tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post6126605050211911132..comments2023-10-16T02:13:41.438-07:00Comments on Invisible Flower: Sewing machines: vintage vs modernAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674930108735903116noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-17366424524751426042017-12-28T06:55:46.356-08:002017-12-28T06:55:46.356-08:00I agree with those who said give that buttonholer ...I agree with those who said give that buttonholer another chance! It may look bizarre, but it isn't difficult at all. And you said the Janome made "serviceable but not overly attractive" buttonholes. I promise you that the ones you get with the buttonholer attachment are beautiful - you won't find any machine that makes them better. Once you try it, you'll want to keep that Singer around just to make buttonholes, if nothing else.MKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11437925465262016305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-19380425309992980322017-11-27T16:22:05.419-08:002017-11-27T16:22:05.419-08:00Thanks for the informative article. I sew with a ...Thanks for the informative article. I sew with a Huskystar 219 (Huskvarna) cost about $300 in 2002. I really like it, but though it has 20 stitches, the only ones I use are straight, zigzag (for overcast and stretch), buttonhole and blind hem. Possibly use the decorative scallop embroidery like stitches someday for something other than play. Wouldn't miss the others. I do wish it had the power I hear old machines have. I'm super glad it isnt digitally controlled !! Itake no issue at all manually engaging or adjusting with levers and switches. Sounds like only thing I would miss from the author's Janome is buttonhole... and the powerful thread feed pull might take a little to get used to but no problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-45398725998750534202014-06-16T10:07:56.067-07:002014-06-16T10:07:56.067-07:00Nice to see an objective post on the subject.Nice to see an objective post on the subject.Rainbows in Woolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617905707648483647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-15855883101594277342010-11-15T17:04:52.353-08:002010-11-15T17:04:52.353-08:00I agree with Mary M. you should give that button h...I agree with Mary M. you should give that button hole attachment a try. I sew with a Janome Memory craft 6000 circa 1985, and when I first got it in 1985 we compared the buttonholes to the ones created on my mom's circa 1960's Singer. The singer won for quality, even though the attachment was a pain to use.<br /><br />Christiana<br />sewamusing.blogspot.comChristianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171676961581669900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-33125536021942239022010-11-15T10:34:44.989-08:002010-11-15T10:34:44.989-08:00You should give that buttonhole attachment a try -...You should give that buttonhole attachment a try - you will be amazed at the quality and beauty of the buttonholes. It was a bit intimidating for me at first, but it's easier than you think and the results are well worth the time it takes to screw the gizmo onto the machine.<br /><br />Maybe you'll even decide you like the vintage machine better ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659532327707234622.post-57677945214533117802010-11-13T20:11:32.778-08:002010-11-13T20:11:32.778-08:00My mother has a 1967 model Singer Touch N' Sew...My mother has a 1967 model <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleblackcar/3847474672/" rel="nofollow">Singer Touch N' Sew</a> (her high school graduation gift; she actually got it in late 1966) and I've never been able to convert myself to any other machine. I have what should be a perfectly good early-1970's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleblackcar/3776074699/" rel="nofollow">Nelco</a> (an extinct Taiwanese brand) but I love the Singer's drop-in bobbin so much better that I should really just give the Nelco away. The Nelco has a perpendicular bobbin that is such a royal pain in the neck by comparison that I can't even be bothered.<br /><br />Mom's is the draft mule of home sewing machines. It's made tents, book covers, jeans, small quilts, you name it, with almost no work done on it besides routine maintenance. I swear if the house were on fire it would be on the short list of things to grab. (I mean, not really. What would be less practical than taking the heavy sewing machine? But I would regret it.)<br /> <br />A few years ago, she had a custom sewing table made. We laugh that she has this big, elaborate, table to house a 40-year-old plain-stitch machine.Little Black Carhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313164876855565140noreply@blogger.com