I have a 'modern' 1940's White Rotary machine and when I got it (FREE!), came with 4 bobbins, the instruction book, the parts book, AND a nice velvet lined box of feet! Without going and counting I think I have over 25 different types/ sizes of feet.
And this all was FREE! Maybe if you tried to describe the attachment someone might be able to help you. Katheryne who learned how to use a sewing machine and how to make clothes on this ----- Original Message ----- From: Carmen Beaudry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't know when they became common, but my treadle machine, a > 1909 model that belonged to my great-grandmother the dressmaker, has a > buttonhole attachment that was original to the machine. It holds the fabric > in a small hoop, which then moves from side to side to make a zig-zag stitch, > and around to make the buttonhole like a modern attachment. It is a > little bit of trouble to set up, so Grandma used to make single buttonholes > by hand as being faster than setting up the attachment. I seem to remember > that 4 buttonholes was the number at which she would drag it out. > > That treadle is an amazing machine; it would sew through a piece > of metal if you could find a needle strong enough, and it has attachements to > do everything: hemstitching, blind hemming, zig-zag, the > buttonholer, and some I can't quite figure out. > > Melusine _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
