Originally Posted by chris_quilts (Post 5092337)

Ladies and gents; How on eath can I have about 10 or so boxes of vintage attachments and not one zipper foot in the whole darned lot? Yep, needed one and wound up purchasing mine at a local stoe that carries some bits and pieces for both vintage and modern machines. I paid $4 for a metal one but am puzzled as to how almopst every box has the requisite ruffler and hemmer and most had binding attachments but ZERO zipper feet. Are they like mismatched sox in the dryer?
Chris

Originally Posted by Mizkaki (Post 5092495)

I've told you guys that the button-holers and rufflers breed like crazy now it's the zipper feet. What next? I have a few machines that I wish would breed. And I'd like my penguin walking foot attachment to breed. :D :D :D :D

Cathy

Originally Posted by Charlee (Post 5093969)

I'd LOVE to have that handcrank!

Monica, the drawers, in my opinion only, have the original pulls... and I think they're from a badged National machine, or a National. In the early 1900's, National badged a machine called "The Willamette D" for a company in Oregon named "Meyer & Frank". It was a department store. When I went to pick up Mamie, my AG Mason in the pretty rose cabinet, the lady had one sitting beside her. We discussed the cabinet, and thought maybe someone had slapped cheesy after market draw pulls on it because they looked "cheap". Interestingly tho, the irons looked the same on both machines. (Turns out there were only a few cabinet makers for these babies, and everyone used them). Anyway, a week or so later, I saw another "Willamette D" in my local Goodwill. You guessed it. Same drawer pulls. Since then, I've seen yet another with the same pulls... I would venture to guess that the cabinet you show once held a National of some kind...

Originally Posted by Charlee (Post 5094376)

Just noticed that I misspelled "Meyer & Frank"!! It should be "Meier & Frank"! :o

Originally Posted by miriam (Post 5094962)

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/fuo/2925532466.html looks like a nice one but missing a plate - I wonder if some other plate will fit that - what needles does it use?

Originally Posted by greenini (Post 5094187)

Maybe if we put yours with mine they would have offspring?????? Kind of like breeding dogs or cats:) I will never forget how surprised I was when DH was emptying the van out and brought it upstairs. I knew what it was when I bought it, but I had completely forgotten buying it. I *think* we were in Canada and I probably didn't spend a whole lot on it, but ya think I'd at least remember buying it. For a while every time I mentioned it, and how much it's worth he would yell sell it, sell it....I'm saving it's sale for when we are completely out of $$$$ which with any luck will be never:)

Originally Posted by nurseknitsLaura (Post 5095085)

Sigh. every time I mention how much one of my little trinkets is worth, my husb starts the sell IT sellIT" chant. He just doesn't understand, half the fun of owning something like that is the happy smug feeling I get of knowing I could turn a profit, but that I'm too noble? idealistic? stupid? to do so!

I was gazing at the IKEA site, getting ideas for turning our garage into a workshop/studio/family room. I noticed nice wall mounted shelves meant to hold CDs and thought they might make a nice display piece for the button hole maker collection. Laura