Button hole attachments
#1
Button hole attachments
I just saw a garage sale with several old button hole attachments for sale, all with original boxes and some with instruction manuals. They were asking $4 for each one.
How much do these sell for? Does any one on here buy them in the "for sale" section?
Just wondering if I should go back tomorrow and get them, or forget it!
What are your ideas?
How much do these sell for? Does any one on here buy them in the "for sale" section?
Just wondering if I should go back tomorrow and get them, or forget it!
What are your ideas?
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 8,091
I buy everyone I get my hands on. I have: Singer, Greist, Kenmore, Domestic and in a variety of attaching methods.
Low shank, slant shank, clamp on,
You never know when they might come in handy.
It's just me, but they would have already been home with me.
Joe
Low shank, slant shank, clamp on,
You never know when they might come in handy.
It's just me, but they would have already been home with me.
Joe
#4
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Outer Space
Posts: 9,319
Honestly, their like the chicken pox. Everyone gets them and doesn't want them. At least whoever I know. I think I may have like 6 or 7 sets that do nothing but collect dust. I have modern machines that do auto buttonholes so these relics just take up space.
If I were you, I'd keep walking and be thankful they didn't jump in your purse and multiply.
If I were you, I'd keep walking and be thankful they didn't jump in your purse and multiply.
#6
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 8,091
I can make dandy button holes with the attachments. But to save my soul I can't make a decent button hole with the built in button holers. My wife can, but then she's been doing this for a day or three longer than I have.
Joe
Joe
#7
I like the buttonholes better made with the vintage buttonholers than with the newer machines. That being said, if you don't make clothing or other items that need buttonholes, then how useful would it be?
I have 10...have not tested all of them yet, but use them when I make the spousal unit's Hawaiian shirts, or doll clothes. The eyelet cam for the buttonholer is cool too..I have fun with that one!
I have 10...have not tested all of them yet, but use them when I make the spousal unit's Hawaiian shirts, or doll clothes. The eyelet cam for the buttonholer is cool too..I have fun with that one!
#8
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,334
I love my vintage buttonholer. I agree that it makes a nicer buttonhole than my fancy 'new' machine. But, having said that, I often see them at auctions and flea markets but how many do you need? My one set does all I need so I pass at getting more of them.
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