Originally Posted by
katier825
also have a Featherweight, but that needs a new motor
Are you sure it needs a new motor? There are lots of things you can do to service one of those little motors - like changing the brushes, filling the grease tubes, cleaning the commutator, sometimes even just removing old oil that was put in that shouldn't have been. Even wiring can be addressed.
Originally Posted by
Knitette
Don't! I am a twit............................ I meant 'blanket'
I'd try the buttonhole stitch anyway... it's often a nice "satin" stitch if you can get it long enough. i.e. isn't programmed to only do "x" long, but will go until you change modes.
Originally Posted by
MarthaT
Go around the item twice; first with a less dense and narrower zig zag, and then with the satin stitch zig zag.
This is a trick lots of people do with the buttonholes as well. It just makes them look a lot nicer.