Nice tip. Thanks for sharing. I have tried some free motion quilting on my lovely 1903 workhorse 27 treadle and it came out fairly well. I didn't do anything special just moved the quilt wherever I wanted. Perhaps my beloved workhorse is just very forgiving!
Hi Ollie! I have an 1898 Singer 27 treadle, and I have a few thoughts for the challenge of free motion quilting on a machine like this. Mind, I’m not a quilter myself. I’m a historical costumer. But, if I were to try to quilt on Octavia (my 27 treadle) here’s what I would try. I have a couple of vintage buttonholer sets. A complete set will come with a plate you screw into the bed of the machine, and it’s precisely for the purpose of covering the feed dogs. The buttonholer moves the fabric, so in order for that to happen the sewing machine needs to *not* be trying to move the fabric at the same time. Hence the plate. By the way, the vintage buttonholers work a treat even on older machines like ours! Anyhow, I’d use the plate from the buttonholer kit, and shorten the stitch length on the sewing machine. The free motion foot, of course, is also needed. From there I think that moving the fabric around slowly is probably also going to give better results. I’m sure it feels super weird to treadle and move the fabric at the same time! Learning to treadle is a skill in itself! Thank you for your video, and it’s a fun sort of challenge to contemplate!
That's a great suggestion. Grandma came with a buttonholer so I'll check to see if there is a plate in the box. Thanks for watching and for sharing this tip! 😀
I’ve had reasonable success using the buttonhole feed dog cover except the screw used to secure the plate to the machine base has a raised head that kind of catches and interferes with the smooth travel of the fabric - at least for me it does.
Ingenious! It's always good when we make our own work arounds! On my 15s the early ones the 1530s I have a plate for them strange the 27 never had one since it was so popular. Sharing your video in Mastodon hopefully the sewing community there will pay you a wee visit 😊❤
Nice tip. Thanks for sharing. I have tried some free motion quilting on my lovely 1903 workhorse 27 treadle and it came out fairly well. I didn't do anything special just moved the quilt wherever I wanted.
Perhaps my beloved workhorse is just very forgiving!
Hi Ollie! I have an 1898 Singer 27 treadle, and I have a few thoughts for the challenge of free motion quilting on a machine like this. Mind, I’m not a quilter myself. I’m a historical costumer. But, if I were to try to quilt on Octavia (my 27 treadle) here’s what I would try. I have a couple of vintage buttonholer sets. A complete set will come with a plate you screw into the bed of the machine, and it’s precisely for the purpose of covering the feed dogs. The buttonholer moves the fabric, so in order for that to happen the sewing machine needs to *not* be trying to move the fabric at the same time. Hence the plate. By the way, the vintage buttonholers work a treat even on older machines like ours! Anyhow, I’d use the plate from the buttonholer kit, and shorten the stitch length on the sewing machine. The free motion foot, of course, is also needed. From there I think that moving the fabric around slowly is probably also going to give better results.
I’m sure it feels super weird to treadle and move the fabric at the same time! Learning to treadle is a skill in itself!
Thank you for your video, and it’s a fun sort of challenge to contemplate!
That's a great suggestion. Grandma came with a buttonholer so I'll check to see if there is a plate in the box. Thanks for watching and for sharing this tip! 😀
I’ve had reasonable success using the buttonhole feed dog cover except the screw used to secure the plate to the machine base has a raised head that kind of catches and interferes with the smooth travel of the fabric - at least for me it does.
Ingenious! It's always good when we make our own work arounds! On my 15s the early ones the 1530s I have a plate for them strange the 27 never had one since it was so popular. Sharing your video in Mastodon hopefully the sewing community there will pay you a wee visit 😊❤
Thank you! I really appreciate it. 😊
Hm, very encouraging, but I will have to treadle convert or electrify my hand crank to have any chance of doing that.