Megan, that's great info! thanks. I was looking on ebay and getting
confused. I saw the green and maroon cases, but no idea what the
difference between them was. So.. the green case gizmo will do both
zig-zag and buttonholes? I noticed a number of other sellers who had
quite an assortment of metal bits and pieces. but none of them ever
mention low, high or slant shank.. which doesn't help. But I do remember
seeing those two oval ones.
I know these are considered virtually indestructable, so if I put in a
leather needle, this puppy will sew my leather Saami belt (caribou
leather with a wool felt facing, bound with thinner reindeer leather)?
that would be great! My kenmore was not happy trying to put the edge
binding on.
This will be exciting. Thanks for the info!
-Judy Mitchell
Megan wrote:Megan <me...@benchite.com>
> The Spartan is a 3/4 size Singer, much like the 66 (full size) or 99
> ( 3/4 size). It takes standard short shank feet, which are still sold
> at JoAnn and other stores. It does not have zig-zag so needs the old
> green-case buttonholer (which does work great, BTW). You can easily
> find these for just a couple bucks on ebay quite freqently. Item
> number 400017712136 is a current auction on ebay for one now, so you
> can see what you want.
> The buttonholers in the oval maroon case are for the slant shank
> machines like the 301, not what you have. You almost don't need a
> manual for this machine, but you can also go to the group wefixit or
> vintagesinger on yahoo and get all the info you need. Old Singer
> machines are great, sew the best straight stitch out there, and you
> can't kill them with sewing, oh, say, tents out of canvas, for
> example, which is something my one modern machine would never be able
> to handle. Enjoy your machine. (Can you tell I have a bunch of them?
> <g>)
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