I'm a lucky girl to have inherited my great grandmother-in-law's sewing machine.
It's a Singer Model 15-30, treadle. Made in 1918.
It has a broken upper tension spring, which I already ordered, so I'm patiently waiting to try out her stitches. I ordered springs from here: Sew Classic.
In the mean time, I'm cleaning it up really well, and oiling like crazy.
In the mean time, I'm cleaning it up really well, and oiling like crazy.
Lucky for me I happened to have an extra belt, so I hooked that up right away also.
This is my first treadle so I've been watching "Treadle" videos, and trying to learn any little tricks.
Here's a sample of stitches after I put the spring in:
I was literally saying, "Wheeeeeeeeeeee" as I was going. It was so fun. This is my straight stitch foot, feed dogs are up, (I don't think I have a choice there) and just going along.
This is the longest stitch length. I couldn't believe how tiny I could get the stitches either. Pretty amazing. There are some loopy stitches every so often, so I'll finish cleaning, ( a thorough job too )
and I can't wait to see the quality once it's all done.
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