Flea markets, Yard sales and auctions. I got my four treadles from auctions
for $100.00 CDN each or less. My c. 1920 hand crank was equally inexpensive.
They can be found if you look - and all five of those I mentioned still
work.
Is it the foot pedal that is the trouble? I once found a table set sewing
machine on the side of the road on garbarge day that worked by a knee
pressed lever (much like the industrial machines have to raise the pressure
foot) It was too confusing for my poor old trained mind so I gave it to my
sister-in-law to use. She still uses it.
I still embarassingly have 18 sewing machines.....
Sarah Paterson
----- Original Message -----
Being allergic to homeec, I passed on my grandmother's hand
crank/treadle machine when I had a chance 30+ year's ago. Due to a mild
disability, electric machines give me trouble when sewing for dolls.
Can you still find any for a reasonable price, or are reproductions
being made? Or should I get a Tardis and go back to 1975 and snatch my
grandmother's?
Cindy Abel
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