Start/stop button on sewing machines
#71
I have a friend who swore she'd never use it, but she now loves it. (As a matter of fact, she almost didn't buy her machine because she thought she was paying extra for that feature and she knew she'd never use it.) But when we went on a retreat and her foot pedal didn't make the trip with us, she had three choices. Not sew, buy a new machine or use the button. Needless to say, she used the button and rarely uses the foot pedal now.
#75
Originally Posted by Marilyn6
How many of you use the Start/Stop button on your machine instead
of the foot pedal. I have not yet been able to get used to it.
Marilyn
of the foot pedal. I have not yet been able to get used to it.
Marilyn
#76
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Richmond, VA
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Yes...I remember all of those...my grandmother was a seamstress and I used to sit and watch her sew. When I bought a machine with the knee bar, I thought it was like the old knee pedal and was disappointed when it wasn't...
Originally Posted by grammagayle
All of these posts have made me realize how VERY out of date my Pfaff 7550 is. I had to look up 'start stop on a sewing machine' on Google to see what you all were talking about. But my machine altho old and apparently VERY OUT OF DATE still does my work for me. So I'll stick with her. But sounds very good. I'll bet most of you don't remember when we ran our sewing machines with a knee pedal that hung down from the bottom of the SEWING MACHINE CABINET; AND the sewing machine was inset IN that cabinet instead of sitting on top. I've noticed on many of the pictures on this site that even the cabinets that are for sale don't have that opening to be able to set your machine in it for a level surface.
#77
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
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Originally Posted by sewwhat85
i just used mine for sewing long strips together was better than chasing the foot
Also, I am finding that when I use the feature that cuts the thread, when I remove piece and begin new one, most of the time, the dumb needle unthreads itself--have to stop and rethread...machine has mechanism that does that too, but kind of clumsy.....you can tell I and machine are not gelling yet!!!!!!!
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