Museum Talk

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

In the bedroom area of the Buffalo Island Museum in Monette is a 1914 Singer treadle sewing machine. This machine was in Joe Estes' office at Monette High School for many years. Pat Qualls Taylor was the music teacher and often stopped to admire the sewing machine. A few years later, she bought the machine and donated it to the museum. This Singer Model 66 Red Eye Sewing machine got its name from collectors who said the decorative pattern on the machine resembled red exotic eyes. The cabinet has seven drawers and fancy scroll work on the front and sides. This machine is powered by your foot. When applying pressure with the toe and heel, the treadle moves up and down and is connected to a push rod and flywheel. The needle hooks the thread in the bobbin and forms a stitch.

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