Unused attachments and features of sewing machines
 

How many of you have presser feet/attachments and features that came with your machine that you have never used?

I have attachments/presser feet to various sewing machines that I have never, ever used.

I've looked at some of them - tried to make them work - bias attaching foot and ruffler, for two of them - and was not able to get them to work like I think they should.

Of the 100 stitch patterns that came with my mid 1980's Pfaff - I use about five of them frequently.

Of the presser feet, I use about three of them.

No ruffler foot came with either my 1962 (year, not model) Bernina or the mid 1980's Pfaff. Rufflers seems to have been a bigger deal with older machines. Does anyone use a ruffler now?

Anyone else have mystery attachments?

I have lots of unused attachments for my Bernina.Keep meaning to try them.Some, maybe most attachments seem to be for making clothes etc. Ruffler is nice for ruffled pillows...all I can think of.

I just ordered A ruffler as I'm doing a bedskirt and pillow shams for my DGD to match her quilt she is getting for Christmas. Loved it after I saw it demonstrated and tried it in the store. i' m lucky to live in a small town that now has a
LQS that sells Berninas.

Me too, I think some of them are more useful to sewers of clothes which I am not.

I love all of the attachments and get very cross that one has to buy them as 'optional extras'. I would like them to come with original purchase, naturally.They have a specific purpose and make the sewing more accurate and speedy and eliminates frustration.

I have about 15 feet with my Janome - haven't used all of them yet, but am sure that I will in the future. Also have 6 additional feet with my Baby Lock serger - again, know I will use them once I learn how. And I do have a ruffler - cost about 12 dollars and stays mostly attached to my gear driven Singer. I LOVE the ruffler, and make really good use of it making clothes for my little grand girl. I downloaded a PDF tutorial for rufflers (not any certain brand) and it was a Godsend for me. I don't have the actual link anymore, but know that I downloaded it for free from the "YOU CAN MAKE THIS.COM" site. It was VERY well written and very, very thorough.

Several came with my 1960s or 1970s Singers 401 and 500 Rocketeer and with my 1950s Featherweight. I was just looking through the top hat cams that came with the 401 and 500 the other day. Apparently, I bought some off of EBay trying to get one of each, ended up with several of the same ones, still don't have one of each. I also have bunches of the different feet. One of these snowy days (hopefully far in the future!), I plan on getting all of these out and making sample stitches and see what they do!

Joyce

I have a Viking that is well over 10yrs old now and I think I purchased every attachment it offered-little by little. And, unfortunately, really have not used most of them. Recently I have purchased a BabyLock and will not get caught up in buying all those attachments........the Viking is still working so if I need to I can switch machines. BTW, for owners of BL Allure......it offers 1/4" seam choice on screen, shows 1/4" mark on machine before needle, and also offers an attachment for 1/4" seam.......isn't this a bit redundant??????which one is the most precise? they all look alike to me!!!!!!!

After owning my Singer Athena for about 20 years, I tried the blind hem foot, previously just used zigzag foot. Oh my goodness what a difference that foot made, what took me so long? Another feature, used the double needle that came with the machine on a knit top my daughter wanted fixed. The machine had a switch to flip when using the double needle, think it set the tension, and well....it made the most beautiful hem stitch for the knit.
I have a Pfaff now, 9years, making the effort to use all the features in the book. Wow so many cool things to dress up projects. The feature that I like the most, it wasn't even on my list, is the needle down button...LOVE IT!!!! Another foot that I purchased with it is the stitch in the ditch foot, works great. Wish I had purchased a cording foot, like to make artsy things at Christmas time.

I also have the Ruffler PDF & it's one of the clearest instruction books I have. Here's the url if anyone is interested.
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/produc...-unruffled.htm