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Mx Stabby
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Sewing machine gremlin, tinkerer, fanfic writing imp, lover of angsty stories, cat theydy, and all around weird little creature
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My new little Granny friend!
Wheeler & Wilson, 1870.
She needs a lot of love and is frozen up, but we will slowly get her moving again ☺️
An unusual black cast iron sewing machine with the presser foot in the center rear of the sewing surface. Another view of the unusual black cast iron sewing machine. The gold company badge on the sewing machine. It has a crest in the middle that features a W and an ampersand. The teXt around it reads, “625 Broadway” at the top and “Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co New York” around the bottom.
July 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Treadle to the metal ❤️‍🔥
Song playing behind me is Dorothy’s “Beautiful Life.”
Machine is a Singer 115. Her name is Mabel.
July 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The boxy front of the sewing machine head. A tan sewing machine made by Domestic with an unusual flat disc tensioner on the front of the machine.
April 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I have acquired a new friend! This one is going to the McLaughlin Community Fellowship to help us teach sewing lessons this summer. I know nothing about it (yet!) and picked it up from our local ShopGoodwill for a winning bid of $8.99.
A tan metal sewing machine with a boxy front in a green base. The bulky box-style pedal is wrapped in its cord and sitting on the machine's sewing surface. The machine is badged "Domestic".
April 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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A tardigrade playing a tiny violin.
March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I got a few more pictures of her today when I was at the school. She's being powered by a hand crank presently by kids grades k-8. This year they were stitching book signatures so they could then perfect bind a book to spine and cover.
Silver front faceplate with elaborate metal scrollwork on a black cast iron sewing machine with gold and red decals. Round rear silver removable plate with raised etching decorative patterns. It is on a black cast iron sewing machine with red and gold decals. Handwheel and bobbin winder on the rear of a black cast iron sewing machine with gold and red decals. Gold Singer badge on a black cast iron sewing machine with decals fading to silver.
February 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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That yellow table photo of Alice was while I was working on her.
Adding some photos from when I got her.
These show the bobbin winder she came with (I replaced it), Alice and Sam together, and Alice's condition when I got her (as well as a mid-paint removal photo).
Greenish grey bobbin winder in a hand resting on a wood table with thread snips nearby. Two black cast iron sewing machines sitting on a yellow table. The one in front is missing the hand wheel and cover plates. its decals are in rough, faded condition. Cast iron sewing machine painted green. Black cast iron sewing machine with red and gold decals as it is having greenish grey paint removed.
February 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Lastly we have Alice. This poor old girl has been Through It. Serial G4126949, Aug 10, 1915. Came with a motor, light, and solid wheel. Entire machine had been painted green and "updated" to the 60s. Now has a spoked wheel, same motor, same light. Side mount foot. Rear silver plate replaced
Rear photo of a Black cast iron sewing machine with faded and silvering red and gold decals with a motor, light, and pedal. Premier sewing motor on old cast iron sewing machine. Front view of a black cast iron sewing machine with very faded gold decals, the machine pedal sitting on its base. Black cast iron sewing machine from the rear on a yellow table
February 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Rosie is the machine I sent to my kids' school. I don't have many pics of this one. She came to me without a motor or table. Serial G9084127, Dec 6, 1921. Spoked wheel. Unlabeled tensioner. Current tensioner is a kit from Central Michigan Sewing Machine Supply in the same style as the original
Black cast iron sewing machine with faded and silvering red and gold decals in a hand made base. Black cast iron sewing machine with faded and silvering red and gold decals on a workbench next to a tape measure, water bottle, and miscellaneous small items.
February 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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(Forgive the dust, Sam has been in storage for a while.)
Black cast iron sewing machine with red and gold decals in a hand made base. Close up of the front silver filigree decorated plate of a black cast iron sewing machine with red and gold decals in a hand made base. Spoked rear wheel with attached hand crank for black cast iron sewing machine with gold and red decals on a handmade base. Rear view of black cast iron sewing machine with red and gold decals in a hand made base.
February 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Found a closer pic of her front. Unlabeled tensioner.
Black case iron sewing machine in a cross-grain cut table top. The machine has gold and red decals. It is badged "Singer."
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Sales slip from the singer 66 names Stella and the book that came with it titled "Singer Sewing Machine No. 66."
February 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Ok, so here's Stella. She came with a table. Serial G5381963 (April 26, 1917). Came with a Hamilton Beach motor and pedal in a treadle table. Spoked wheel, rear mount foot.
Back cast iron sewing machine in a treadle table. Machine has gold and red decals. Sales slip with the sewing machine to show the match between the slip and the serial number on the machine. Large softball sized motor from sewing machine removed from the machine. Shoe sole shaped pedal for the sewing machine.
February 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Video of the sewing machine lowering into the table when it is being closed.
February 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Free No. 5 treadle machine in a parlor cabinet. Exact year unknown.
Black cast iron sewing machine in an open treadle table with both the original instruction booklet and certificate of authenticity. Close up of a black sewing machine with a leather drive belt. It has gold decals with a bird and wing-like theme.
February 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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A skull with a crown of roses viewed from the side. Text next to it in a fancy font reads, "Women are told we can catch more flies with honey...but I can catch plenty with your hollowed out carcass, so this can go either way."
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Legit.
A cartoon drawing if a seated opossum holding the intersex-inclusive rainbow pride flag. The white block text around it reads, "I didn't come out of the closet, I came out of the junk drawer because I'm a mess.". The work is signed with, "Art by Veya." The meme is against a solid purple background.
February 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Singer 115 from 1915. First time I've treadled with this one. She's usually a handcrank machine. Her name is Mabel. She's temporarily in Stella's (Singer 66k, 1921) table.
Black 3/4 size sewing machine with gold swirling decals. It is in an antique wood treadle table a few years older than it. A yellow spool of thread sits beside it, along with an open container of pins, various colors of scrap fabric, and scraps of thread.
February 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Heeeelllppp...my machine is loosening itself as I sew. And yes, the screw is tight, the washer underneath is in right, etc.

Sewing machine peeps, suggestions?
February 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Best snack: triscuits with tomato basil cheese curds toasted in the toaster oven for 10 mins. Dipped them in red sauce. Soooo good!
Four pizza looking snacks in a metal pan.
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Machine is badged Necchi National model 200.
White and blue sewing machine with two silver dials/buttons and one cream colored knob. It is sitting on a blue and red flannel cloth. The top is off and the needle plate removed. The internal workings of the sewing machine as seen from above with the top removed.
January 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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This machine is giving me trouble. Something is rubbing and I can't figure out what, even though I have oiled All The Things.

The feed dog adjustment buttons also don't seem to be doing anything.
January 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I was trying to photo the sewing machine so I can get a better ID on it and figure out why the feed dog adjustment mechanism isn't doing anything and the top dial makes the machine stop moving. But alas, cat.
An old skinny cat sits in the table in front of a white and blue retro sewing machine. There are attachments for a different machine and screwdrivers next to the removed machine parts to the left.
January 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Two cats, one orange, one a mostly white calico, sit beside a closed bathroom door. The calico is intent on trying to open it to liberate them both while the orange one just stares at her.
January 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Motor is loud, even not under load.
January 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM