Do You Have an Old Sear Kenmore Sewing Machine?
#51
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Location: New England
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I was given a Kenmore 158.? with cams and manual. I made a quilt on it, but had to go back and reinforce the seams at the beginnings. The smallest stitch I could get was 12 stitches to the inch. I am used to 25 or 30 to the inch with Singer machines, and those seams never pull out. For those of you who piece quilts on a vintage Kenmore, how small is your smallest stitch? How big is your biggest? Can you free motion quilt? Can you straight-line quilt and do you use a walking foot? Your appreciation of these Kenmores makes me think I want to keep and use this one.
#52
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: New England
Posts: 865
I was given a Kenmore 158.? with cams and manual. I made a quilt on it, but had to go back and reinforce the seams at the beginnings. The smallest stitch I could get was 12 stitches to the inch. I am used to 25 or 30 to the inch with Singer machines, and those seams never pull out. For those of you who piece quilts on a vintage Kenmore, how small is your smallest stitch? How big is your biggest? Can you free motion quilt? Can you straight-line quilt and do you use a walking foot? Your appreciation of these Kenmores makes me think I want to keep and use this one.
Oh, where can I get more feet for it?
Oh, where can I get more feet for it?
#53
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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I was given a Kenmore 158.? with cams and manual. I made a quilt on it, but had to go back and reinforce the seams at the beginnings. The smallest stitch I could get was 12 stitches to the inch. I am used to 25 or 30 to the inch with Singer machines, and those seams never pull out. For those of you who piece quilts on a vintage Kenmore, how small is your smallest stitch? How big is your biggest? Can you free motion quilt? Can you straight-line quilt and do you use a walking foot? Your appreciation of these Kenmores makes me think I want to keep and use this one.
I have used a walking foot for straightline quilting, and a different foot (don't know its name, but it has a circular plastic foot) for FMQ, though because the throat of the machine is small, I learned that trying to machine quilt anything much larger than a baby quilt is a pain. It *could* be done, but I'm not that patient.
Good luck!
#55
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NW IL
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This is identical to the Kenmore I learned to sew on, as a child. Godzilla finish.... I still have the manual somewhere. It was a great machine with vertical bobbin. Also doubled as a boat anchor! (jk...)
http://sandysinstitches.blogspot.com/ (scroll down a bit)
http://sandysinstitches.blogspot.com/ (scroll down a bit)
#56
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NW IL
Posts: 493
If you need a manual for your Kenmore Sear still offers most manuals for free you just need to type the model # to find it. Here's a link to do the search, this one has the manual and parts for one of mine, but just type in your model # and it should come up. http://www.searspartsdirect.com/part...Mod=3851249180
#57
OMG.....sewbizgirl.... I recently acquired that blue "Godzilla" sewing machine! It was at a church bazaar and the pastor had it listed for $5.00..... At the end of said bazaar the Pastor came over and asked if I wanted it ...at first I said no but when she told me she was going to throw it out because she didn't want it back in her house I agreed to take it. It came with nothing but a cabinet...so now I am on the hunt to find whats what with it. I really liked the color.
#60
OMG.....sewbizgirl.... I recently acquired that blue "Godzilla" sewing machine! It was at a church bazaar and the pastor had it listed for $5.00..... At the end of said bazaar the Pastor came over and asked if I wanted it ...at first I said no but when she told me she was going to throw it out because she didn't want it back in her house I agreed to take it. It came with nothing but a cabinet...so now I am on the hunt to find whats what with it. I really liked the color.
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