Originally Posted by
Wanabee Quiltin
I have sewed on the older machines and I liked the stitches really well. But the problem for me was they were always messing up somehow. My Bernina Aurora is a dream to sew on and I will eventually get rid of all others. I know that many of the vintage sewing machine owners say their Singer 15-91 are perfect to piece on. I have one and used it but it still messed up too often for me. I have had my Bernina in the shop just once in 9 years and that was a minor issue.
Your older machine does not have a way to stop with the needle all the way up so you have to be the one to make sure the thread take up lever is all the way to the top when you take fabric out of the machine. If the needle is up but the take up lever is not all the way up you will have tangles. It is a user problem not the machine.