The Sewing Room

[jzygail]

Even after moving the non-sewing storage out of the sewing room area of the basement, I realized that I was constantly cleaning down there because the open joists above meant dirt and dust were constantly falling onto the work areas below. And the room was pretty dark; the walls were dark and the joists swallowed up the light. So to help with both

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[spinthemoon]

It looks awesome!

[ext_2077625]

Are those old sewing tables in the first picture? I love them! Any idea where I can get something like that?

[jzygail]

They are! I bought most of my treadles via Craigslist. New York can be an expensive market, but if you have a car, Pennsylvania and the more rural areas of New Jersey can be a great resource. My best machines and treadles were from Pennsylvania or in Maryland near PA.

Yard sales and estate sales can also be a good resource, but you'll find prices range from ridiculously inexpensive to out of their mind crazy expensive. You can get a pretty good idea of what to pay for what types of machines if you join the Vintage Sewing Machine group on Facebook. There's lots of other groups, but that's a good group for a newbie because it's very visual--lots of pictures.

TreadleOn.net is also a good resource of how to clean and restore a machine or you can always ask me :)