Originally Posted by
Margie07
Aww, that's sweet their machine is still in use. When she gave the hand wheel a turn was she inserting the needle in the fabric before sewing? Maybe she got her intructions from page 7 of this book under the heading of "How to Start and End a Seam."
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...rence-book.pdf
No, it was a "get it started" kind of turn, like when starting a treadle. I don't know why she did it, I was not interested is sewing at that point in life so I never asked her. My mother, my aunt and my grandmother were all good sewers but my mom worked so she did not sew that much. Of course now I wish I had taken the time back then to learn from one or all of them but it was not until much later in life I took up sewing.
And, thanks for that link, I downloaded the book to look at later, they are often funny but you can learn something!