spent 3 weeks in Alaska. The only sewing I did was to put the elastic in shorts (made before I left) so that they would fit my grandsons (sorry, I forgot to take photos), and to hem a dress for one of my granddaughters. I haven't had time to do any sewing since I got back home, either.
It's been a busy sewing machine week for me. Last October I was given a sewing machine from the man who started the Treadle On group, Captain Dick. I got to meet Captain Dick back in 2013, when I attended the River Rat TOGA (Treadle On Gathering & Academy). Because this machine is from Captain Dick, it is special to me. It has been traveling from Seattle to here over all these months with the help of at least 5 other people. My son and I drove to Wisconsin on Wednesday to pick it up. It's a 1948 Singer 15. It used to be electric, but didn't come with a motor. This machine was made in Canada.
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| 1948 Singer 15 |
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| It came with this quilted cover |
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| in a base that hubby built for me |
While my son and I were in Wisconsin, we also picked up two treadles for two other ladies. One has already headed to it's new home. I'll hold the other one until the next person can pick it up. The first one is for Nancy.
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| 1912 Singer 66 |
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| treadle base |
This one is for Carol. It's a Wheeler & Wilson treadle in a lovely cabinet.
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| Wheeler & Wilson |
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| treadle base for the Wheeler & Wilson |
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| up close of the lovely drawers and cabinet |
While in Wisconsin, we also stopped at an Amish quilt store called Lakeside Fabrics. I've been there many times over the last 12-14 years. I also got to visit with other Treadle On members that had helped move the treadles on their way to their new owners. It's always fun to get to meet up with old friends and acquaintances.
On Thursday, I visited a special friend. Way back in January 2012, that friend helped me pick up another machine for someone, and wound up buying herself a hand crank. I
blogged about her hand crank a year later when I helped her learn how to sew on it. Well, long story shortened, she gave me the hand crank. This is a Bradbury Soeze from about 1905. It was made in England.
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| Bradbury Soeze |
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| decal on the bed of the machine |
What a great way to end the month!
Beautiful machines!
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DeleteWow, all the machines are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou've had quite a trip! Very productive.!!
ReplyDeleteI tried to win an auction on a W&W in a cabinet like that one, but a dealer from Iceland won it. Beautiful!
Love your Bradbury...lovely and quite different than most handcranks I have seen, with tension on faceplate!
Cheryl. This brought back the memory of when you brought me two machines from Chuck Oslakovich in Illinois. One is the 99K handcrank I use for almost all my piecing and the other is a beautiful Jones handcrank with a painted yellow rose on the bed. I am so glad you got to see Bill and Marcia. I hope they are doing well.
ReplyDeleteCheryl, I enjoyed seeing the beautiful machine from Captain Dick - two good reasons to treasure it.
ReplyDeleteI also saw an older post about your Singer 15 clone, badged as Home Mark. I had one exactly like it, given to me. I thought the blue was grand, and it was a good sewer too. (I lightened my SM load when we move to WA from Texas 10 years ago. I do have regrets about giving up my Wheeler & Wilson 9.)
Also on that page you showed your buttonhole scissors, and I had just bought a pair similar to yours, though missing the thumbscrew. I bought them because they have a unique look, and cost a dollar. It is good to know what they are now!
Karen
These are some gorgeous machines! Where in Wisconsin is Lakeside Fabrics? I don't think I've been there.
ReplyDeleteMust feel good to be home ... though you're probably already missing those sweet grands! What beautiful machines! Love the details on that last one. Very pretty! :)
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ReplyDeleteWhat a cool machine and cool story of it
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are the machine *mule* haha - the mover and shaker of the machines???
Cheryl, what do you plan for the 99??? I have a customer with an electric 99 with toasted wiring which my electrician/hubby cannot repair. I would like to offer her a solution to getting this machine running but I am at a loss. It is in a cabinet also, wired through. It was her mother's so I'd like to have a solution. Thanks. Kathy
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