Comments on Puzzle #22318: Reruns # 14.
By Aldege Cholette (Aldege)
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peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jul 4, 2013
Sewing machine?#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 4, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#3: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 4, 2013
mammoth drink mixer? lol....naw, I can almost read "Singer" on it. good job, Al!#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 5, 2013
Right you are gang.An old Singer sewing machine.Thx Norma,Joe and Kurt.:)#5: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 5, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Thomas Genuine (Genuine) on Jul 5, 2013
A good old Singer. My grandmother had it. In my early childhood I liked to play with its pedal, but it was noisy and forbidden.#7: Jota (jota) on Jul 5, 2013
So many dresses were made for me ...#8: Claudia (clau_bolson) on Jul 5, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 5, 2013
I had a peddle one that wasn't electric. It was in a beautiful wood cabinet with wrought iron sides and the peddle was wrought iron with Singer done in iron as well. Thx for your comments Tom,Thomas,Jota and Claudia.:)#10: Claudia (clau_bolson) on Jul 6, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#11: Jane Butcher (jane-o) on Jul 8, 2013
Singer Featherweights - not treadle, usually black with gold lettering are serious collectors items now, they are known for having the most beautiful stitch and many modern sewers - especially quilters - love to sew on them.#12: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jul 8, 2013
BWT - the machines with pedals are called treadle machines.
Thanks for the puzzle. I love things associated with quilting.
Good job Aldege - easily recognized#13: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 8, 2013
Thx Jane and Susan.:)#14: Craig Smilovitz (crs17) on Jul 9, 2013
I recognized this too. Only eight years ago, in Casamance, Senegal, I had a matching set of a cotton shirt and pants made by Daba, who was the camp's cook and a friend. She made some income taking in work for her treadle Singer sewing machine. Wouldn't be surprised if the machines are still made. We were able to get a needed spare part on a trip to Ziguinchor, the provincial capital.#15: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 9, 2013
The sewing machine was a useful tool in an area where the electric lines never really got outside the towns. And it was repairable with many parts able to be produced by a rough blacksmith rather than depending on long, unreliable supply lines back to the manufacturer on a different continent.
I was working at a tourist campemant, or bungalow colony just behind the Altantic Ocean beach, but far from town and far from an electric line.
Cool story Craig. I do know that some parts are still available,it's just a matter of finding where to get them. The internet sure helps.:)
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