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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 85628, member: 111&quot;]It&#039;s just a standard lock-stitch, but believe she would have done your piece on a treadle machine, as both hands would have been required for guiding the fabric.&nbsp; It is dated 1888, and typically, a piece would be signed with the year finished - Singer didn&#039;t introduce their electric machine until 1889, and feel sure if she were demonstrating their new machine, they would have advertised it...</p><p><br /></p><p>There are quite a few videos out there, but here&#039;s a relatively short one that should give you an idea of how it&#039;s done:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]8JWRtsyoLhQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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