Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Originally Posted by Suzi
Hmmmmmmmmmm - my "newer" Singer that I picked up at a garage sale for $5 is one of those plastic ones with the Model 774 on the front, but it doesn't say "Touch and Sew". Anyone know anything about the 774?
I know about the 774!! I have one that I bought in 1975 and I still have it. I'm
very nostalgic about it because I used to sew clothing for myself and my kids on it. I also sewed my first quilt on it back in the early '80's.
It is called a "Stylist". Models 774 and 734 are the same except the 774 has the hinged bed for free arm sewing. It makes a great button-hole. When I bought it I took a class at the Singer store to learn how to use it and I was taught how to make the buttonholes during that class. I'm so glad that I did because I had never made a buttonhole before and found it to be easy and sort of fun using this machine.
Thanks so much for the reply, Cathy ..... I was begining to think that my 774 was the only one around. It has no attachments (for $5 what can you expect?) but it sews simple fancy stitches and a nice straight stitch. I can't get it to make a wide zigzag but will play with it some more down the road. It was so gummed up when we got it home that it would barely turn but is now humming away. It certainly is alot of fun taking one of these vintage machines (even if it IS plastic) that won't do a thing and bringing it back to being functional.