[h-cost] Multiple machines

[Lavolta Press]

I still keeping thinking about getting an embroidery-sewing machine, and 
if I did, I would probably leave it set up for embroidery and use my 
Bernina for sewing. However, I have been hesitating for a long time 
because machine embroidery is a whole new craft and I want to make sure 
I am committed enough for the machine to be worth the substantial 
investment.  When I was shopping for a workhorse machine, I didn't 
really investigate buttonholing closely.  My new Bernina 1008 makes 
cruddy buttonholes, which is acceptable because my old Viking 400 makes 
sort-of-OK buttonholes. But I find myself really longing for the great 
buttonholes made by a Greist or Singer attachment on my long-departed 
Sears Kenmore. Somewhere along the line I disposed of its buttonhole 
attachment but plenty of similar vintage ones are available. Are the 
buttonholes on the high-end embroidery machines like the Husqvarna 
Designer Diamond really good, or--an alternative--should I buy a cheap 
vintage Kenmore or some other old machine and a buttonhole attachment?  
I ran into someone who did that; they just use their $15, vintage 
thrift-store machine exclusively for buttonholes.

Fran
Lavolta Press
Books on making historic clothing
www.lavoltapress.com



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