Singer Featherweight 221 sewing machine attachments & buttonhole tutorial
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2014
- What feet & attachments fit Singer Featherweight 221 & 222 sewing machines, as well as the Singer 201, 101, 66, 99, 15-88, 15-89, 15-90, 15-91 & all low shank straight stitch sewing machines? This 20 minute tutorial video shows the Singer Featherweight 221 sew a buttonhole stitch sample, & introduces you to a wide variety of other feet & attachments.
The low shank buttonholer for straight stitch machines, comes in a green or black case, the buttonholer in the red or maroon case fits slant shank straight stitch machines- I accidentally said extra feet come in the case with the buttonholer, it is extra buttonhole cams, not feet, & a wide variety of keyhole & regular buttonhole cams are available, separately, if desired. Singer's Professional Buttonholer shown in the box in video, is for zig zag machines only, & is available in both in slant shank & low shank versions.
See a huge variety of Singer sewing machine accessories & Singer Fashion Aids, including the Singer 2 thread embroidery attachment # 35505, zig zaggers, blind hemmers, Famous buttonholer, binder, manual for 201-2, multi-slot binder for piping & binding edges, edge stitcher, rolled hemmer, adjustable hemmer, hemstitcher, tucker, shirring foot, ruffler, quilting foot, adjustable zipper cording foot, blind hemmer, darning, even embroidery stitches with Singer zigzagger & more. Learn how a simple vintage straight stitch sewing machine, like Singer 15-91, 66, 99, 101, 201, 221, or 222 can sew almost any kind of specialty sewing, with just the right attachments! - Навчання та стиль
So helpful... thank you for sharing...I just got my first 221-1 and have a 2nd one on the way!! So excited to have one of the best kept secrets in the sewing community.
Great video for new Featherweight owners!
I have this attachment with my 301a, as well as the zig-zag, and buttonhole maker. These attachments are amazing. The Singer engineers were pure genius. This edge stitch attachment works exactly like they say. I don't know anything about sewing. But, a machine that can knock out over 1000 stitches a minute is pretty awesome. I'm getting ready to teach myself how to use this machine to the fullest because I'm sick and tired of paying good money for cheap flimsy clothes that can't even handle one washing before they fall apart or look worn out.
+Mark Pinkerton
A lot of people never knew that there are all kinds of sewing machine attachments for almost every sewiing machine ever made, & yes, Singer did make them for their slant shank sewing machines, too, like the 301. I have a couple of the 301s, I just haven't made any videos of them, yet. Hmm, maybe I should?
Very good video. I love it. 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊❤👏🏻👍🏻
Excellent video, exactly what I was looking for to explain so many of these wonderful attachments, thank you Rebecca, for sharing your wonderful collection and knowledge!
Thank you for the great video. My cousin gave me a Featherweight 221 model with cabinet as well as our grandmother's Hope chest. (She said that I was grandma's favorite anyway according to 19 of my 19 cousins on that side) I love this machine. (I also have a pfaff performance 5.0) I am thrilled with the Featherweight very much.
Thank you so much, I learned a lot :) I have a 201-2 and want to learn everything about her before I attempt to sew with her.
that was great, just got my 221 and lots of attachments thanks
Don't be afraid to play with your sewing machine, sewing all kinds of pintucks, practicing sewing zippers, binding, ruffles, binding, antique French sewing, shirring, tucks & pleats, rolled hems, blind hems, & buttonholes & other techniques. One of the biggest reasons people love the expensive sewing machines, is because the sewing machine dealers, would give free lessons to go along with the new machine & accessories! Create your own sewing workbook, writing down what technique you are trying, what settings you used, & sew a sample & attach it to the page, so you can see how to reproduce it later. Babylock, Bernina, Husqvarna, Janome & other sewing machine dealers create workbooks for buyers to purchase & bring to class, to help them learn to get comfortable & creative with their new sewing machines. Even if your sewing machine is a vintage straight stitch only sewing machine, if you get the right feet & attachments, you will be AMAZED at what you can do, even with a straight stitch only machine! :D
Mark Pinkerton, I absolutely agree! Singer's 101 & 201 with electric motors, were able to stitch 1,100 or even 1,200 stitches per minute, which is faster than most of us ever want to sew, but for the speed demons among us, I adore my Elna Supermatic, which sews a speedy 1,550 stitches per minute (you can go slower, if you want), & there are over 100 Elna stitch designs the Supermatic can sew, if you get the cams for them. I don't have them all, but would LOVE to! I'm sure I wouldn't ever sew all of them, but it is wonderful to have special stitches when you want, be able to change needle positions, as well as stitch width & length, & have the freearm, plus the cool little accessory storage case, & the carrying case for the Supermatic, which keeps it all neatly stored, when not in use. These vintage sewing machines are ADDICTIVE! Hopefully, I will get more videos made, showing more machines & attachments, as well as accessory feet. The internet makes it easy to find & buy almost anything you want or need! Enjoy your 301, I recently got a complete 301, my previous 301 is missing the carrying handle, & the fold up bed, but works perfectly well without them! LOL!
