Attachments and More

My new/old vintage sewing machine came with several attachments. The largest one I knew was a ruffler (used to create perfectly spaced pleats and gathers) as my mother had one just like it for her machine. The other ones we had to do some research on. The attachment with the long arms is for doing pin tucks (narrow, stitched folds of fabric primarily used as a decorative detail to add texture, structure, or subtle volume to clothing). Two are for doing different types of hems, and for the life of me I cannot remember what the other one is for. To be honest, I’ll likely not use any of them, but it is nice to have them.

See a photo below of the machine the first time I opened the wooden carrier. On the left front side, you can see that one of the supports holding the machine level needed to be glued back in. That was easy enough to do as it was free floating in the bottom of the case. There was a piece of fabric wrapped around the neck with pins in it (mostly rusty). Apparently, this was a common practice back then to do that. The small, locked box on the right side of the carrier is where the attachments were found.

The wooden carrier is in rough shape with lots of dents and scratches. It might be nice to get it sanded and refinished at some point but that’s not a priority right now. There will be some re-wiring required down the road also. One of the cords has some electrical tape wrapped around it but is safe to operate at this time. I will have to find a permanent place to set it up though as it is a VERY heavy all metal machine, not something I want to be moving around a lot.