someone found a neat old machine!! Lots of oil and polish and a bit of love and she'll be back working like a dream.
Thanks - Was my lucky day. Only two bidders on it. I paid $70 for it & took it back to a good home - the town museum. When I called the volunteer museum folks & told them I was bringing them a sewing machine for harnesses, they said there were already 2 or 3 sewing machines in the museum. I said, "No, you don't understand. This is not your usual Great-Granny's treadle sewing machine. This one is special & it's gonna take 3 guys to unload it." When it was unloaded & all could see the size of it and the castle & lions, everybody went "ohhh".... I still can't believe how lucky we are to have it here & cringe at the thought of how close it came to being scrapped. Kind of crazy - it sat in an old summer kitchen (on the farm down the road from me) for probably over 100 years, went for a 100 mile trip to an auction & came back home. It's a huge piece of local history & I love it!!
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Thanks - Was my lucky day. Only two bidders on it. I paid $70 for it & took it back to a good home - the town museum. When I called the volunteer museum folks & told them I was bringing them a sewing machine for harnesses, they said there were already 2 or 3 sewing machines in the museum. I said, "No, you don't understand. This is not your usual Great-Granny's treadle sewing machine. This one is special & it's gonna take 3 guys to unload it." When it was unloaded & all could see the size of it and the castle & lions, everybody went "ohhh".... I still can't believe how lucky we are to have it here & cringe at the thought of how close it came to being scrapped. Kind of crazy - it sat in an old summer kitchen (on the farm down the road from me) for probably over 100 years, went for a 100 mile trip to an auction & came back home. It's a huge piece of local history & I love it!!