The Love of Vintage Sewing Machines

Quilting Cousins

Recently I purchased my first Treadle machine. It was built in 1917 by the Standard Sewing Machine Co. in Cleveland Ohio. My sister Susan got me started on vintage machines when she purchased two beautiful machines. One is a 1906 vintage treadle and I can't remember what the other one was but it is in a beautiful cabinet. While vintage machines are not really valuable in the antique market for the most part, they are truely treasures to those of us who love them. My first vintage machine was a 1951 Singer electric. This was one of their centenial machines as their first machine ever was put out in 1851. It was one of those electric machines that weigh a ton but was considered "portable" back in the day. The beauty of these machines is that they last forever as their parts are made of cast iron. They will still be around when my expensive new janome will be dust. I have found out that treadling is an art and it takes practice to get the proper rhythem going. These machines will sew through anything, especially those heavy thick denim jeans you need to hem. I also can't help but think of all the quilts and garments that were made on this machine and how excited it's first owner must have felt with her "new" fancy machine.

Be sure to check out the new quilt additions to our album. Quilting Cousin Mary Lou sent these in and they are gorgeous! Until next time; Happy Quilting!

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Quilting Cousins

Lost on Blogging

I am totally new to blogging so please be patient. So far I have figured out how to add an album of pictures of quilts I have done with one done by two of my sisters. I hope to be adding more as we blog on. Today I also added our first quilting tip. So I am progressing. I am anxious to receive blogs from the other quilting cousins as well as tips, hints, pictures and ofcourse anything they want to add.

Debbie

Welcome to Quilting Cousins

We are 5 cousins originally from Festus Missouri, who share a love of quilting! We hope to share our quilting designs, tips, and patterns with each other and blog viewers. I only recently started quilting about two years ago, although I have been sewing for about 50 yrs. I had no idea it would become so addicting. What I love the most about quilting is that every quilt I make is a unique work of art that is designed for a specific person or persons in mind. I have put together a binder that has a picture of each quilt along with details about the person or persons I made the quilt for and where I got my inspiration for their quilt.  I took a quilt class about a year and a half ago and  the quilt that we made in class was by no means a beginning quilt. The pattern was a Jelly Bargelly and there were times I was ready to pitch it in the trash can. My sister Barb encouraged me to keep going on it and it turned out beautiful. It was doing this quilt that I learned one of the most important rules of quilting; be very precise when cutting your fabric strips. I also learned that no quilt is perfect but all are beautiful.

Debbie