A lot of people do not realize how fast, & how sophisticated these vintage metal machines are, & the videos shared on the internet are a great way to familiarize ourselves with them, so we know if we want them!
Rebecca Rice Ware I have a 301A with all the attachments. It stitches 1500 per minutes. I love this machine for quilting large and straight runs. ADHD weighted blankets are done so quick also. I wouldn't trade it for any plastic geared machine produced nowadays.
I like when you showed using the different attachments. I have a blind stitch that I just need to know how to fold the material. Get confused and I have possible three times the amount of collection that you are showing. At one time I had over 35 machines that were vintage. I now am down to 8 singers and Bernina's. My 117 Bernina is a classic in the sewing machine cabinet. thanks for sharing.
Do you have the Bernina blind hemmer presser foot? If you do, it is one of the best blind hemming feet, & the best sewing directions can be found in any of the vintage Bernina manuals, which can be printed for free online, from the Bernina website. Their photos are really helpful!
For a regular sewing machine blind hemming, fold your hem up, to the wrong side, the depth is up to you. (If you only make one fold, finish the edge of the fabric, to avoid fraying, before blind hemming.) After you press your hem the correct length, let it cool, then make a gentle fold back to the right side (DO NOT IRON this fold), but allow the finished edge to extend approximately 1/4" past the gentle fold you just made.
Your pants or skirt will lie to the left of the presser foot, the gentle fold goes up against the center guide of the blind hemmer foot, and the flat part that will be the inside of the hem, lies flat under the presser foot, and it will hold the straight stitches, while the zig zag will barely catch the fold. Hopefully this will helpl!
Love those attachments! I"m envious! :) Also love that rasp in your voice. You should be a singer! ;) :)
+SuperModerngranny Thank you! I do get a lot of compliments when I sing at church. When I worked for Norwest Mortgage & Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, I did get a lot of people saying I should be on radio, or do commercials or announcement types of things, like the recordings used in computer phone systems, or even reading books on tape. When I had my first brain tumor removed, my left side of my face was paralyzed for several months, so I spoke with a pronounced British accent. It was funny, when I miraculously regained movement in my face, & got my sense of smell & taste back, some family & friends teased me I should have kept the accent! LOL!
I hope you get a chance to try some of the attachments & feet someday, they really are a LOT of fun to play with! Sometimes you can get an entire set for $9.99 on Ebay + ship & handling costs.
That was a miracle. Glad to hear you fully recovered.....otherwise I wouldn't be able to watch this video and hear your voice! Please share more videos on how those attachments work. I've subscribed to your channel. :)
Thank you for sharing! I moved to England from the USA and brought my Bernina and a Singer serger. I have a transformer to use for the different plug and current, the serger seems fine with it but my Bernina just sews way to fast! And I'm a very experienced sewer. So I was thrilled when an elderly friend gave me her singer featherweight! I already learned how to clean and oil it myself and started to sew with it. Then I suddenly realized I'd not be able to zigzag or do buttonholes! I'm thrilled to see your video and hope I can find some affordable attachments. I'll go dig through the basic box that came with it and see what's there. Thanks again!
