Raymond Treadle machine and other things

Jul 14, 2003 6 Replies
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Hi All, Just got home from Cape Cod. missed everyone. While there I helped my SIL check out and buy a Raymond treddle Machine. at a garage sale. The guy wanted $20.00 for it. When SIL brought me over to look at it he asked $15.00. With a little cleaning and a new belt it should work. The cabinet can use some repai and there are no drawers or extra's with it. Still and all I think my DD will enjoy just looking at it. I was wondering if anyone has any information about these machines. I also picked up 2 batik sarongs which I will use to make skirts. The were $10.00 each. I couldn't leave them there. I went to a flea market as well and picked up 3 pages from 1928 and 1929 McCall pattern magizines. They were so beautiful I couldn't leave them either. I'll be framing them and hanging them in my upcoming, I hope soon to be sewing room.



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Hi JJ

Good to have you back. What were your temperatures like at the Cape? It's

38 degrees and climbing here, with high humidity - awful. Set to break tomorrow, though. I'm starting to dream about rain...

The machine sounds a great bargain - wish I could offer some advice on it! I'm still waiting for an old Singer on its stand that an ex-sewist has promised me. Meanwhile myself and a friend have been buying up bases, gorgeous old Art Deco and Art Nouveau cast-iron ones, with names like Neva and Excelsior, to turn into side tables. 10 euros each, which isn't bad and sprayed with 3-in-1 they've come up a treat. She's using the Pfaff one to put her electric sewing machine on.

Envious of your sarongs. Just can't get that sort of thing here. Are they just oblongs? Do they have a border pattern? If they do, how about making a bog coat so's not to break it up? If not, how about a Click and Sew sundress?

Your McCall pages sound great. Best of luck getting your sewing room up and running.

:) Trish

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Envious of your sarongs. Just can't get that sort of thing here. Are they

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========================================= I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

-- Virginia Woolf

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More on the Raymond machines.

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Canadian Sewing Machine museum is about 15 mins from me andmaintained by a good friend. He has many of these wonderfuldecorative machines. I donated one of the earliest Raymonds I havefound to date, a l860-62 hand crank chain stitch machine to the museumabout 4 years ago where it is lovingly cared for.
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Raymond was a Canadian manufacturer. There may be some information on Raymond at treadles.com or Needlebar.

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