Nancy, this was done on an old singer commercial machine, I have it out back.
I always put it in a hoop. This machine will do a very wide stitch. You know when you sew strip piecing? Sew from one piece to another then cut them apart? It is the same thing, as long as you keep moving and keep the tension snug it will create a string of stitches. Most women have been brained washed they need a special machine, when there is a will there is a way.
[Want to sew a patch on a sleeve? Pin it in place, turn it inside out so it lays flat and sew it on.]
I have several old machines. One has a bobbin on each side of the needle, it does the stitches that you use a wing needle for today. It leaves little pins holes emb around. I forgot what it is called. Some day I will dig it out and take pics. I played with it one day and never got back to it. Life was to busy then, and now I am to lazy. Some day….