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Treadle sewing machine

I was given this very old treadle sewing machine, it dates back to 1904!
Intricate iron work.
It came with lots of goodies, spools (bobbins).
Thread spools.
Wooden spools and old thimbles.
An old tin full of beads.
A tangle of threads.
All sorts of feet and some shuttles.
More bobbins.
I think these are for making biased binding.
It looks to be well used, well it is 124 years old, but will it work.
I’m having difficulty getting the cover to close.
I cleaned, oiled and dusted it, had a play around with the tension and put a new needle in and at first it was not so great but after tweaking the needle and the tension its sewing a very nice stitch.

Learning how to use the treadle was tricky so had a look at a couple of YouTube videos which really helped and now I can sew a straight line at speed, it’s incredibly fast! It will take me a little while to master it.

I’m so happy it still works, amazing really considering it’s age. I still have to try out all these feet and attachments.

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