VSMS............ Attachments Thread
07-29-2011, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bennett
Received a new toy last night, a Greist zigzagger for low-shank, straight stitch machines. I have no instruction book, so I am going on what I found online as to the operation. (If there is one out there, I'd love a copy).
I did have some problems with "tunneling" of the fabric (2 layers of cotton material) that I can't quite figure out, but otherwise it was pretty simple to use. I tried it on 2 pieces of fabric and batting, and this problem resolved.
It attaches directly to the presser bar and hooks around the needle screw (?) just like my modern walking foot. It moves the fabric back and forth to make the zigzag patterns.
It came with 6 cams for different patterns. These attach to the machine with a little snap holder on one side. (Literally is a little black snap, like on clothing). These can be changed without removing the whole thing. The zigzag width is adjustable. You can also disengage the cam and do straight stitch if needed.
I did have some problems with "tunneling" of the fabric (2 layers of cotton material) that I can't quite figure out, but otherwise it was pretty simple to use. I tried it on 2 pieces of fabric and batting, and this problem resolved.
It attaches directly to the presser bar and hooks around the needle screw (?) just like my modern walking foot. It moves the fabric back and forth to make the zigzag patterns.
It came with 6 cams for different patterns. These attach to the machine with a little snap holder on one side. (Literally is a little black snap, like on clothing). These can be changed without removing the whole thing. The zigzag width is adjustable. You can also disengage the cam and do straight stitch if needed.
07-29-2011, 12:56 PM
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Charlee, I have always wanted to know how people take a photos and draw on them and post them. How did you do that for the attachments a few pages back? Thanks in advance. Now... to go make a blueberry pie for DH. He has so patiently been waiting for one. :-D
07-29-2011, 01:01 PM
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Did you know you can enlarge the pictures on here. Hold down your control button then hit + (plus) as many times as you need to to enlarge the pictures. To make them smaller again, hold down your control button and hit - (minus) as many times as you hit the + button and it goes back to normal size.
07-29-2011, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Charlee, I have always wanted to know how people take a photos and draw on them and post them. How did you do that for the attachments a few pages back? Thanks in advance. Now... to go make a blueberry pie for DH. He has so patiently been waiting for one. :-D
I'm pretty sure that you can do something like this with some of the other programs that are available for free....
07-29-2011, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kwendt
The only thing on the box is a faint oval stamped into the wood says, Patented 188?2 or 7? then February xx. Can't really read it. No other markings. Okay, what is all this stuff? I KNOW it doesn't belong to the 201-2. Did White use puzzle boxes?
Thanks! kim
Thanks! kim
Your puzzle box would have originally come with a Singer long bobbin machine - probably the VS 2 you mentioned - or maybe a 27/28. You know how strange stuff always end up in the drawers of a sewing machine cabinet, some of them even put there by the seamstress. :)
To someone who doesn't know anything about sewing machines, "parts is parts," and that's why you buy Kenmore cabinets with Singer parts and Singers with Free No 5 parts, etc. :)
Your puzzle box has the clip still attached which holds five long bobbins between the prongs. You can see it in the manual I posted earlier in the Style No. 3 booklet.
The weird looking round-bottomed foot is the early quilting foot.
Singer patented this box in 1889, which is the number stamped on the oval on the box no matter what year they were actually made. I think they were made for a relatively short time, but there were a few different collections of accessories that went into them.
07-29-2011, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Bennett
Received a new toy last night, a Greist zigzagger for low-shank, straight stitch machines. I have no instruction book, so I am going on what I found online as to the operation. (If there is one out there, I'd love a copy).
If you starch your fabric until it feels like cardstock, you can get these things to make pretty patterns. They're fun to play around with. :)
Singer ''Swiss'' Zig-Zagger
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07-30-2011, 05:08 AM
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Someone just told me about this book the other day, and it has been amazingly helpful while I sort through my thrift store goody bag.
The Sewing Machine Attachment Handbook:
(http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Machine...2031069&sr=1-1)
I bought the Kindle edition, downloaded it to my iPad, then sat it on the sewing table beside me while I figured stuff out.
The Sewing Machine Attachment Handbook:
(http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Machine...2031069&sr=1-1)
I bought the Kindle edition, downloaded it to my iPad, then sat it on the sewing table beside me while I figured stuff out.
07-30-2011, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MrsBoats
Someone just told me about this book the other day, and it has been amazingly helpful while I sort through my thrift store goody bag.
The Sewing Machine Attachment Handbook:
(http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Machine...2031069&sr=1-1)
I bought the Kindle edition, downloaded it to my iPad, then sat it on the sewing table beside me while I figured stuff out.
The Sewing Machine Attachment Handbook:
(http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Machine...2031069&sr=1-1)
I bought the Kindle edition, downloaded it to my iPad, then sat it on the sewing table beside me while I figured stuff out.
The other thing that's helped TONS is the yahoo group for Singer Attachments... :) Great group of people, and tons of info!
07-30-2011, 05:59 AM
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Way cool!! Was just checking emails and found this one from the attachments list...April1930 has a vid posted on You tube of the hemstitcher attachment...
I GOTTA get the one I've got working!! :lol: (Well...the machine for it anyway...I'm pretty sure the stitcher works!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBbO1u_h7U
I GOTTA get the one I've got working!! :lol: (Well...the machine for it anyway...I'm pretty sure the stitcher works!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBbO1u_h7U
07-30-2011, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Way cool!! Was just checking emails and found this one from the attachments list...April1930 has a vid posted on You tube of the hemstitcher attachment...
I GOTTA get the one I've got working!! :lol: (Well...the machine for it anyway...I'm pretty sure the stitcher works!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBbO1u_h7U
I GOTTA get the one I've got working!! :lol: (Well...the machine for it anyway...I'm pretty sure the stitcher works!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBbO1u_h7U
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