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 ...

When we brought home an antique White Family Rotary treadle sewing machine from a thrift store last year, I thought it would be just like great-granny’s old Singer I’d used as a child. After we ...

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 ...

Dick O’Neal stands next to a old Standard sewing machine that he is going to refurbish. The oldest machine he has refurbished was an 1854 Singer. Dick O’Neal checks the components of a 1920 vintage ...

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