This beautiful embroidered design of a Vintage Sewing Machine goes back to our roots! A fantastic option for showing a favorite hobby or profession! Your zipped file will include the sizes below. Small Size - 3.86" (h) x 3.8" (w) (98 x 94.6 mm) │ 5,677 stitches Medium Size - 4.96" (h) x 4.89" (w) (125.98 x 124.21 mm) │ 6,559 stitches Large Size - 6.77" (h) x 6.66" (w) (125.98 x 169.16 mm) │ 8,150 stitches REQUIRED: An embroidery machine and the ability to transfer the pattern from your computer to the machine to use this file (a USB drive works well). This listing is for the digital machine file only - not a finished item. For the Machine Embroiderer You will receive nine formats... DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES, VIP, VP3 and XXX. We do not sell/support any other formats. A thread chart will also be provided for the pattern as well. As these items are in a digital format, there are no refunds. If you get the wrong file type, or if there is a problem with the file you receive... it can be resent in the correct format. You may use these files to make items for personal use or to sell, but you may not resell or distribute the designs. Resizing or editing of the designs is not recommended. No guarantees will be made on the quality of the designs if you alter them in any way.

While visiting my friend, Steph's vintage ephemera blog, I came upon a picture of an old redwork pattern. How on earth did Steph find this...it is actually a picture of ME! So I decided that my next quilt will be a self-portrait quilt for my sewing room. I will use all of the little scraps that I have left over from other projects and do a patchwork quilt around this piece of redwork embroidery that I have started. I downloaded Steph's picture....took it into Photoshop and got rid of the pink background....printed it onto white fabric....and am embroidering it. Next I will begin piecing a quilt around it. Most likely it will be a wall hanging sized quilt to hang in my sewing room. Thanks Steph!!

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A dear friend of mine gave me this redwork top that had been made by a great aunt of hers. This is another top that I am thinking about starting to hand quilt. It is lng and narrow. I don’t r…

Vintage Sewing 20 Designs (17 are 5"x7" hoop size and 3 are 4"x4" hoop size) Digitized by Holly Pike Artwork by EmbroideryArtSite ----------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD DIGITAL FILE. ----------------------------------------------------------- 17 of these designs require a 5" x 7" hoop on your embroidery machine. Designs come in PES, DST, HUS, AND JEF formats. This item is a digital file used by an embroidery machine. It is a digital download, not a physical product. THIS IS NOT A PATCH. This design is meant to be used on an embroidery machine. You must have an embroidery machine and a way to transfer files to your machine to use these designs. You can instantly download your order after purchase. After payment is complete you will receive an email from ETSY confirming your purchase and and with a download link. You can also access your downloads by going to "my accounts” then "purchase" and click on the download button. Due to the electronic nature of the product you are purchasing, refunds are not offered. If you receive a damaged file, I will exchange it for another one in a new format. I am not responsible for the design if you resize it or edit it in any way. Files are zipped and you will need to unzip the folder and extract the files. If you have any trouble with downloading or unzipping, please email me and I will send the file to you and try to help you. Resizing or editing of the designs is not recommended and I can not guarantee the quality of the designs if you alter them in any way. All our design are copyrighted and protected by United States copyright laws and by international agreements. You may use my design on products for personal use, on handmade items to sell, and on gifts. You may not sell or share my designs.

Little boy Gardening I finished the redwork blocks for my 30s quilt. These all stitched really well. I used just one layer of Pellon Was...

1908? One hundred eight years old? Amazing. . . I only hope I look that well at 108. . .(smile) My passion and John's hobby is collecting vintage treadle machines. . .I collect them. . .John restores them. . .They are wonderful pieces of domestic art. . .The decorations on each one is rather awesome. . .very collectable for the artwork alone. I learned to treadle about eight years ago. . .Our collection was getting so large and the machines were so lovely that I decided I wanted to learn how to use them. . .Lots of trials and errors before I got the rhythm down. . .Once I did, I LOVED it. . . Sources: The Graphis Fairy & Knick of Time I still laugh at myself, thinking back to those 'learning days'. . .of how I was so clueless that I spent hours one day trying to figure out how to backstitch. . .I looked at--and tried--every knob and lever. . .I tried to treadle backwards. . .Then I made a phone call to a friend who had told me that she remembered her Mom sewing on a treadle. . .She got a real 'belly laugh' because of me. . .'Treadles don't backstitch! They're OLD'. . .Who knew? . .Obviously. . .not me. When you think about it, ladies in the 19th and early 20th centuries were probably glad they no longer had to sew everything by hand. . .THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAVORS. . . Source: www.olddesignshop.com I won't tell you about my first attempts at filling a bobbin. . .for a SHUTTLE. . .totally embarrassing. . . Source: Source: Pinterest Graphics Board When I set my mind to something, I don't give up easy. . .Since I had no instructions. . .no book (at the time). . .and my patience grew thin. . .I searched the net for information. . .Eight years ago there was very little in how-to treadle, as there is now. . .It was John who found an old treadle machine manual that was a God-send. . .Gradually. . .very gradually. . .I began to get the hang of it. . .falling in love with the process that in the end, wasn't that hard. . .I was making it too technical. I think treadling is as much a feeling--a calming rhythm--in the soul as much as it is mechanical. . . There is nothing like the hum of the treadle at work. . .It's relaxing. . .believe it or not. . .There's something basic and comforting in it. . . That may be the difference in my love of treadles and John's. . .Mine is of the heart. . .His is in the simple mechanics of it. . .but both of us have a deep appreciation of them. Source: Pinterest Graphics Board I make many of my quilt tops on the old machines. . .The vintage treadles are so heavy and strong and make the most beautiful stitches. . .much finer (in my opinion) than any of the newer electric sewing machines. Source: Pinterest Graphics Board What TREASURES I find in the sewing cabinet drawers, too. . . Source: Pinterest Graphics Board Soon we'll be displaying at least fifteen Treadle Sewing Machines from various manufacturers. . .Visitors will be able to try their hand (or foot) at treadling. . .so I began to work with a few graphics for ads. . .I intended to make a couple. . .then it was another and another. . .There was no stopping me. . .I made many more than I'm sharing. . . I also discovered the Designer at BE FUNKY . . . Lots of inspirational templates that are so easy to use. . .FYI. . . I plan. . .one day. . .in my spare time (wink). . .to demonstrate on a post what I've learned about sewing with a treadle machine. . .practical advise. . .as well as more of my Vintage Sewing Machine Collection. . .Those posts will be at DUNCAN FARMSTEAD since they are so connected to the past. . .And there's a possibility that John may sell a few treadle sewing machines in working order, too. . .Lots of good things to come. . .in VINTAGE SEWING and COLLECTIONS. . .Be sure to STAY TOONED. . . .It will be fun. . . For more Sewing Graphics, visit: PINTEREST GRAPHICS BOARD KNICK OF TIME THE GRAPHICS FAIRY