Relearning to Sew On Treadle Sewing Machine

Reader Contribution by Linda Holliday
Published on March 29, 2013
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When I was young, I’d watch in fascination as my mother used
her treadle sewing machine (an 1800’s Singer that belonged to my great-grandmother)
to fashion fuzzy coats, couch covers and zippered pencil bags. I’d sit on the floor and watch as her feet
deftly pedaled fast on the straightaway and then slowed as she rounded a curve
or reached an end.

Built before electricity, the Singer purred, interrupted

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