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Old 04-03-2009, 02:28 PM
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sunnyhope
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Originally Posted by Prism99
Foot usually means the one by the needle. (Foot pedal would be the other one.)

A "walking foot" or "even-feed foot" is a special foot you buy for the machine. The "feed dogs" are the moving teeth that move fabric through the machine. A walking foot feeds the fabric from above too, which makes both layers of fabric move together more evenly. A walking foot is very helpful for certain sewing tasks.

A twin needle is used mostly for decorative top-stitching. It is not used much for quilting. It is used mostly to stitch parallel straight lines on clothing hems.

It is better to buy a good used sewing machine than a cheap new one. If the one that came up in the picture is your machine, I think you may become frustrated with it.
i only know its called singer tradition and i m sure it will be ok if not i can always use my mums old one.
However i wanted to have one at my place so i didnt have to go to mums all the time for sewing.

I didnt have another option if i wanted a sweing machine to say it frankly, it was the most reasnoble priced i could find with a well known brand, like singer and Janome which is the most used and known here in Norway.
If i had more money i would have bought a little more advanced or better one , i dont belive always the price has so much to say about the quality and this case it was this one i could afford on my tiny disability benefit.


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