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2. Presser foot - Wikipedia

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   A sewing machine presser foot. A presser foot is an attachment used with sewing machines to hold fabric flat as it is fed through the machine and stitched. Sewing machines have feed dogs in the bed of the machine to provide traction and move the fabric as it is fed through the machine, while the sewer provides extra support for the fabric by guiding it with one hand.

3. Sewing - Wikipedia

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   A wide variety of presser foot attachments are available for many sewing machines—feet exist to help with hemming, pintucks, attaching cording, assembling patchwork, quilting, and a variety of other functions. [34] Latest sewing machines Brother "Nexio" Direct Drive Lock Stitcher with Electronic Feeding System

4. Buttonholer - Wikipedia

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   A buttonholer is an attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forwards-and-backwards motions involved in sewing a buttonhole. Most modern sewing machines have this function built in, but many older machines do not, and straight stitch machines cannot sew a zigzag stitch with which buttonholes are constructed.

5. Treadle - Wikipedia

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   A tailor in Chad with a treadle sewing machine. A treadle is operated by pressing down on it repeatedly with one or both feet, causing a rocking motion. [1] This movement can then be stored as rotational motion via a crankshaft driving a flywheel. Alternatively, energy can be stored in a spring, as in the pole lathe.

6. Buttonhole - Wikipedia

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   A machine-made buttonhole is usually sewn with two parallel rows of machine sewing in a narrow zig-zag stitch, with the ends finished in a bar tack created using a broader zig-zag stitch. [12] One of the first automatic buttonhole machines was invented by Henry Alonzo House in 1862.

7. Zigzag stitch - Wikipedia

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   Older sewing machines designed to sew only a straight stitch can be adapted to sew a zigzag by means of an attachment. The attachment replaces the machine's presser foot with its own, and draws mechanical power from the machine's needle clamp (which requires the needle clamp to have a side-facing thumbscrew). It creates a zigzag by mechanically ...

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9. Singer Featherweight - Wikipedia

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   Singer sewing-machine ruffler attachment. A number of attachments are available for the Featherweight, including the following feet: [13] Foot hemmer – used for hemming, making hemmed and felled seams, and for sewing on lace while hemming; Adjustable hemmer – to make hems from 3/16" to 15/16" wide