Originally Posted by
Mickey2
I was hoping someone would mention they had an old American made 1950s zigzagger like White, Sears, Kenmore, or even New Home before they where bought up. Were there any other brands early on with zigzaggers? It's easy to forget, but most of the 1950s the straight stitcher was still the most common sewing machine.
Not having a zigzagger killed both White and National and they were the last competition standing. Singer only lived on long enough to make an American made zigzagger because of its name. And they kept on being behind for the rest of the mechanical era of zewing machines.
When they jumped ahead again with computerized machines it was a little too late.