Antique Kenmore Rotary Sewing Machine
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Recently this Kenmore Rotary - 1948 Sewing Machine came into my acquisition. It was my hopes to be able to use it for free motion quilting. At last, through many hours of research, there is no darning foot available anywhere. Could anyone enlighten me?
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I am not familiar with that machine. Do you know if the machine is low shank, high shank, or slant shank? Sew Classic (http://shop.sew-classic.com ) has generic darning feet for those type shanks. I haven't seen any for the super high shank machines, though. Good luck in your search.
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I FMQ on a slightly newer Kenmore, a 1956 model. It has a high shank foot. I use a darning foot. There is no name on the particular foot I use but it looks just like this Elna foot in the following Etsy link. It works great for me. I tried a hopping foot but did not have as much success with it.
Note - the foot pictured is low shank. I don't know what shank your machine is. I could not quickly find a picture of a high shank model.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/8778342...n-foot-vintage
Note - the foot pictured is low shank. I don't know what shank your machine is. I could not quickly find a picture of a high shank model.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/8778342...n-foot-vintage
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Is this the right type fork fitting? I'm not sure but, I think there's a darning / free motion foot in the back to the left. With with a bit of search I'm sure one will turn up. Unless it's a very unusual type clamp they tend to turn up regularly but not the most common either.
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Is this the right type fork fitting? I'm not sure but, I think there's a darning / free motion foot in the back to the left. With with a bit of search I'm sure one will turn up. Unless it's a very unusual type clamp they tend to turn up regularly but not the most common either.
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Thank you all for your help and advice. Yesterday, I had a brainstorm. My son is a mechanist and can make anything, soooooo I took the parts that I wanted him to copy and make a darning foot. He said "it will be easy and I can have it done in a day."
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