I have a 'modern' 1940's White Rotary machine and when I got it (FREE!), came
with 4 bobbins, the instruction book, the parts book, AND a nice velvet lined
box of feet! Without going and counting I think I have over 25 different types/
sizes of feet.
And this all was FREE!
Maybe if you tried
I don't know when they became common, but my treadle machine, a 1909 model
that belonged to my great-grandmother the dressmaker, has a buttonhole
attachment that was original to the machine. It holds the fabric in a small
hoop, which then moves from side to side to make a zig-zag stitch, and
a
I'm wondering if anyone out there has any idea when the buttonhole
attachment came into existence? I tried to search it out on the web
and didn't have any luck (but I'm lousy at web searches). Asked my
mother, and her reply was "It came with my machine." Which means it was
standard in 1948.