Marymac62, you are very welcome! Which Bernina do you have? Some Bernina's have 2 speeds, you can set them for fast, or slow. If yours has that option, see if changing to the low speed, helps enough. If not, keep an eye out locally, since many incredible early mechanical sewing machines are available much less expensively, there in England. Using the zigzagger or the blind hemmer, on the Featherweight, can be a good substitute, but after a Bernina, you may find it a big adjustment, since you will need to learn to guide the fabric a little differently, since the presser foot moves the fabric itself, side to side, so you literally guide to the middle, of where you want your zigzag stitches. I can't remember for sure, but depending on where you are in England, there is a Bamber Sewing Machine store, I know there is one in Eccles, Manchester, they may be able to give you an idea of what to do to make your Bernina work better, despite using the electrical converter. You could also join the Yahoo group BerninaThirtySomethings, I believe the sewing techs who are group members, have shared how to handle that problem, but I can't remember the details. You can search the Yahoo group files, as well as the previous messages posted, to find the information you need.
By the way, Marymac62, Ebay is often the best place to find boxes of Singer low shank sewing machine attachments. You don't need to search for Featherweight presser feet, that is how to find the expensive feet & attachments, you can just look for Singer attachments, or Singer feet, if they are in the green box, with the name Singer in red, then you only need to make sure the feet are low shank, fit the 66, 99, 101, 201, 127, 128 (all low shank Singer straight stitch machines) do NOT buy any for the Singer 301, 401, 500, 600 or 700 series, those are slant shank machines, so their feet & attachments will not fit the Featherweight.
Thanks so much for the information Rebecca, I'll look into that group to find out about the Bernina. I'm excited to try this little machine though and won't be doing a lot of fancy stuff so I hope it'll work out for me. I just order a simple zigzag foot and waiting for it to arrive! Some parts I'm ordering from the states and my son will mail to me.
Rebecca Rice Ware oh thank you so much for that tip! So I don't have to see 221 just low shank for the ones you mentioned?
I'm so glad you enjoy the video, I was so excited, when I started using the attachments on the straight stitch sewing machines, too. The low shank sewing machines, almost always can use the presser feet interchangeably, except straight stitch feet (with only a tiny circular hole, barely big enough for the needle), can only be used on machines that share the same straight stitch needle position. You cannot use a low shank attachment for a straight stitch only machine, to sew a zigzag stitch, on another low shank sewing machine, because the needle would hit the foot, so you do need to make sure that any low shank feet used on a zigzag sewing machine, have the oval, or rectangular zigzag needle opening.
As long as a low shank presser foot has the correct shape & size, & location of needle hole (as it pertains to the location of the presser foot shank) the feet are interchangeable, regardless of the brand of presser feet. The most expensive sewing machines, are the ones which require proprietary (EXPENSIVE) presser feet; Bernina, some Pfaff's from the 1980s through to modern models, Viking, possibly Babylock, but I haven't had newer Babylock brand lock stitch machines, just the jet air threaded sergers. When a company does create incredibly well designed presser feet & attachments, you really can do more with your machine, faster, & easier. I absolutely LOVE Bernina's presser feet, & their instruction manuals. If you are able to acquire a set of the old low shank Pfaff sewing machine feet (Pfaff 60, 160, 230, 260, 330, 360), & the low shank vintage Elna Supermatic & Star presser feet are INCREDIBLE, too, & can be used on any modern zigzag sewing machine, as long as the machine doesn't sew a wider zigzag stitch, than the presser foot has needle opening.
I still occasionally see a new attachment that I've never seen before, thanks to the internet! Singer-Attachments@yahoo.com has both photos, & instruction manuals, as well as conversations, about the new attachments that people find, there are several that I have only seen today, for the first time! If you join the Yahoo group, when you go to the page, at the top of the page, there are files, photos, conversations, about, & more, which members can click on, to search for photos & manuals or instructions for various attachments. I HIGHLY recommend it!
