Monday, February 11, 2013

Should I or Shouldn't I?

I am traveling to NC on Wednesday for a long weekend visit with my mother.  Of course I checked the local Craigs List near her town.  I found one of my dream machines.  A Singer 201-3 with the belted motor.  I can convert it to a treadle.

The 201-3 looks like a 201-2 with the light in back and a belted motor.  The round stitch plate and the tension assembly on the machine, not the face plate (15-91) make it a 201-3.  Wish I had a photo.  Maybe I will next week.

Of course I will contact the seller.  Tonight.  Some how I will figure out a way to get it home.
I have been wanting a 201 that I can covert to treadle.  You know, for end times. 

After sewing with 201-2s this past weekend I would love to have a treadle 201.  I probably don't really need it.  My 31-15 likely will sew through leather.  If I don't get it,  I don't get it. 

Still, how do I explain it to my heart?

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION ALERT!!

 For a little movie about how great the 201-2 sews through not leather but through leather like check out :http://sewingmachinemagic.blogspot.com/2013/02/sews-through-leather-like.html

7 comments:

  1. it's ok to just get it! I have a singer 237 as a treadle machine. I took the motor off and put the light back on with a cord so if I want to I can have light even though I have no motor except the treadle. I liked this machine because it did a straight stitch and a zig zag.
    My children like to treadle and "sew" without thread on sheets of notebook paper. They think it is fun to try to "sew" along the lines.

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    1. Perhaps it isn't so easy to see, but my Blog cover photo is a Singer 237 in a treadle stand. I love to treadle, too. Oh there's a song title.

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  2. Catching up with my reading, just read your last several posts. I really enjoyed seeing your studio and other sewing spaces.

    Hope you get the 201-3. I think just trying it out is reason enough to buy it, if the price is right. I can justify almost any sewing machine purchase, just ask if you need help, lol!

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  3. UPDATE Appointment tomorrow to look at the 201-3. Oh my heart be STILL

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