Re: [lace] Sewing Machines
I learned on Mum's Treadle, I was 5 because my brother Michael was crawling when he caused the needle to go through my thumb and he drowned 2 weeks after I turned 6 at 14 months. That must have been terribly sad. How did you learnt to use a treadle at 5? My legs were nowhere near long enough at that age? or did you turn the flywheel by hand? Like Robin, I was given a child's Singer which did chain stitch and was turned by hand. (I was 5 or 6 that Christmas - and had to follow the unwound ball of wool to my parents' bedroom where I found the present. I guess they thought it wasn't the safest of presents to be found unsupervised at that age!) Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sewing Machines
My mother's Singer had a buttonhole attachment. She got the machine for a wedding present in 1953. I used the same buttonhole attachment on my Singer 25 years later, and now it is used on my Elna Carina, which has the cams. As Australia's power is different, I passed the machine to my mom, and when she moved to the UK, my sister inherited it still with the 1953 buttonhole attachment. I wish I had it for my Husqvarna Designer - as the old buttonholer does the best job. Lynn in Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sewing Machines
In a message dated 03/07/2006 02:48:55 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Buttonholes were made by hand too. - No Buttonhole attachments in them thare days! :)) - and the hand made buttonholes are STILL better than the machine made ones!!! :)) This one I would disagree with as I have two or three different buttonhole attachments, (certainly dating back to the 1920s, probably earlier) that fit on my old hand and treadle straight stitch Singer machines. In the same way as I described yesterday for working the zig-zag needed for satin stitch on a straight stitch machine (ie the material must move in relation to the needle rather than vice versa), they grip the material and move it. But I do agree that a hand made buttonhole is better that a machine made one. Doesn't mean I do them though, now I have my lovely Husqvarna. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sewing Machines
Hi All, The Treadle I have is a Selecta, from USA I think. It has lots of attachments but no book. Have not taken a good look at what they do. I learned on Mum's Treadle, I was 5 because my brother Michael was crawling when he caused the needle to go through my thumb and he drowned 2 weeks after I turned 6 at 14 months. Mum got a Deluxe Model Singer in 1960 and that machine has cams. It is at my daughter and son-in-law's at the moment but will come home when they pick up their new Brother 2500 which I won with my Spotlight card last week. They are expecting their first baby in February. Today I sewed the last border on Matt (abovementioned SIL)'s first quilt. Grandma Grace was a well known quilter in southern Indiana and will watch this happening with a smile on her face. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia From: Lynn Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Lynn Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Sewing Machines Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:29:55 +1000 My mother's Singer had a buttonhole attachment. She got the machine for a wedding present in 1953. I used the same buttonhole attachment on my Singer 25 years later, and now it is used on my Elna Carina, which has the cams. As Australia's power is different, I passed the machine to my mom, and when she moved to the UK, my sister inherited it still with the 1953 buttonhole attachment. I wish I had it for my Husqvarna Designer - as the old buttonholer does the best job. Lynn in Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sewing Machines
I'm with you on this one, Tamara. My mother was a dressmaker and tailoress by trade, too and she did all her sewing on a plain singer treadle machine. When she went out to West Africa during the war as my Father worked out there (with 5 year old me in tow!) she swapped her treadle with her sister's hand-wound one which was much smaller. I learned to sew using the hand one - one hand to guide the fabric, and the other hand to wind the wheel!!! My 21st birthday gift was my own sewing machine - an electric Husqvarna - but still No embroidery stitches - and that was in the late 1950's. All the fancy stitching seemed to be available to ordinary households much later than that. Prior to that - we did it all by hand except for the seams! Overlockers were not available either - you either turned an edge over and stitched it down and trimmed away the excess, - or whipped it along. Buttonholes were made by hand too. - No Buttonhole attachments in them thare days! :)) - and the hand made buttonholes are STILL better than the machine made ones!!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] sewing machines
I have my Grandmother's Seamstress sewing machine. She was born in1868 and the sales slip, which I have, is dated in 1890. This machine sewed my Mama's clothes (she was born in 1907), my clothes (I was born in 1933) and my daughter's clothes (she was born in 1961.) I whit was the only machine I had until I purchased my Golden Singer in 1966. I still use my singer and love it. I can easily afford the latest sewing machine but the faithful singer still works like a charm and once in awhile I'll hem a dishtowel on the 1890 Seamstress just to let it know it is still valued. The drawers still have some of the buttons, the needle case, button hook (for shoes) that belonged to Grandma. Thanks, Gentle Spiders for this thread. Happy Sewing, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - Original Message - From: Angel Skubic [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have an old singer treadle machine. I love it. It needs a new belt though...the other one just plain got old and dry... Cearbhael . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sewing Machines
--- Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My 21st birthday gift was my own sewing machine - an electric Husqvarna - but still No embroidery stitches - and that was in the late 1950's - No Buttonhole attachments in them thare days! I learned to sew on my Grandmother's treadle machine. That was in the 50's. She had a buttonhole attachment for her treadle at that time, and had had it for a while. Sothe attachments were available, but may not have been where you were. I eventually inherited that attachment, and it still makes better buttonholes than the built-in ones on my newer machines. Before lace, I did a lot of that fancy hand-controlled machine embroidery -- presser foot off, fabric in a hoop, and operator in full control (supposedly.) We also made 'lace' but had the advantage of the new water-soluable stabilizer to use as a backing. It was a miniature version of the Schiffli Embroidery process -- definitely not a new process. I guess I've replaced that activity with hand lace making. Beware, Newbies.lacemaking is additive!!! G Lace report -- finished the 'wooden shoe' pattern that was started in a class a year ago. Now I'm persisting on the Needlelace flower that was started in conference recently. I'm determined to get it done. Alice in Oregon -- USA people, have a great holiday - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
