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| carycamille |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 6:27:08 PM
I have been watching this treadle sewing machine for a couple of monthes at our thrift/antique store. At first they wanted $100 for it, which is a very good price, but I didn't have that to spend. Today I went in and it was marked $25 dollars!!! It is in wonderful, working condition! I also got a cutter quilt and a cute bunny.
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Camille
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 17 2008 : 12:00:44 PM
The fact that it was still there and marked down means it was waiting for you, Camille! You were meant to own it. Good for you! :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| Past Blessings |
Posted - Mar 17 2008 : 08:59:27 AM
what a wonderful find!! I love treadle sewing machines. I am so happy for you . . . and especially at such a wonderful bargain price!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Mar 17 2008 : 07:53:48 AM
Absolutely gorgeous sewing machine! You hit the jackpot...love the details. Congratulations!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Mar 15 2008 : 11:24:31 PM
Oh Camille! Your sewing machine is beautiful and for $25.00! Unheard of in these parts! Lucky you! I have one but not in that good of shape!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Mar 15 2008 : 6:44:46 PM
Wow VERY nice!! lil envious :-p I get that way alot on here hehe. All in good spirit.
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Mar 15 2008 : 5:57:11 PM
Me to Alee! It is beautiful....You really stole that thing... $25.00??? Wow, what a deal!
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"A friend is someone who does things that count, but never stops to count them"
Farmgirl #152
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| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Mar 15 2008 : 5:06:55 PM
I have been meaning to post this and this is as good a place as any. Did you know that Singer's headquarters in Tennessee has almost all their machines on hand? My sister called and the lady said just a minute and let me get to your machine and she could look at it while my sister was talking to her about whatever it was wrong with it. Isn't that SOME KIND of customer service? Pretty nifty, I think.
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 09:47:45 AM
It is absolutely beautiful.. I have been watching for a working treadle machine for years.. It is on my dream list!!
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
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| carycamille |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 09:14:34 AM
Jonni (KYgurlsrbest), I've always thought twins would be fun! Maybe they could get together someday.LOL!
Shirley, they have another one that is a little bit smaller and one of the drawers is not in good shape for $59.99. They have dropped the price down $10 since the first time I checked. If your ever down this way, please, please, please, give me a call and we'll go find some fun!
Camille
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| Marcy |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 07:40:16 AM
Wow! Beautiful. Can you just imagine if the machine could talk? Where it came from? What houses it lived in. What the family's were like. If it was used for clothing or crafts or what ever. Maybe a home business for a lady that needed the money or to make dresses for a little girl or perhaps to sew on patches for a little boy. I want one...lol I am going to have to keep my eyes open for one. May you always use it in good health and happiness!
Marcy
It is such a happiness when good people get together-
and they always do-
Jane Austen- Emma
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 07:31:19 AM
Amazing finds! That sewing machine is a beaut! No way it was just $25! Good for you!! |
| mima |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 07:29:21 AM
Good for you!!!!! I love everything you got!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
| Shirley |
Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 12:03:13 AM
WOW Camille,
What a good deal, I cant believe it was so cheap(sorry inexpensive)
If ya happen to see anymore down around there, give me a hollar. I would certainly drive from Olympia to buy it, :)
Shirley in Olywa |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 11:27:03 PM
Wow - what a find! That machine looks brand new! I noticed what looks like a little light on one side. I have a White treadle, purchased by my grandma and now owned by me. Bought in 1918. Anyway, it has a little light in one of the drawers. You really got a bargain and a treasure!!!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 9:13:28 PM
OMG! I am so green with envy! That is a gorgeous sewing machine! $25!! They sure wanted it to go home with you! :D
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| farmgirl blessings |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 9:03:59 PM
Oh girl, I am just dying over here with excitement for you. That machine must have been meant for you! It is gorgeous! And that quilt looks just perfect ... I couldn't cut it up for sure! Happy, happy, happy!
Blessings, Lea
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:46:26 PM
Patience is a virtue I am told. What a great find and such a beautiful machine. the quilt and bunny are great finds too. MB
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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| farminmama |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:41:44 PM
Camille,
The sewing machine is lovely...I really like the bunny too. I am quite partial to bunnies I think. Good for you for waiting, that is patience that I just don't always have. Awesome finds.
Jen
sweetheart to Harley
mama to 3 beautiful angels...^i^ ^i^ ^i^
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| Ronna |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:33:01 PM
Beautiful old Singer and in great condition. I've noticed they just seem to sit in the stores and what a shame. If they could only talk, what tales of making clothing and all for the families could be told! My daughter has my old treadle...traded an 8 track tape player for it in 1973.
Nice quilt too, doesn't look like a cutter to me. But then, I can't bear to cut into quilts :)
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| PlumCreekMama |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:21:00 PM
Nice haul, Camille! I love all that stuff!
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:02:27 PM
Camille...I love the design on the sewing machine. It is so pretty!! That quilt makes you wish spring was here already. Great finds!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 7:54:42 PM
Camille, I have that very same one, only in a "portable cabinet"....looks like it was electrified at some point. My husband bought it for me two Christmases ago and there it sits (like my brand new machine) in it's gorgeous oak arched box.
You and I have twin machines!!! Very cool!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 7:46:14 PM
What a wonderful treasure. Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 6:55:48 PM
Holy Hot buy!! Lucky gal!!
Very pretty!!!
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
| CountryBorn |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 6:39:10 PM
Camille, that sewing machine is gorgeous!! What a bargain. I guess that proves we should be patient!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
