Pictured is my Singer treadle sewing machine dating to about 1901, previously my mother's and my grandmother's. Many inventors modified and improved sewing machines through the 1800s. Elias Howe ...

Treadle sewing machines work as well as electric models, if not better …. without electricity. They’re also inexpensive, $10.00 to $40.00 (I bought mine for $25.00, in good shape). With proper ...

Singer sewing machines fall into the latter group ... Hand crank model with a treadle, look on the throat plate or bed of the machine. The serial number will have up to eight numbers.

To help fulfill the orders she was receiving, West traded in hand-sewing for a treadle sewing machine, which is powered mechanically by the operator pushing a pedal back and forth. West named her ...

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when she restored an old Singer treadle. She now repairs at least one machine a week, and is involved with Hampshire charity, Tools For Self Reliance. The charity sends sewing machines to women ...

Craig Murphy is unique among the members of the Sarnia Quilters Guild. “I’m the only male in it, and I’m also the only one that’s treadling,” he said while demonstrating a vintage foot ...