[rightly_dividing]

I dont sew myself, but my mom did and my wife sews some, so I dont know anything about thread, but I do love old machinery from the early 20th century. I have a couple of early electric machines that are mint condition, with all the accessories and instruction books.

My pictures are completely unorganized since I got my new computer, but somewhere I have a good picture that I will try to find and post.

[greeneyes]

Whoo Hoo. That looks a lot like the machine I got from my other Grandma. It had a choice of foot thingy to make it go or a metal piece that you could move your knee against, IIRC.

She gave me that machine when I was a teenager, and I later used it to make a bunch of baby clothes for my girls. I packed it all away, and haven’t dragged it out lately.

She also gave me her little portable machine in 1982 and it is a lot lighter and smaller, so I started using it. Now that the kids are all grown, I rarely need a machine-just a few hand repairs, sew on a few buttons, and a little free-hand embroidery to put the kids names on stuff.