The patent's design (with drawings showing it in action) suggests
that it would make a rolled hem, or turn under the edge of the hem.
The curl reminds me of the feeder shape on the tips Lacis sells for
turning under the edges of fabric strips for braided rugs, and also
the feeder shape for bias-binding turners. The fabric is fed in flat,
and the curl turns the edge under. (I've used both, and they work
very well.)
The numbers might be for turn-unders of different depths, or for
fabrics of different thicknesses?
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
gypsy scholar and amateur costumer
On Jan 22, 2008, at 2:38 AM, Penny Ladnier wrote:
I have been going through the patent website trying to find out
about sewing machine attachments. I have a beautifully restored
1887 Standard treadle sewing machine in the original cabinet. It
came with a box full of sewing machine attachments. I don't know
what the attachments are for or how to use them.
Jackpot! I found one type of my attachments on the patent site:
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/FemInv/patgifs/121293/01.jpg
So...what is it for? Where the flat section at the top of Fig. 1,
my box is a lot longer. How does it attach to the machine?
I have some similar attachments with a flatter area where the curl
is located on the patent. These clearly attach to the feeder bar.
This type is stamped with the Standard logo and numbered B, 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, smallest to largest. My mother said these are hemmers.
She was not sure if the one like in the patent was for hemming.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
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