MACHINE SEWING
by Singer Sewing Machine Company

A Treatise on the Care and Use
of Family Sewing Machines
and Their Attachments

Specially Prepared for Teachers
of Home Economics

Publication Date Varies from 1923-1937
$149.95

These books are few and far between and becoming harder and harder to find as more and more Featherweight collectors see the value in owning such a quality book with a wealth of information.

Even if you do not own a Featherweight, no matter - so long as you have a low, vertical shank sewing machine, whether it be treadle or electric, consider yourself part of the special club of collecting good instruction from the well-known Singer MACHINE SEWING book!

With a copyright date from the 1920s and early 1930's, these books preceded the Featherweight 221 and 222K sewing machine. Honestly, however, that doesn't seem to matter too much to collectors because the information goes into much greater detail and adds insight and knowledge of sewing machine attachments that are not ordinarily found in the little machine instruction manuals.

The attachment knowledge is applicable across many of the old Singer Sewing Machine models - 15, 66, 99, 127, 128, 185, 192, 201, 221 and 222 Featherweight, 328, etc. All low, vertical shank vintage Singer Sewing Machine owners will find this book useful, purposeful and enjoyable!

Machine Know-How, Troubleshooting, Stitch Formation, Vibrating or Long Shuttle, Oscillating Hook, Oscillating Shuttle, Rotary Hook, Single Thread Elastic Chain Stitch







Attachments: Chapter on the Binder & Bias Tape, Chapter on the Foot Hemmer & Adjustable Hemmer (giving names to each part of the attachment), Chapter on the Tucker, Chapter on the Ruffler; Chapter on Special Labor-Saving Attachments: Darning, Shirring Plate, Gathering Foot, Quilter, Underbraider, Edge-Stitcher, Hemstitcher (the rare & unique presser foot, not the picot edger attachment), and much, much more. 





















This older edition contains a very special section on "Trimmings" and various other applications for attachment use. The talent the Singer ladies of yesterday had is still amazing today with absolutely beautiful work.















Chapter on Trimmings to be made: Tucking, Puffing, Plaiting, Ruffles, Bound Scallops, Braiding, Loops of Military Braid, Bound Edges, Medallions with Cross-Tucked Centers, Circular Collar, Cuffs, Rosettes of Ribbon & Lace, Ornamental Stitching;

Chapter on Electric Sewing Machines, Motors & Lights - going into great detail about the ins and outs of different kinds of sewing machines.

The Purpose of This Book . . .

.... Although the sewing machine is a comparatively modern invention, it has proven such an invaluable time and labor saver that it is found in nearly every home. Few, however, realize its full possibilities and, through lack of this knowledge, fail to obtain the large measure of usefulness the machine is capable of yielding. With proper instruction in the use of the machine and its attachments and with a little practice, anyone can produce economically the many items of clothing and household equipment demanded by modern standards of living.

Special attention has been given in the following pages to methods which will produce well-constructed, nicely-finished garments and effect a saving in time and labor, which is more essential to-day than ever before. Hand sewing is too laborious and time consuming for this fast-moving age and cannot result in that smart tailored finish so easily obtainable with the sewing machine.

Beginning with the important fundamentals in the proper care and operation of the sewing machine itself, a seamstress is then led progressively through the many uses of the regular attachments which form part of its equipment, then to special attachments which may be purchased as extra equipment and practical suggestions are made for the application of these principles to the construction and trimming of garments most frequently made at home. Finally a chapter is devoted to that important new development, the electric sewing machine, which means as much to the woman of to-day as the advent of the treadle machine meant to the woman of seventy years ago.

Each chapter presents detailed instruction and the samples illustrated are suitable projects for subsequent practice work.

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