06-20-2011, 01:45 PM
Final note--- I second the notion of the antique Singers. Mom had an electrically converted Singer that had been a treadle unit but had an electric add-on. With that she made me the most amazing quilt, that is still in use to this day....
She collected squares from all my worn out jeans and pants (corduroys, etc..) from my childhood. And sewed up a quilt for me, that she handed to me when I went away to college. Talk about a durable quilt ! And I can point to the squares and say ... I think that was the pair of jeans that I ripped to shreds sliding down a snow field in the Rockies.. etc...
She collected squares from all my worn out jeans and pants (corduroys, etc..) from my childhood. And sewed up a quilt for me, that she handed to me when I went away to college. Talk about a durable quilt ! And I can point to the squares and say ... I think that was the pair of jeans that I ripped to shreds sliding down a snow field in the Rockies.. etc...