| At some point after contracting Machine Pox, one has to come to terms with sewing machines overrunning the home. Our solution was to corral most of "the herd" on shelves. We built three sets. The set on the front porch holds most of the parts machines, questionables, cheapies, and machines that are so far from operational that being exposed to heat/cold/humidity really wasn't an issue. |
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| A second set is used decoratively in the living room. Note how the red shelves coordinate so nicely with the red accents in the furniture. "Trading Spaces," eat your heart out! |
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| On the other side of the living room, this beautiful Kenmore (White) "Sit-Strate" treadle cabinet with a Singer 66 Lotus machine carries the red color theme around the room. The original top of this cabinet had been hacked badly by someone trying (unsuccessfully) to install a bathroom sink in it... so we built this replacement. It treadles beautifully! And as soon as two of the other big SM cabinets go to their new homes, my Singer 301 in the cute school cabinet will join this one in the living room. |
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| And finally the sewing room... what someone with less imagination might have considered the back porch/sunroom. In addition to the shelved machines, we've got five more-or-less permanently set up here--a Necchi BU Nova in its original cabinet (dated Mar 23 1950), a Willcox & Gibbs chainstitcher in a treadle cabinet, a Pfaff 7570 in a custom-designed cabinet built on a Singer treadle base, a Babylock serger, and a Morse "Super-Dial." A Viking 6570 and a Viking 1100 are at the ready on the shelves to sub in for the Pfaff as necessary. |
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