VSMS............ Attachments Thread
07-24-2011, 10:29 AM
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Okay guys I just got home and after I get settled in and a few errands run I will take some photos of the attachments I have for some of my Non-Singers and all of them are in the 1870's to 1880's.
Miriam the last attachment is a blindstitcher but I would have to look at it to see how it works.
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Miriam the last attachment is a blindstitcher but I would have to look at it to see how it works.
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07-25-2011, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by miriam
Here is a piece I looked all over for. I think it is a hemmer but I'm not sure how it works. It looks like it needs a special foot with it. It is not fastened down.
07-25-2011, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Originally Posted by miriam
Here is a piece I looked all over for. I think it is a hemmer but I'm not sure how it works. It looks like it needs a special foot with it. It is not fastened down.
07-28-2011, 05:03 PM
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Ok so I was digging through accessories some more... So much fun. I love my toys. Anyway. I found 2 zig zaggers. One is a Singer the other is made in Japan. I haven't gotten either one to work correctly. I'm wondering if they need oil. So I thought I would take a picture so you can see the difference maybe.
It might work better if I read the book... but it seems really stiff
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233099[/ATTACH]
07-28-2011, 07:00 PM
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Finally got around to playing a bit....found out that the ONLY tucker attachment I have for my "more modern" machines is missing a screw!! :( So I had to resort to the 9W's tucker to show you what it does...unfortunately, I can't get a photo of the "line" that it makes on the fabric, but you'll get the idea.
As you sew the first line of stitches, the tucker makes a mark that is a guide for folding the fabric for the next line of stitching.
Please ignore the "patina" (dust) on the machine!! :lol:
As you sew the first line of stitches, the tucker makes a mark that is a guide for folding the fabric for the next line of stitching.
Please ignore the "patina" (dust) on the machine!! :lol:
The tucker attached to the machine
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233150[/ATTACH]
The first line of stitching
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233151[/ATTACH]
The results of three lines of stitching
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233152[/ATTACH]
07-28-2011, 07:03 PM
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This is the ruffler attached to my featherweight.
The attachment
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233153[/ATTACH]
Your fabric that is NOT to be ruffled goes completely under the foot
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233154[/ATTACH]
The piece to be ruffled goes under the blade, but over the plate above the bottom fabric.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233155[/ATTACH]
It ruffles and attaches to foundation fabric at the same time...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233156[/ATTACH]
07-29-2011, 04:35 AM
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They adjust for the stitches between gathers...and there are different rufflers out there....some have no settings and just automatically gather every stitch (the star setting on some), the "1" setting does a gather, stitch, gather...the "2" does gather, stitch, stitch, gather...etc.
I used this particular ruffler on the tree skirts that William and I made last year for Christmas gifts and attached 378 inches of fabric for a ruffle in, oh, about 5 minutes? Didn't really time it, but it didn't take very long.
I used this particular ruffler on the tree skirts that William and I made last year for Christmas gifts and attached 378 inches of fabric for a ruffle in, oh, about 5 minutes? Didn't really time it, but it didn't take very long.
William and Chip with one of the skirts we made.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233225[/ATTACH]
07-29-2011, 06:23 AM
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On many of the Singer rufflers, * is no gathers, 1 gives you a pleat for every stitch, 6 gives you a pleat for every six stitches and 12 gives you a pleat every 12 stitches.
The little knob that screws up or down near the selector on most modern rufflers is the way that you adjust the depth of the pleats. :)
The little knob that screws up or down near the selector on most modern rufflers is the way that you adjust the depth of the pleats. :)
Every stitch, every sixth stitch and every twelfth stitch. Medium-shallow depth of pleat.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]233254[/ATTACH]
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