I used my Singer 431G yesterday to mend an L-shaped 2” rip just below the knee in a nearly-new pair of men’s Wrangler jeans, without having to take out the side seam. The legs on these Wranglers are fairly narrow. I don’t think that I could have done it on the Singer Stylist 834 that I had been using before getting the 431G.
The 431G arm measures 2 7/8” across at the needle, and 9 3/8” in circumference at the needle, while the 834 arm measures right at 10” around the circumference. That difference in circumference saved me some work this time.
CD in Oklahoma