Sew Sew Sew in Love!

This is a lovely Jones treadle we  saw at the Williamsburg Antique Mall yesterday.

It was LOVELY ---and I’m sure that someone will come snatch it up because it really needs a home.

I do not remember the price, and it doesn’t matter – with 6 functioning treadles in cabinets in my house, and 3 fully functional treadles in cabinets at the cabin – I am not in the market for more treadles in FURNITURE.  But oh boy, was this lovely!

Beautiful cabinet too!

There were a lot of machines and stuff to ogle at ---from toy ones:

Nope, didn’t come home with me

Loved this one AND the Corticelli Spool Silk embroidery cabinet, but it didn’t come home either!

And small chain stitch hand cranks with names like:

LEAD!  As in “Heavy as Lead!”

Weird tension knob is at a catty corner angle!

Hook underneath for making the chain-stitch ---

A chain stitch is a one thread stitch – there is no bobbin thread.  This gives a seam much like the stitching across a bag of dog food…and if you pull one end, the stitching all comes out.

I’m sticking to machines I really will use, and this one was not in the best of shape, so it didn’t come home either.

There was a white featherweight ---

And several black ones, this one in a folding card table…

All were priced just around $450.00 – even the crappy ones with no finish or decals left.  Someone needs to get a clue – just because it is a featherweight doesn’t mean it deserves a mint price.

I loved this cabinet!  The extension behind would open full flat out and be great for quilting!

New Home – no bobbin, no bobbin case, no foot pedal no nothing….boat anchor.

And the worst travesty of ALL:

Heaven have Mercy!

Someone has taken a beautiful 201 – with perfect decals….and turned it into a LAMP.  *sigh*  A LAMP!???  Okay, I don’t mind this if it is beyond repair and non functioning, but this is like….deciding to do taxidermy on a still viable living creature just for the sake of doing it because you can.  NO NO NO!!!

We did get all excited over a couple of beauties behind the safety glass – probably displayed there to keep our drool off:

Pretty as ICE CREAM!

This is a Home Mark – and it IS a zig-zag machine, which means that straight stitch on this vintage model is NOT in center needle position – it’s over far left to straight stitch…the zig zag only is a ZAG – it only swings to the right – if you get what I mean.  But isn’t she pretty?

And yes, that price is right too…$425.00  This machine is liable to be there for a LONG LONG time.

Cool mid-century controls!  Made in Japan

This two toned lady was also there…

And also priced over the $400.00 mark.  It’s likely to be sitting HERE a long long time as well.  But it was fun to see them in such good condition!

And this was only what we spotted in HALF of the mall……what a treat of the vintage machine kind!

They are out there – you just have to keep looking!

I’m back to my room after a great day with the Colonial Piecemakers of Williamsburg and our Talkin’ Turkey class today.  I treated myself to some Chinese for dinner, got my steps in – from here it’s curling up with a binding and whatever I can find on the TV to keep me company.

Tomorrow?  Guild Meeting in the morning followed by a half day Boxy Stars class afterward!

Love from Williamsburg --

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