That's the quote - thanks. Knew I'd read something somewhere. Have no idea whether it was actually used, though, as all the clothes of that time that I've seen / seen pics of had hand stitched buttonholes.
As an aside, my Nana's (old, but not that old) sewing machine had the kind of foot that moves the fabric from side to side to create a zig zag. Never could control it myself, though :o) Debbie In a message dated 6/11/06 7:01:24 PM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re. Buttonhole attachment > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Head, Carol "Old Sewing Machines" Shire Publications Ltd, Buckinghamshire: > c.1995 > page 22 > "..In Germany in 1882 John Kayser built a sewing machine that could sew with > > a zigzag stitch. This idea had been developed in America as early as 1854, > when a buttonhole machine was patented. The zigzag stitch was used in the > 1870s in special purpose machines and these were the forerunners of today's > domestic swing-needle models." > > Sarah Paterson _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
