I just said good-bye to my old Singer treadle machine, I'm a little bit sad and very much out of pocket....

I am so sorry to hear this Meganne, do not know what I will do with mine, as sooner or later we will have to scale down, and I do not think it will be able to go with us. Hope I can still keep it a year or two.
Cheer up, Hugs and God bless
Marietta

Sorry you gave up your machine.I still have my great grandmother's.It sits in the entry way where everyone can see it. I just put a huge vase on it and a tiny silver dish.(in ancient times you would have placed your calling card)My mother's machine did not do so well so I use the tredle wrought iron as a foundation for a small work station(got a good solid door at Habitat 4 Humanity $14.00 and cut it down)I painted it Hussy red and looks good. Sorry you gave yours up but I am sure it has a good home.

Aw meg, why did you do that???? I know it will make someone else very happy, now you need to do someting real cool to get over it...so her lots of flowers to make u happy*****************************************************************************

I am so sorry-that is something you just can't replace. I also hope it went to someplace nice. I am sure they will cherish it.

I'm sorry you got so little for it when you sold it.

Don't fret it will be loved again. It is a shame you couldn't find a corner for it. I have my grandmother's Singer treadle, still works. Tucket it into a corner in my bedroom and covered it up with a quilt. A nice place to hold my robe at night. On the bright side what did you replace this machine with that left you out of pocket. Keep the story coming.

I hope it went to a good home. It was a beauty.

Meganne it does sound as if your machine has gone to a good home. I do sympathise with you though over the loss of your machine. I remember my mothers machine (similar to the one you owned) and my brother & I would sit underneath it and play. Oh the joy of being allowed to do a few stitches on it... I think it was used as part exchange when she got her electric machine

so sorry you had to give her up. I learned to sew on one like that when I was a kid. Momma let hers go for pennies too. Wish I had hers.

Boo hoo. It is always hard to lose a loved one even when it is an inanimate object. Our machines are a part of us.

Wow, so sorry you've had to give up your machine of 28 years, kind of like losing a family memeber. It's a shame we can't always have the space we actually need for all the things we love and while you may be sad you've made someone else happy. LYGF

1 comment

by meganne 03 Oct 2010

OH well, I just bought some Pinmoors and pins for quilting, cost me more than $26 though.
It's a sad day when a beautiful old machine is worth less than some plastic doodads to stick your pins into. :-(((
Hugs, Sis

Meganne!!! I feel so very, very sad for you. It's true - the chassis alone would have fetched a lot more than that, like $100 and more in secondhand shops, let alone the machine itself. Someone made a real bargain, at your expense. The old machines do take up precious space, it's true.
The new owner must have really, really wanted a machine like that to have hurried to go and pick it up.
With all the logic in the world, I still feel so sorry for you, having to part with this old friend.
AlmaG.

1 comment

by meganne 02 Oct 2010

I think she hurried to collect it before I changed my mind. I should have put a reserve on it, I always loved the extension table and thought it would be great for quilting, but I can't work a treadle no matter how I try.

Yesterday I pulled it all apart and cleaned it all, imagine my surprise when I discovered it had a 1851 to 1951 Centenary plate on it. I actually threaded it up and used the fly wheel to sew with it and it stitched like a dream.
OH Well! No use crying after the horse has bolted.
Hugs, Meg

Oh my, I would have found a corner for it rather than let it go and my house is tiny with no room for anything! Sorry you had to let it go.

1 comment

by meganne 02 Oct 2010

I'm afraid I need the corners for my embroidery machines and stash, and dolls and kilns and ..... I do have another that Ray is refurbishing for me and I'll be able to use that one, so I shouldn't be so glum.
It's just the end of an era and getting so little for her really rubbed salt into the wound. Hugs, Meg

So Sorry, I fixed mine and use it for leather. I took it home when we got the 15 needle machine. Now its in my living room as an antique. Gets messy when I use it. But they just have to live with it.
So Sorry for you

1 comment

by meganne 02 Oct 2010

Yes I could have put it in the new lounge room but getting it up the stairs would be a hassle and Ray doesn't appreciate antiques like I do. :-(
Hugs, Meg

It sounds as though you made a decision made on the availablity of space and your needs - another will love and cherish her - in the meantime. Did you know the person that took her? Don't be forlorn, it was for the best.

2 comments

by bevintex 02 Oct 2010

Hopefully the new owner will love it as much as Meganne did.

by meganne 02 Oct 2010

Well the lady who bought her creates quilt blocks of material and prints from vintage photo's, and after visiting her store she'll probably get all her money back from me. LOL!!!
She has some lovely blocks.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/vintage...
hugs, Meg

What happened? Don't leave us hanging! Details,Meganne details.

It had to go as I need the room for my embroidery machines, but I'd had her for 28 years and oiled her regularly even though I couldn't use her.

If I had known how very little I would get for her I would never have listed it. A lousy $26.00, the timber top is worth more than that. No wonder the winning bidder got here so quickly to pick it up.

Sad Meganne

1 images:[1]

1 comment

by bevintex 02 Oct 2010

So sorry about your machine.
Bev