Why the cloth wrapping around the arm of vintage machines?

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11-25-2011, 01:16 PM

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miriam

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Just pin up your hair in Bobbie pins, put your straight pins on the cloth and sew just like grandma!!!

11-25-2011, 01:57 PM

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BarbM32

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Pin cushions are so easy to make that I would never put an arm around my machine no matter what it cost. Does not make sense to me to ruin the looks of any machine unnecessarily

11-25-2011, 02:16 PM

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auntieb38

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Yep, my mother had an old Singer and a White and both had the cloth wrapped around the arm. It was a convenient place to stick pins. Boy, that brought back memories.

11-27-2011, 05:26 AM

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pjnesler

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My Grandma did that with her machine too -she was a beautiful seamstress, dresses, coats, wedding attire = only did a quilt when I started it, and she offered to finish for me when my babies took so much attention.... thanks for the memories!