[Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag stitches (/\/\/\) and converting to a treadle drive (mechanically foot-fed) — a Singer 411G. This is a well ...

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.

The machine has the original treadle, ... Any Singer sewing machine that dates back to the 1960s or earlier and is in good, working condition will have some value (around $100 or more).

In fact, the quality of these early machines is so good that there are still many Singer treadle sewing machines in use today. These antique Singer machines can be very valuable, as well.

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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A woman who decided to teach herself to restore sewing machines is now repairing them for female entrepreneurs in Africa. Nikki Field from Wiltshire's hobby started in lockdown, when she restored ...

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 ...