I got much wordier than I expected, so I’ll leave you to it now.Meghan Markle is disliked in Britain NOT because of racism but 'because she is a manipulative bully who got found out', financier Ben Goldsmith says Measuring wouldn’t hurt anything, though. She even gave us fresh eggs from her hens and colorful peppers straight from her garden! Thank you, Lisa, for everything! If you buy them separately, as long as you match the brand of machine and table, they will likely fit. This machine head alone was shipped for $30, and my friend Lisa at In the Boon Docks sold me the table, complete with another machine. Local flea markets, garage sales and antique shops are great places to try, too. Vintage sewing machines like this are still fairly easy to find through sites like eBay and Etsy, but the tables are a little more rare, and shipping is ridiculous for just a table or a complete set. She could totally pass for a 1923!) I named her Mildred Nell, after my Grandma who also had a treadle Singer sewing machine. (I originally read the model number wrong and dated it to 1923. In case you’re interested, the machine is a Singer 66 Red Eye, and it was made in 1911. With my 1950 Singer Featherweight and now with the treadle, I’ve been surprised how easy it is to find parts. I found both items at Sew Classic, total cost including surprisingly speedy shipping under $10. The machine itself needed just two parts, a treadle belt and the little rubber tire on the bobbin winder, which was really showing its age. This process was so enjoyable that I think I might need to makeover my nightstand/coffee table/dresser/all the things! Beware, once you enter that site you’ll be browsing for hours!) Block Posters resized the images to two pages wide to fit well on the table top. (If you search the site for the mermaid horse, it’s called a mythical seahorse, if I remember correctly.
Cleaning inside a singer red eye 66 free#
The graphics for the mermaid horse and dragon were found at The Graphics Fairy and are free to use. After sanding and scuffing the edges a little to enhance the vintage look, I used two coats of the new Tough Coat from Miss Mustard Seed to seal it all. Really rough areas were smoothed down and the veneer was glued in place where needed, so fabric wouldn’t catch on anything while sewing. In the picture above with Olive’s paws, you can see the little chalky bits in the milk paint. I didn’t sand much between paint coats to keep the finish a little chunky, and I didn’t fill in imperfections in the wood. The designs were painted in a dark gray from a random leftover tester pot. In case you missed it in the previous post, the paint is Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in the gorgeous aqua color Eulalie’s Sky. As pretty as it is just sitting there, I do want it to be useable. I’ve read that Liquid Wrench is wonderful for “stuck” vintage sewing machines, so I’m going to try that, too. The machine is still a little sluggish, but I’ve been oiling it well and as the oil soaks in, it’s improving. Love this placement because I can see it all the time, and I can sew in the very heart of our house. The Singer treadle sewing machine table is finished and I was able to find room for it in our family room/kitchen. Hopefully I’ll have more to share with you soon! I’m going to try to add a hand crank so this will still be a non-electric, but completely useable, sewing machine. (That site is a wonderful resource for working with these machines!) Treadle sewing machines don’t sit flat unless they’re in a table or a base, so this part is a must. My Mom, who happens to have amazing carpentry skills, is going to build a base for it following the directions I found at. The chrome parts started out like this:Īnd after a soak and scrub in hot water and Oxy-clean, they look like this. The first step was cleaning her inside and out, then trying to get rid of as much of the rust as possible. She’s beautiful, even with the worn decals and rust, and I think she could be useful again. The original machine is pretty rough looking, but runs very smoothly. I’d already purchased a Singer 66 sewing machine head that I wanted to use in the table, so now there are two. Before I painted the Singer treadle sewing machine table, it looked like this.