A little close up of her shine and finishing touches

She is ready for her return trip to VT

201-2 all fancied up

She turned out amazing , sews beautiful I will let Julie name her . Our first major renovation complete.

Hope to have Julie's machine all ready by days end, just putting on finishing touches, can not wait to see her face! 

Newest member of the collection!

Photo of 201 progress, looking good and it turns after removing mountains of rust!

Cushion covers to match using up ol scrub pants also thrifty

New denim patchwork covers!

Trying out my new iphone

Oh where to begin, 2 weeks ago we set out on a journey to CT to pick up Margaret the domestic treadle, do you realize how many "goodie" stores are from central NY to CT, lots! Good thing we only stopped at a few and picked up three beautiful machines on the way! This top photo is of the fantastic stitches "sage" the kenmore made after many hours of oiling and freeing her up so she could hum! She is our first for sale machine! (her photo appears below as does her nice table) but first some other treasures...

A cute 1938 featherweight, Delphia named after Neils grandmother who spent hours with her years ago! ( before Ems was born!)Dad P. asked if I had any interest in this black box with a tiny machine inside, I was jumping for joy as I knew the sweet machine it held! I love her, and hope this will be the machine future Pears will find delight in! Beside her is her big sister,(?) Neil big bargain of the weekend!!! He is so proud of this 301A longbed! And she is a nice one! Someone must have loved her dearly as she had everything with her including her case. Hope to give her a spa treatment this week, but we had her sewing a bit to see what she could do, she works terrific!!!

Here is Sage in all her glory. what a beautiful color!

A cute little 66k picked up in Mass. We hope to convert her to a handcrank soon, oh can you imagine!

 You are looking at a photo of Sages cabinet! nice little stand , open top for magic inside!

These two photo show a work in progress! Neil's Moms original Viking, frozen solid with some fancy "grease used back in the 70's, we hope to put all those parts back if we can get her up from her long nap!

 And here is Margaret! I say goodnight as I pass by her each night, some time soon I hope to give her a nice spa day and then see if I can treadle! Is the tension acorn cute or what? I am so amazed at the beautiful detail that each machine has! Notice the  beautiful log cabin quilt in the back ground, the very start of all this wonderfulness called sewing! It was given to me by Grandma Johnson and is said to be a quilt her grandmother made! I love it and often sit as my eyes dance over the tiny stitches and wonder what I would say to the maker of this big beauty. Did she quilt by candlelight on cold blustery winter nights or did she rise early and sneak in some quite time while the daily bread was rising along with the sun? If only the matter red fabric and chocolate prints could talk! :)

And the last photo for today my attempt to crochet! EEEks! I am tring to make some, even one of the spool pin doilies from Quiltvilles site! I did much better with the quilting stilettos and have 20 made! photo sometime to follow, for now I am off to sew on the last border of my quilt, may this be the beginning of much more productive weeks!

 These are a few of my favorite friends from the summer garden,they pop up all over added their smiley face to my landscape! We need a bit of color today as it is snowy, and gloomy outside.

Yum, also from the summer garden fresh blackberries! Just to tease you, actually we all need to eat a few of these to help our immune systems gear up before the flu hits!!!

The newest addition to the Perry sewing clan! A 95-1 industrial Singer, Gaspar, named after the man that owned him....a fun story as it was in a pts/friends home hidden and not very loved :( and she wanted it to go to another home... yippee for me! :) My Dad has already been showing Gaspar some love, Mom hand cranked the wheel so we could see it sew! It is a beauty, just needs some electrical work and a belt and this guy will be humming once again! The original Gaspar had been a Tailor in the city, and at West Point I think maybe during the 40's Wow what  history this guy has experienced! Imagine!

He is big and hefty when asking my DH how much he thought it weighed.......ALOT!!!!!

The goodies in the drawer!!! My favorite part! Labels with Gaspars name on them, barber sissors, Maybe he cut hair on his breaks!!!! and loads and loads of 88x1 #16 needles for the machine!

 An update of the uncovering of Faith the red eye, her decals are beautiful and slowly becoming revealed!, Thanks to Turtle wax ter and bug remover, be careful as it will take off the decals on some of the pre 1900's machines!

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Spoolies, how did I miss that post of Bonnies! So I have been kitting up a few so I have them ready by the machines!

 A little how to I made for a friends birthday.....hummm I wonder which friend!

I do stamp...occasionally! This is the card for my upcoming exchange on the 28th! Yeah I am ahead and ready! :) Enjoy your week everyone, I am off to cut up some pretty fabric and chat with "all" the sewing gals I now own!!! Gaspar is loving it as he is the only guy!!! :)

Wow what a productive day! Here is the bobbin area of Faith the 66-16 Red Eye before I started spending many hours with her. I have finally gotten the bobbin/hook out and it is slowly becoming shinny.

 This is the stash of goodies Faith had hiding in her drawers.....ohh it is like a treasure hunt finding such marvelous things! My Dad gobbled up a few items, the key unfortunately is just a random one, still on the hunt for an original Singer slanted drawer key!

Just because we all need things to love, sunshine and a little flower!

 A pin found in the drawer of Faith, I have searched for information but find nothing yet.

Fabric two small pieces found in the drawer, so pretty I think i shall incorporate it into a pretty needle rest for her>

Yeah 9am and I started to focus and get the Easy Street blocks together, this photo also shows the beautiful thread box DH brought back from an auction yesterday. The side says Willimatic Thread which is where he grew up in Conn. "Thread City", if you visit they have a gorgeous bridge with huge granite spools of thread on it! I'll try to get a photo on my next trip to Ct.The sunset tulips DH brought home from his errand run, he thought we needed a touch of spring in the house, flowers just add a spark of pretty to any room :)

Here is another before of Faith, she is so covered in who knows what, found a helpful lady that suggested Turtle wax bug and tar cleaner, slowly i unearthed her beautiful decals, she is going to be amazing! I have a couple of friend who have discovered machines hidden in cabinets they forgot they had. I may just convert a few more vintage machine lovers!

All the above photos are of Jenny my recent purchase this weekend. She is a fiddle base with Victorian decals, 1889 is the date I found for her. She is the oldest so far and  it shows in her age, the decals are turning silver and the beautiful black is chipped all over. 

I am glad I did not load anymore photo as my stool I was perched on just gave way! Eeeeks! I am awake now and thankful for my extra fluffy padding! See it can come in handy. Here is my quilt totally put together. It looks so amazing I can not believe I made it, now to quilt it, I'm thinking hand quilted with baptist fans. Thank you Bonnie Hunter for all you do , some day soon I hope to meet you! Off to sort some scraps and polish a bit on Faith! Have a terrific week!

Hopin for a productive Easy Street day!

Sorry I have not posted much this week, still working on the treadle red eye bobbin compartment which is very caked with thick black crud. Still have not named her, Faith seems to come to mind each time we sit down together to bring out her hidden beauty. I sit and imagine the history she has been through, she would have seen more than my Grandmother who was born in 1904 I believe. She lived to be 102 years old. She would come from the city when I was a child to visit the farm, she did not like it very much as she had special country clothes she would wear when she stayed. She did love to help my sisters and I sew dolly clothes, really tiny stitches! It is fun to remember the days of old!  Hoping to post my progress later today....sew....sew...sew! I' ll need to cover Faith as I tend to be drawn in her direction, and then hours slip into days. Happy Sunday everyone.

 This is the Gimbles machine precision built found up in the sewing section of the old barn at my folks!!! She is beautiful and belongs to my Mom appropaitly named Queen Irene after Mrs. Salsbury as her son Glenn gave it to my folks a few years ago! Off to stamp some Valentines cards>