I really enjoyed your video. I have a 221 featherweight and a 201-1 Singer. I have a few attachments I have found at yard sales and estate sales. Now you have wanting to check out etsy and eBay. By the way I just subbed. I hope to see more videos about sewing in the future.
wow Rebecca , I have all of these attachments. they were my grandmothers. I love to sew, wondering if you have tutorials on using them all ? 🤗
I haven't made tutorials for each individual attachment, but I believe you will find great ones on UA-cam, here. I would like to make more, but I have to find time to do it. You can type the name of each attachment into UA-cam search box, & it will bring up many videos for each of them.
Fiddleybits makes some EXCELLENT video tutorials showing how the attachments work on various machines, though they may be too slow for some people, but I enjoy them. Here is a link to her binder video.
ua-cam.com/video/UtamX9dduC4/v-deo.html
I forgot to add that April1930s (The Featherweight Shoppe) has a ton of great information on her site, too-
singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/tagged/attachments
Jerry Krusivelt hi! Would you consider selling the embroidery and walking foot?
Hello, Rebecca ! I am looking for an adjustable zig zag adjustment for my 1930’s rotary sewing machine but have had no luck !! Have you any idea where one could purchase this attachment ?
Ebay is an excellent source for the majority of vintage sewing machine feet & attachments. There are a lot of different rotary sewing machines, of various brands and manufacturers, so you literally need the specific brand name, manufacturer name (not always the same thing), and the model number, to ensure you get the correct one for your machine. Not all rotary machines use the same presser foot shank style, and the needle hole isn't always the same distance from the shank of the presser foot, which is why not all low shank feet, fit all low shank sewing machines. You should always turn the handwheel by hand, before trying to sew with a new presser foot, to ensure your machines needle does not hit the presser foot, during stitching, otherwise your needle may hit the plate, and shatter, and knock your machine out of timing, as well, so it won't stitch properly, anymore.
So the attachments are only for 221s?
What foot do you use fit buttonhole stitch and free motion?
The Buttonholer is how you sew buttonholes with the Singer Featherweight, like you see sewing buttonholes in the video, but for embroidery & freemotion sewing, you can use a darning foot, or no foot, and simply use an embroidery hoop to hold the fabric tight, and smooth, while you sew. Some people also use a spring needle attachment, but that isn't necessary. Singer did make some embroidery & darning feet, you just have to find the right one for your specific machine, most low shank darning feet (Simanco is Singer's # 121094) will fit, and work well, with the Singer Featherweight, though the 222k Featherweight, with it's free arm, has a very specific darning foot, number look on the Featherweight site for this information
singer-featherweight.com/products/singer-embroidery-darning-foot-222k?variant=8535912707
171071 is the Singer Featherweigh 222k freemotion embroidery and darning foot, I showed in the video.
Mine didn’t come with any attachments.. looking for an edger foot.
You just need to go to eBay & look for a low shank foot of the type you want. If your machine is the Singer Featherweight, any box of low shank Singer sewing machine presser feet, in the old green boxes, with red or orangish writing, it should fit your Featherweight, unless someone has traded the feet from another machine brand. I'm not sure if you are actually asking about the Edgestitch foot, or a special quilting foot with an edge guide. The Singer Edgestitch foot is very common, on Ebay, it allows you to sew all kinds of beautiful sewing types, adding elastic, sewing lace to fabric, or ribbons, or other lace, & other fantastic antique French sewing techniques. You can also go to the Singer Featherweight Shop website, to find a variety of special presser feet that fit your 221 or 222.
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Hi rebecca do you still have the embroidery attachment? Would you consider selling it?
The Singer 2 Thread Embroidery Attachment was sold in 2011.
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As a NF2 patient, with brain tumors on the balance nerve (left Acoustic neuroma balance nerve tumor removed in 2000, included removing that balance nerve in my head), spinal cord tumors, and nerve tumors, I'm lucky I was able to make this at all. I made this with a very old digital camera, over a decade ago, before internet videos were even popular or common, and eventually shared it, since I had so many people ask for videos, in the early sewing machine groups. I eventually began making more videos and photos over the years, as equipment improved, but my disabilities have become much worse, over time. I cannot fully take care of myself, anymore, so any videos I make are a real challenge, and sacrifice of time, and effort, on my part. I'm glad some people appreciate the time and effort put into making and sharing them.