I donât know any family history on the treadle. The Elna I have is early 80s and was my Grans. Donât care about the lack of fancy stitches. Itâs innards are mostly metal so itâs a tank! Wouldnât mind an auto buttonhole thing, I suck st those
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoSame here. Grannyâs old machine was a tabletop Singer of an earlier vintage with a wind up handle so you had to manoevre thread and material etc with only one hand. Mumâs treadle one like this was soo much easier cos you could have 2 hands available. And Mum had zillions of different feet for it. Only downside was no zigzag stitches, but itâs straight stitching was excellent. My sister has it now, and itâs still in use.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
yup, a solid inner frame is the best. These old machines are very strong, the timing rarely goes out and they can sew through tough fabrics.
Reminds me of an âoptical benchâ. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_table
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
The treadle I learnt on had zigzag, I remember using it to finish seam edges and to make buttonholes. I still remember the method for making buttonholes. Mark the ends of the hole with pins. Set the zigzag to maximum width, near zero length. Do about 10 stitches. Adjust zigzag to about 3 mm width, sew down one side of buttonhole, do the other end of the buttonhole, turn the fabric then do the second side. Finish the thread with a reverse knot , then cut. Very very carefully cut the buttonhole slit between the two sides of sewing.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I know this method, but am just shit at it. Never seem to line the ends up right. I do them by hand if they must exist.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thatâs what the unpicker is for.