Sewing machine

My grandmother New bought this sewing machine when my mother was seven years old. the year was

1902. She used this machine until her death. My mother then inherited it and used it to sew clothes for

all of her nine children and my father. She treadles away. She sewed all of our dresses and shirts for my father and brothers. I made my first dress on this machine. I was twelve years old.

If this machine could talk what a story it could tell. My mother lived a long life, she was ninety eight years of age when she died in 1993. I am now in possession of this beauty. It will always have a place in my heart and my living room.