Family heirlooms are hard to part with, especially if they've been passed down for generations. On the other hand, some heirlooms are difficult to maintain and may be worth letting go — particularly ...

I recently acquired this Singer treadle sewing machine for $70. Would you mind telling me if it has any real value? According to the serial number you included in your letter, this sewer, in a Number ...

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 care ...

Q. Enclosed is a photo of a Singer treadle sewing machine with cabinet that belonged to my grandmother. It is their model 66 and was manufactured Aug. 25, 1920. She spent many hours sewing for herself ...

I haven’t been looking for a sewing machine because I can’t sew. Well, to be technical about it, I can sew but I’m not very good at it and I don’t enjoy it. When my daughters wanted to learn to sew, I ...

The copy an example of fool-the-eye (trompe-l’oeil), a popular theme in a new type of art. It’s important to keep up with what is changing in the world of art and collecting. Fool-the-eye ...

Black, cast iron, sewing machine treadle stand; two foot-shaped pedals at bottom; top is flat with square hole cut into it for sewing machine; cross brace at back; sides are ivy leaf design; treadle ...

HUNTINGTON -- When Sandy Skidmore uses a treadle sewing machine, it takes her back. She's a young girl in the 1940s, watching her mother and her aunt using the old-fashioned, non-electric machine.

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Q. While visiting the Smithsonian Institution, we saw our Elias J. Howe sewing machine. Only theirs did not have the beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay that ours has. We find three patent dates on ours — ...

VOLANT — Amish women from Lawrence County are using their foot-powered treadle sewing machines to make masks for people all over the U.S. taking safety precautions against the coronavirus. Susan ...