jlhmnj

Yep, You'd need a ball point back in the day and even today.

smokeythecat

I've got the stretching while sewing figured out, and now it's time to put the machine away for a while and work on quilting my quilt. Look, he's sad

Moira in N.E. England

I find Wonder Tape very usefully for stretchy projects. It is a very narrow double-sided sticky tape for fabrics.

https://www.joann.com/dritz-washaway...s/3496254.html

It recommend doing a test piece first - it should wash out at the first wash.

WIChix

When straight stitch machines first came out, knit fabric didn't exist.

klswift

use a twin needle (it fits in exactly like a regular needle, if your machine doesn't have places for 2 spools of thread, use 2 bobbins on the thread spool). It will sew 2 rows on top and a zigzag on the bottom from the bobbin. This will give it a little bit of stretch. I do this whenever I need to repair the hem on a t-shirt top and don't want to use the serger.

bearisgray

Is the hole in the needle plate of a straight stitch machine wide enough to accommodate two needles?

Cari-in-Oly

No it isn't. You can't use a twin needle in a straight stitch machine.

Cari

bkay

There was also no double knit when most of the straight stitch machines came out. Singer's first stretch stitch machines were the 750 touch and sews. I found the receipt for mine the other day. I bought my 778 in 1976. I paid $389.95 for it.

Think "leisure suit".

bkay