I bought my vintage Singer 201 at an estate sale last year. It is in perfect shape and sews like a dream, but I have never been brave enough to try any of the attachments. Your videos are SO helpful and I now cannot wait to try thse out. All of these hemmers will be so useful! Our grandmas had some amazing tools and I'm so thrilled they were made to last casue boy oh boy are they handy!! Thank you so much for all of your lessons. I've only ever had a few basic sewing lessons so much of my hobby is trial and error. I feel like stumbling on to your videos were a bit like striking oil!
Thank you so much for your kind words. You will have so much fun with your 201..I absolutely love my 201 and I use him in a lot of my videos. Trial and error is how I taught myself to sew, but the most important thing is to have fun and enjoy it 🥰
" use your pointy scary thing" Fab content. Im here with my Grandmothers 1937 singer sewing machine. Manual. and a Plethora of attachments. And now I know what that yoke is for.
Thank you so much for making this video! The instruction and camera angle are great. I just found this foot in the box of accessories for my Pfaff 130. Yours is the only video I could find on how to use it. Thank you!
I love it. You don't edit your videos. You leave the mistakes. I love it! I'm going to make all kinds of mistakes. I'm going to make the same mistakes you make but I'm going to make them a lot more often. Trying to figure out how to do this stuff
Thank you very much. Yes the best way to learn is to make mistakes, (I'm always making them), but the attachments are so clever. You should watch my adjustable hemmer video - loads of mistakes in that one 🥰
I learned a tip from an elder youtuber who uses a hand needle and thread to tack the leading edge of the fabric and pulling the fabric thru the binder and hemmers by the thread. Even the finest hemmers are easy to start.
This was a great help thank you. I have the identical binder foot attachment. However, the stitching is very loose when I use it on the underside of the fabric. Yet - when I change the foot to a general presser foot the stitching is perfect. Could adjusting the little screw here that you show have something to do with it do you think? I have tried adjusting it fractionally but it made no difference. Perhaps a bit more? Any ideas? I would be so grateful! Thank you!
Hi, thank you 😁. Ah ha, so some feet do not sit as firm on the feed dogs, so adjusting the pressure helps (the little knob on the top). I usually tighten (clockwise) by a 1/4 turn, and then do a test sew. Make a note of how many 1/4 turns you need to do before the stitch is just right - and then remember to loosen back when you change the foot. Sometimes it is just trial and error, but write down what you do so you can change your pressure back. I hope that helps 🥰
Another video I watched with this attachment, the lady threaded a piece of cotton through the front of the bias and pushed the needle through the bias gauge pulling the material after it. Then cut off the needle and thread and pulled the bias back into position.
I'm not sure actually, the layers may be too thick, but doesn't hurt to try on some scraps to see what can work. I've not used bias strips with a quilt before (it's on my to do list though) 😁
Hi 😁 yes it takes a little practice to get into a good rhythm. The slot in the top adjusts where the stitches are made in the binding (e.g. right on the edge of the binding or further away from the bind edge)
@@ckim5134 sorry I'm not sure what you mean. There is a hole just in front of the bracket where the needle goes through. Do you have a photo pointing to what you mean that you could email to me (sewythingy@gmail.com), and then I can help better 😁
I bought my vintage Singer 201 at an estate sale last year. It is in perfect shape and sews like a dream, but I have never been brave enough to try any of the attachments. Your videos are SO helpful and I now cannot wait to try thse out. All of these hemmers will be so useful! Our grandmas had some amazing tools and I'm so thrilled they were made to last casue boy oh boy are they handy!! Thank you so much for all of your lessons. I've only ever had a few basic sewing lessons so much of my hobby is trial and error. I feel like stumbling on to your videos were a bit like striking oil!
Thank you so much for your kind words. You will have so much fun with your 201..I absolutely love my 201 and I use him in a lot of my videos.
Trial and error is how I taught myself to sew, but the most important thing is to have fun and enjoy it 🥰
" use your pointy scary thing"
Fab content. Im here with my Grandmothers 1937 singer sewing machine. Manual. and a Plethora of attachments. And now I know what that yoke is for.
Thank you so much for making this video! The instruction and camera angle are great. I just found this foot in the box of accessories for my Pfaff 130. Yours is the only video I could find on how to use it. Thank you!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it, I hope it helps 😁
I love it. You don't edit your videos. You leave the mistakes. I love it! I'm going to make all kinds of mistakes. I'm going to make the same mistakes you make but I'm going to make them a lot more often. Trying to figure out how to do this stuff
Thank you very much. Yes the best way to learn is to make mistakes, (I'm always making them), but the attachments are so clever. You should watch my adjustable hemmer video - loads of mistakes in that one 🥰
I learned a tip from an elder youtuber who uses a hand needle and thread to tack the leading edge of the fabric and pulling the fabric thru the binder and hemmers by the thread. Even the finest hemmers are easy to start.
We always used a thread fastened at the tip of the material to help glide it thru
It twisted because you cut the strips on the straight grain instead of the bias, but it's magical, no? 😁
I spent hours scouring the internet trying to find out what that gauge was! I thought it was some sort of attachment for a presser foot.
This was a great help thank you. I have the identical binder foot attachment. However, the stitching is very loose when I use it on the underside of the fabric. Yet - when I change the foot to a general presser foot the stitching is perfect. Could adjusting the little screw here that you show have something to do with it do you think? I have tried adjusting it fractionally but it made no difference. Perhaps a bit more? Any ideas? I would be so grateful! Thank you!
Hi, thank you 😁.
Ah ha, so some feet do not sit as firm on the feed dogs, so adjusting the pressure helps (the little knob on the top).
I usually tighten (clockwise) by a 1/4 turn, and then do a test sew. Make a note of how many 1/4 turns you need to do before the stitch is just right - and then remember to loosen back when you change the foot.
Sometimes it is just trial and error, but write down what you do so you can change your pressure back.
I hope that helps 🥰
Would it help to press the material before sewing?
Absolutely it would. I'm just lazy getting the ironing board out 🤣
Another video I watched with this attachment, the lady threaded a piece of cotton through the front of the bias and pushed the needle through the bias gauge pulling the material after it. Then cut off the needle and thread and pulled the bias back into position.
I heard about that technique after I made the video. It's a great tip 😁
Hello, i have the binding foot but the gauge did not come with my machine, how wide do i cut my bias binding strips?
Hi, the bias gauge will cut the strips to 7/8ths inches wide.
Is it possible to attach bias strips to a fabric sandwich, such as quilted layers?
I'm not sure actually, the layers may be too thick, but doesn't hurt to try on some scraps to see what can work. I've not used bias strips with a quilt before (it's on my to do list though) 😁
That will take alot of practice, alot alot. What is the slot on the top used for?
Hi 😁 yes it takes a little practice to get into a good rhythm. The slot in the top adjusts where the stitches are made in the binding (e.g. right on the edge of the binding or further away from the bind edge)
I am talking about the hole on the very top of the binder. Why is it there?
@@ckim5134 sorry I'm not sure what you mean. There is a hole just in front of the bracket where the needle goes through.
Do you have a photo pointing to what you mean that you could email to me (sewythingy@gmail.com), and then I can help better 😁
Scary persuader is a good name, but I think in the old times it was called a . 🤔📌
Stiletto