However, my first thought was, is the foot in alignment with the feed dogs, or is it twisted off to one side or the other? You might contact MacyBaby, she's one of the most knowledgeable people I know for attachments and feet. They did make a quilting foot that's wider, upper left corner with the guide on it, but I don't know how that might work with bindings. To my knowledge that is the standard regular stitching foot for the back clamp machines. And my other sister asked for the painting.View Member Profile Send Email Find Member's Topics Find Member's Posts J Miller Then one of my sisters asked for the sewing machine. Sadly I decided it had to go.īut I couldn't let it go without memorializing it in watercolor. But there's precious little space for such objects in our small apartment, no matter how much history and meaning they're steeped in. It's a beautifully designed and sturdy workhorse that still operates to this day.

And I myself made skirts and dresses with it when I became a teenager and learned to sew. Sure, it had been my grandmother's, who was a seamstress when so many Eastern European Jewish immigrants earned their living that way. Until recently when I unearthed it and wondered what in the world to do with it. And then the poor old thing was unromantically stashed away in a dark closet.

Back then it perched on a wooden sewing table, but later it was transferred to a prosaic plastic storage case. Even when I first encountered it as a child I thought it was pretty darn old. But I'm fairly certain it started out as a treadle and got electrified somewhere along the way. I have no idea what year my grandma's old Singer sewing machine was manufactured.

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