I just finished sewing my "Bonnie Hunter" style "crumb" strips with my crazy quilt squares to make the sewing machine cover shown below for my Vintage Singer Treadle Sewing Machine.
I did all the sewing on this treadle machine. It is still a little sluggish. But with a little more TLC and elbow grease it will soon be flying! I have been cleaning and adjusting for several months. The stitching is great but the treadling movement is hard and its supposed to be easy. So I figure I still have more work to do on the cleaning and adjusting.
I didn't use a pattern for the cover. Just measured from one end to the other of the machine and from the top to the bottom. Then I cut rectangles and sewed them together with the crumb strips. My sewing is a little crooked because I am just starting to learn how to treadle.
Now that I finished the format of the cover I will embellish it with lots of beads and embroidery. Since the machine is of a vintage age, I think the cover should be embellished in vintage style also.
Love your vintage cover for your vintage machine! Maybe that treadle just needs a little oil where it rotates. Might help.
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DeleteI have put a little oil in it but I think I need to take the mechanism apart and clean the joints and then oil. I have been reading up on it and I will have to wait for warmer weather so I can do the work outside!