i've just orderd the "overhauling Treadles DVD" fom treadleon.net...
looking forward to that

I have my Gran's old hand crank with lots of the extra feet. I also have an older Singer treadle, which has the long spool bobbin and only does forwards, fortunately I have found that I can use the feet from my Gran's machine on the treadle
I don't use them hardly at all, because the electric one is set up permantly on top of the treadle base, and the hand crank is 'officially' Izzy's now.

Susan, I just went to the Treadle On webcite. I had been there before and learn quite a lot about machines. That's how I learned about the specifics I wanted in a treadle. This time I checked out Flea Markets and Events and found this http://www.treadleon.net/fleamarket/events.htm. Anyway there is a Treadle On Event June 7 & 8, 2013 in Lancaster. The link has more information. Maybe we could meet there with any interested TQS members and make a day, or 2 of it.

suehenyon wrote: Yaay!

OK Treadle machine fans, here's our homework:

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http://www.treadleon.net

I'm going to do a Youtube search and see if I can find some videos that show how to operate various machines with shuttle bobbins.
I'll post if I find anything that looks promising.

Marilyn, the colors on that quilt really talk to me!

Very nice. I love the technique. It's beautiful and it saves time not having to sew the binding down by hand. I enjoy the handwork sometimes but when the piping enhances the design I welcome using the technique.

Lois...you asked for a close-up of the faux piping....It was pretty easy.

lotti wrote:

I'm with you Lotti, want to know more about it.

I learned to sew in my Great aunt's Singer 1940ish treadle sewing machine. She has given it to me now that she doesn't sew anymore. It's back in her house in México though, have to figure out how to get it up here. Next time we go to México will have to find a way to ship it to get it home. Love that sewing machine, lots of wonderful memories.

suehenyon wrote:

We have some hummingbird feeders in the back yard, hanging from 3 olive tress. I haven't seen many hummingbirds though, maybe because there are lots of pigeons that come and eat the olives and make quiet a mess in the back yard. We're planning on spraying the trees to prevent them from bearing fruit. At some point I thought of learning how to pickle the olives or harvest them and take them to a place where they can make olive oil. With all that's going on now, that'll have to wait to next year.

I have my gran's old treadle... 193? brand is 'helvetia' (swiss brand, although no one seems to know much of them...) It should be in pretty good condition, she used it until shortly before she moved into an old age home in the early nineties... Was stored in a loft for a few years and has been in my living room for a good fifteen years. But I havn't had the courage to try it.

Would love to learn as much as possible on the treadles in general... So please keep the discussion online so we can all 'listen' in.

Not geeky at all ! We have mostly California Quail. Bobwhites and Gambels are rare...all were introduced in 1880-1900
These interbreed with Calif.s...and a very sm pop. of our native Mtn. quail. Gamebirds..Hunting season is
Sept- Jan. Only Calif. and Bobwhite are hunted and only in western side of the state. There weren't a lot of them in
"town" but pop. has boomed in recent years. Folks feed them and the flocks can be big. They're cute to watch...
Ma, Pa and 10 to 20 chicks...really entertain. The down side is they dig up grass and beds sometimes and can
eat a lot of cracked grain !! We have to cover seedlings in the garden !! Lost all my peas last year...we were late
covering and have lost beans and onions. So I don't mind eating one now and then !!

Please keep writing about treadles...Mine is done now and sewing with it is fun...if a little challenging
I want to do a sm quilt with it but not had time yet..Just sewing string blocks now, for practice. Will do pictures one
of these days soon !

Here's a geeky question, Marilyn. What kind of quail? Ya'll out west have different ones from our east coast Bobwhites.

Cathy, are you the expert on treadle machines? One of my projects to "finish in 2013" is to acquire one. I committed to buying two this past weekend and need information on how to work them. They have shuttle bobbins. We could change this discussion to email if no one else is interested, but Lois might want to know, too.