This is my new play mate that my lovely friend Susi has unearthed from her collection of all things sewing. She is letting me borrow it for a while so that I can understand the stitch motion in relation to hand stitch.
New toy
Cloth seduces the practitioner with beauty, utility, history and a wealth of technical knowledge
kayswancutt 
OOOH! My Grandmother’s sewing machine – one of my treasures! The sound and feel of it… Ah, but how will it suit your research I wonder – look forward to hearing…
i remember my grandmother making her quilts on a singer sewing machine. i remember the constant whirr, the up and down of the treadle, and the look of bliss on her face as she fed the pinned scraps of fabric under the needle.