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cynthia louise
Farmgirl at Heart
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cindy
gresham
oregon
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 Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 2:37:05 PM
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I'm looking for a treadle sewing machine. I don't know how my daughter (23) did it but she broke my fancy electric one, again. Where do you all find them. I searched ebay and I could get on cheap if I lived in Ohio. I live in Portland, Oregon and I'm willing to travel but not that far! If you have any tips let me know, I'd be forever grateful.
enjoy this beautiful fall day,
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 2:56:02 PM
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Cindy,
Check the local trading posts and "freebie AD papers.
Let everyone you know know your looking... someone will know someone...
KarenP
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 4:41:31 PM
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Try mentioning it on your local freecycle group and also check the want ads in the paper. ALso if you are involved in any social groups (like a church group) mention to someone there that you are looking for one and see if anyone has one that they don't want.
My Homesteading Journal http://toomyvara.livejournal.com
My craft journal http://bluewrenn.livejournal.com
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 6:15:36 PM
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I found mine at a mid-spring yard sale. It was mentioned in their ad, so that's what got me there early. Here in WA sate, spring is when people tend to do the heavy cleaning out, but it never hurts to keep reading the papers now. Good luck! 
Humor is the prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
http://farmstyle.blogspot.com
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jaimigirl
Farmgirl in Training
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Jaimi
Sequim
WA
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Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 8:40:09 PM
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I just found one! A No.99 that needs refurbishing. I just started letting people that I came in contact with know that I was loking for a treadle. Always, a story or memory of one was elicited. I loved every story and was more steadfast that one existed for me. Then 2 weeks ago, there was a note at my work desk to call Tom. His mother, Hilda Gray, was a seamstress and had stored this Singer treadle in a closet, having never used it. Tom said that the treadle was a gift as his mother would never tolerate strangers milling about her home during an Estate Sale.
I felt as though I was going to pick up a new puppy. Hugs and kisses for everyone! There is much to do to return it to it's previousm working order.
Who know how to refurbish/clean an old Singer treadle? |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 06:33:47 AM
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I don't have one, but I have seen them at estate sales and estate auctions....more often the auctions though....
I am waiting to look for one for me until we have decided what we want to do withour basement. It's finished but Rob's "I kept every scrap of paper for 7 years in 5000 boxes" is spread out down there and we don't use it....
oy.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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