Thanks everyone for your prompt replies. I had no idea there was a buttonhole attatchment for the featheerweight, I googled and found it. Thanks for all the info. I really enjoy hearing about how everyone's grandma sewed in the old days. My daughter is in graduate school getting an MFA in creative writing. She is writing her thesis which is a novel set in the 20's and 30's. She has immersed herself in the era with a bobbed hairdo, red fingernails, we are listening to old music. The dress is part of the immersion....making do with what you've got. I'll post a photo as soon as "sleeping beauty" gets up.