We also used to have a treadle machine, and I played around with it a lot until the leather belt broke, (which them made an excellent cat plaything; I drove my cat bonkers with that thing ha ha ha)Hi and good morning @erh.germany, I don't know of any Casino's IN Atlanta (and I think I would have heard by now if there were) but there are at least two within an hours drive of here, in S Carolina and Alabama.

I really don't have the patience to properly sew by hand. I quickly get tired of it and start doing "whip stitches" which do the job for a while but ain't at all perty, although I can easily see how it would be meditative and calming for most people