Was it the drop in bobbin kind...terrible! What?I really loved was the ability
to sew wool-geogette-denium,all grads of cotton, velveteen etc without throwing
a hissyfit. The sales demo even added leather and a piece of Balsa wood! I
purchased it about the time the invisable zipper was coming to use. The steel
regular zipperfoot beat the accommodatorwith great ease. I came to really
appreciate my all metal model after using one of my mother's new and Approved
light weights with plastic gears!!!?
-----Original Message-----
From: "Marjorie Wilser" <the3t...@gmail.com>
Sent 9/3/2012 12:25:20 PM
To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Advice on new sewing machineI'm amazed. . . the Kenmore
was my mother's machine which I learned to
hate -- literally chewed up anything with a soft hand, and refused
crossed seams completely.
==Marjorie Wilser
@..@ @..@ @..@
Three Toad Press
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Sep 2, 2012, at 4:29 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
> Fran, I am still singing the wonders of a Kenmore 158: series.
> Replaced my Beloved of over 30 years with a Pfaff "Jeans and satin".
> The pfaff really has lived up to its hype and does not require a
> transition period between fibers...just like the Kenmore of the
> '70s. But for rugged costume mileage, it was always at MY beck and
> call. Picked up a free arm last month on e-Bay that never saw much
> sewing even though it was advertised as used. While searching, came
> across a number of them New and some with cases for about $200. My
> original one (1972) had key cams that I seldom used...but I love the
> button-holer, also with keys Great when you need to make dozens!
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