Thanks for all the helpful advice!! I knew my vintage Kenmores from the early 60's had a cover plate but I had never seen one for the early Singers...one is 1914, the other is 1926. I thought they might be model specific. So I dug through my box of old attachments and lo and behold...I found a buttonhole attachment that came with the treadle machine I just bought two weeks ago. It screwed on OK and the needle doesn't hit anything so I think it's a go. I haven't tried sewing with it yet...it's really stormy here this afternoon with a tornado watch in effect so I don't want to have anything plugged in that's unnecessary. I think I will practice treadling...the last time I did that was in jr high home ec in the late 50's. Sure hope it's like riding a bike :lol: :lol:
Again ladies, thanks for the help.