You can buy a serger that does a beautiful chain stitch.
Kim

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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Embroidery Machines

> I'm sure embroidery machines can do satin stitch, but can they do 
> chain stitch?

I think your best bet there is to get an antique machine that sews with a
chain stitch. I actually had a toy machine at one point that was a chain
stitch, but it would lose alignment easily.

Chain stitch, or tambour embroidery was popular in the 1780s. It's thought
to have originated in India. There is a beautiful Indian robe at the
Victoria & Albert Museum, from the early 18th century.

-Carol

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