Singer Attachments and Feet

Singer Attachment Boxes / Tins

The first pictured box has a Godzilla finish on it. Unfortunately the attachments are rusty. I will clean them eventually. There are plenty of projects ahead of them. I have a Singer 66 model machine with Godzilla finish on it, making them a matching duo. The green Singer tin is one I got in Germany. There are not attachments in it, but it is Singer so it is a great collector’s item for me.

German Singer Attachments

Talk about a deluxe set! This is a padded leather-like case with blue velvet lining. Everything in the set is pristine and shiny. It includes Seam guide, Under braider, Bias cutting guide, Stylus, Screwdriver, Ruffler, Imitation hemstitcher, Tucker, Feller foot, Quilting foot, Bias binder and Shirring plate. These are attachments above and beyond what would normally come with your machine. If you have never tried any of these, you should. They work quite well and are absolutely amazing technology for that day and time – without computers.

Singer #86294

This is a rare darning foot, Singer # 86294. I found it in a box of attachments and it hasn’t been cleaned and oiled yet. I can’t find much information on this foot. I believe it was probably the predecessor of the Singer darning foot # 121094. With the foot pictured, you remove the needle clamp and replace it with this foot. It also requires a feed dog cover and removal of the normal presser foot. I can’t wait to try it out.

Singer Stocking Darner #35776

The Singer Stocking Darner # 35776 is something not many people would use now days. We live in a throw away society and don’t darn our socks anymore. However, if you are a collector like me, this is another treasure. It will work on any lockstitch machine. It does require a feed dog cover and a darning foot. It has a heavy duty spring that holds the sock in place. The sock is rolled and the 6 arms fold down to keep the bulk of the sock out of the way of darning. There is also a Singer flat-work darner. It is larger and oblong. That is another item that I am searching for.

Singer Darning and Embroidery Attachment #160719

The Singer Darning and Embroidery Attachment #160719 is for class 15 and 221 Singer machines. The set includes a throat-plate cover, embroidery foot and a special (longer) screw for holding the foot on. You hoop your fabric with a high-quality, tight-gripping embroidery hoop. With practice, you can free-motion beautiful things. Before embroidery machines were available for home use, I took a free-motion embroidery class.

Hand Operated Singer Pinking Attachment

Singer made a pinking attachment to fit on low shank sewing machines. Before sergers and machines capable of overcasting, you needed a way to finish your raw edges in order for them not to ravel. Hand pinking shears will do the job, but your hand can surely tire from using the shears. To use this pinking attachment simply put it in place of your regular presser foot and it will pink effortlessly.

Vintage Singer Pinking Attachment

Singer made a pinking attachment to fit on low shank sewing machines. Before sergers and machines capable of overcasting, you needed a way to finish your raw edges in order for them not to ravel. Hand pinking shears will do the job, but your hand can surely tire from using the shears. To use this pinking attachment simply put it in place of your regular presser foot and it will pink effortlessly. There are lots of attractive ways to use pinked edges such as vinyl table cloths. Pinking also works in place of grading your seams to reduce bulk, pink instead of clipping curves and I’m sure you can find other ways to make a pinker useful.

Singer Trim Clip Attachment 161585

This is a rare attachment. I understand it was originally made for Featherweights between 1959 – 1962 and there weren’t all that many made. However, it will fit many other machines including slant needle machines. In the pictures, it is mounted on my Singer 301. Too bad they don’t make these anymore. It takes some frustration out of sewing. Before you begin sewing, you secure the threads in the spring from the back It holds the thread very securely. This is an awesome attachment to use. I wish I had one for every machine I use.

Singer 35505 black-side

Next I have a Singer 35505 black-side, two-thread embroidery attachment. It is missing the arms that fit onto the back of the attachment to hold spools of thread. I can still make it work, and who knows, maybe someday I will find that missing piece. My Mother had it in a sewing drawer for years and told me to go through everything and take what I wanted. I didn’t know what it was until a few years later. It makes a beautiful decorative stitch.

Attachments/Feet with original packaging

I really like collecting Singer attachments and feet. However, I love when I find them in the original packaging. A couple of them even have the original cellophane intact. Pictured here are:

—A quilter for a low shank machine. This is for geometrically patterned quilting. It has on open foot and the arm is a spacing guide. This enables you to quilt evenly spaced rows without marking them.

—A feed cover plate especially for the Singer Featherweight 221. It can also be used on a 201, 301 15-91, 15-88, 66 and 99 Singer machines. This covers the feed dogs to enable you to quilt designs, embroider and darn.