edguitar

I am trying to find (at least a picture of) the machine that my mom had at our house that I also used to help her make her handmade dolls. This would have been about 1975-76. It was an Atlas. It had select stitch. This machine could even do simple embroidery. The different stitches were illustrated on the arm of the machine and may have had a push button for each one (my memory is vague on that aspect). It didn't have a vintage 60's look to it at all from what I see of the only pictures I can find online. I'm certain it was an Atlas I was 12-13 yrs old at the time and running off patterns 20 at a time for her to invert and stuff. It's seems wacky to me that I can't generate a search that will produce an image (and very fond memory) of that model. Can someone help me better identify and help me find this, apparently, elusive model???

sewbizgirl

Was it pink?

edguitar

No. It was off white and looked a bit more modern than ANY of the pictures I found in all my searching.

OurWorkbench

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I wonder if it was a Select-o-matic as seen in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCn203rQt0
According to the manual found at https://archive.org/details/select-o...ge/18/mode/2up it has some built in decorative stitches.

There is another pink Atlas that is a little different from the above one, but not much info about the machine itself at Pink Atlas--can you identify ?

There were a couple of Atlas machines that have decorative stitches, but are on Pinterest. Both are from ebay, so no longer able to be found on ebay. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/vtg-se...9627751461691/ and https://www.pinterest.com/pin/vintag...8258071141813/

Good luck on your search.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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ETA Sorry, I replied before I read your response so ignore the grayed out.

OurWorkbench

Just found this one, but does not have decorative stitches and the push buttons lower or raise the feed dogs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/26519306462...Bk9SR5DFntyBYg

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edguitar

That isn't it. I'm afraid that I may be mistaken about the buttons. It may have been a dial. However, it WAS in a hideaway table just like that one with the knee pedal!

AlZilla

I'm going to guess it's a Japanese Zig Zag machine. You might find a clue in the 50-odd pages of this thread, dedicated to those beasts:

Vintage Japanese 'Badged' Zig Zag and Straight Sew Sewing Machines

Quest on!

ZDStitch

It's my understanding that Brother produced many Atlas machines post-WWII for marketing in the U.S. Maybe you'd have better luck finding a match by searching for photos of Brother models from the 1960/70s?

For instance, would this be closer to what you remember? (Brother ZU2-B687 Pacesetter: Source Link)


Edited to add:
I found a Reddit thread that might be helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comments/je69ez/anyone_have_info_on_this_machine/

ZDStitch

Whoops, meant to add a photo of the machine from the linked Reddit thread. By the time I realized it, I couldn't edit my comment anymore.



If this is a closer match to what you remember, it's likely that AlZilla was correct in suggesting it's a Japanese ZigZag machine. From the reddit comments on that thread:
(Source Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comm..._this_machine/)