Okay so what are you making with your vintage machine?
05-23-2010, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
I could most likely pull the presser foot from my 9W and use it on the W&W 8...and will consider doing that before I actually use the glass foot! (Thanks for the idea! :) )
I do think that the idea behind the glass insert is for visability...it's the only thing I can imagine. The metal where the glass inserts into the foot is where the feed dogs are, so it's not as if the glass has any other purpose that I can see...I'll have to get ahold of Miller and see if he knows for sure!
I do think that the idea behind the glass insert is for visability...it's the only thing I can imagine. The metal where the glass inserts into the foot is where the feed dogs are, so it's not as if the glass has any other purpose that I can see...I'll have to get ahold of Miller and see if he knows for sure!
05-23-2010, 06:22 PM
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I have some 1930's reproduction fabrics that I would like to make a quilt with on my model 66 treadle machine. I just need to find the correct bobbin and get them wound.
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Have you ever used a little machine called the "Side Winder" to wind up
bobbin thread? I'm thinking of getting myself one, saw it at Michaels.
I HATE getting near the end of bobbin thread and have to undo my top thread,
or dig out the other machine and use it instead. I never seem to remember
to wind up enough bobbins before starting a project.
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Have you ever used a little machine called the "Side Winder" to wind up
bobbin thread? I'm thinking of getting myself one, saw it at Michaels.
I HATE getting near the end of bobbin thread and have to undo my top thread,
or dig out the other machine and use it instead. I never seem to remember
to wind up enough bobbins before starting a project.
05-24-2010, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by purplefiend
I'm currently using my tan Featherweight to piece some really simple string quilt blocks. If you'd like to see some
pictures of my machines, here's the link.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...45965719iYtSvh
pictures of my machines, here's the link.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...45965719iYtSvh
05-24-2010, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by patdesign
What kind of needles does it take? Pat
05-24-2010, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JCquilts
Originally Posted by Charlee
I could most likely pull the presser foot from my 9W and use it on the W&W 8...and will consider doing that before I actually use the glass foot! (Thanks for the idea! :) )
I do think that the idea behind the glass insert is for visability...it's the only thing I can imagine. The metal where the glass inserts into the foot is where the feed dogs are, so it's not as if the glass has any other purpose that I can see...I'll have to get ahold of Miller and see if he knows for sure!
I do think that the idea behind the glass insert is for visability...it's the only thing I can imagine. The metal where the glass inserts into the foot is where the feed dogs are, so it's not as if the glass has any other purpose that I can see...I'll have to get ahold of Miller and see if he knows for sure!
You should be able to pull the glass insert out of the foot to clean it, and then just clean the metal as you would any dirty metal, polish it with a wax of some kind to seal it against rust. Clean the glass as your would any glass, and reinsert into the foot.
:)
05-24-2010, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by KK
I learned to sew (in the early 1950's) on my Grandma's hand crank sewing machine she brought to the US from the Netherlands in 1911. It has a wood case and inlaid pearl on the sewing base. A TREASURE !!!
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