Something New in my House, That is Very Old at the Same Time

I have my grandmother's Singer treadle machine now. My mother let me have it now and I have been so excited.

I have her set up in my family room next to the kitchenette.

I have cleaned and oiled her. I also, with the help of my grand daughter Lizzy, replaced the leather belt with a poly tubing that works wonderfully. At the same time Lizzy and I replaced the belt on my Ginza treadle machine.

I have used furniture polish on her cabinet but I think she needs more to restore her.

I was having problems with the tension. The thread that was in the bobbin was extremely old and a very course cotton. When I switched to my regular thread I had very bad tension with the thread looping up on top so I knew I needed to adjust the bobbin tension. I tried and tried but could not get the slide plate off and therefore could not get to the tension screw.

I looked and looked online to find out how to get the slide plate off and to adjust the bobbin tension. Finally I found two separate websites to help me with these issues.  I took off the slide plate which was a bit tricky but now seems very easy. Then I took out the bobbin holder which also was a bit tricky getting out and back in but I was able to finally get the correct tension.  I have a lovely seam.

I will be having my Mom come over to treadle away. This is the machine she learned to sew on. Her Mom bought this machine when my Mom was born, in 1933. She has fond memories of this machine.
Now this machine runs beautifully. Even after being in a storage unit for over 20 years.

Not only will I keep Scrappin away I will also be treadling away. I will show some of what I am working in this respect soon.