We've added another old singer to our collection and she is a beaut! Long story short - One of Chris co-workers was admiring the pictures of our latest acquisition and came up to Chris later in the day and said he spied a bentwood case at the curb for garbage pick up many years ago and was curious so he put it in the back of his truck. He was surprised to find what was under the cover.
He thought it was from the 1930's and he'd rather it go to someone who would use it/love it then for it to continue to sit in his basement so if we wanted it, we could have it. Chris was off shift yesterday he went to pick it up - it's a 15-30 1921 Tiffany and has the original foot pedal. Chris gave her a quick clean/oil and put her in one of the desks. She still needs some TLC but we couldn't resist giving her a run. She absolutely purrrs. Quietest machine so far (the treadle needs a new belt before we can test her out).
Last night Chris decided my sewing room space was too cramped with all these machines/desks. He felt I needed to claim more of the sitting area (which is only used by me & Chris). I didn't think to take before pictures but here is a panorama of my area re-arranged with all the machines displayed (with exception of Chris's Elna) that we've acquired in the past few months. We still have a small sitting area which isn't shown but it is cozy. The number of machines looks bad but honestly all of these combined including the tables we've still spent less than what we paid for my Brother last year - lots of garage sale/thrift shop finds and a few freebies. He loves working on these old machines and I enjoy testing them all out.
No progress on my Superman mini and we'll have a houseful of people tonight, hopefully I can get it done over the weekend.
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