This is halfway done on my dress. I think I did a nice job on the sleeves and finally found a gathering technique for set-in sleeves that might work for me.I bought this book at a garage sale a long time ago, and it is full of good explanations. It is from 1967.
Then I decided to dig through my drawer of attachments for my machine. My machine is a 15 series from 1952, and although I got it for free from a nice woman on freecycle.org, it came with lots of the original equipment. Manual, oil, feet for different things. I started looking for a zipper foot, and I have 2. Then I started looking at the menacing buttonholer.
It has all of the gear, including manual, 2 sets of guides for sizes- everything you need except....
It has lots of funny illustrations.
Then I decided to dig through my drawer of attachments for my machine. My machine is a 15 series from 1952, and although I got it for free from a nice woman on freecycle.org, it came with lots of the original equipment. Manual, oil, feet for different things. I started looking for a zipper foot, and I have 2. Then I started looking at the menacing buttonholer.
It has all of the gear, including manual, 2 sets of guides for sizes- everything you need except....the feed plate cover that stops the machine from moving the fabric.
Wahhhh.
So, I wasted a great deal of time online. In the end, it looks like I would have to buy the whole buttonholer set on ebay for 15-20 bucks, just to get that one stupid part.
I don't know what I will do yet. I do think that if I am going to say that I "sew," if only for fun, I need to learn how to make a buttonhole at some point....
Hiya! Found you through Sew Retro. I have an extra buttonholer feed plate that I would be happy to send to you if you let me know your address. Okay, actually I have 5 buttonholers and only two Singer machines, but every time I see a bunch of accessories in a thrift store I can't resist bringing the poor, neglected things home ;-) Can you blame me? I'm fascinated by the "primitive" technologies that give such great sewing results. catmccall at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email!! Thank you soo much, you are awesome!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I have that Coats & Clark book. I look at it often, mainly for the awesome illustrations (and the intro, which cracks me up in all of its Sixties earnestness). I have a vintage buttonholer, too, but I've lost the instructions and I'm scared to try it...
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