Thanks for the memories! Carol Melton Phoenix, AZ U.S.A.
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When my parents married in 1934 one of their first investments was a
Singer sewing machine. There were instructions for machine
embroidery which if I remember correctly consisted of putting your
material in an embroidery hoop, taking off the foot of the machine,
and carefully manipulating the hoop and running the needle up and
down with the knee activator. I never did master that technique but
I tried it a few times. There were some other attachments that
hooked on the needle arm like the buttonholer. Todays machines move
the needle back and forth, mother's machine moved the material back
and forth while the needle went up and down. I bought a Singer in
1959 and made many clothes for myself and my children until 1974 when
I purchased a Bernina. That was a wonderful machine, it made all
kinds of embroidery stitches, even eyelet lace. I bought a Singer
in 1987 and it is a piece of crap but it too makes many embroidery
stitches. Still have it and sew very little so don't really need to
buy a different one. Oh, by the way, my mother's Singer lasted her
her entire life - She passed away in 1998 but she was still making
her clothes on that machine until early 1997. The only purchased
clothing she had was what someone else gave her for a present.
