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These came with my second-hand machine... the one on the left is a "(vertical) zipper foot", the center one is a buttonhole foot, but what about the one on the right?

I was hoping to pick your collective brains for help identifying it.

It looks like a Teflon foot to me, and the machine came with a box of bits and bobs, a lot of them to do with sewing leather and vinyl.

Any ideas?

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Comment by Stefania P on April 29, 2012 at 4:26am
I have found it on one of my favourite websites (http://www.helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk/indfeet.html) and it's a zig zag foot! This makes sense since it's a zig zag machine. I did hope it was a ZZ foot, but was weary of trying in case I broke a needle or worse. Will be experimenting later! :)
Comment by Sarah Day on April 29, 2012 at 4:32am

I was just going to write that it looked like the satin stitch foot on my machine!

Comment by Stefania P on April 29, 2012 at 4:40am

Thanks! The machine has a satin stitch option as well, so I will remember that.

It did come with a manual but I am finding rather useless, it's a tiny booklet with ridiculously small pictures! The pics are so useless that I only managed to thread it by remembering Mum teaching me to thread her old machine, which was a similar age.

On the other hand there are plenty of functions and stitches for an old machine, so I am looking forward to experimenting!

Comment by Krista Finck on April 29, 2012 at 10:55am
What I found in my books is when a attached foot is all clear plastic it may be referred to as a press or foot, often used for appliqué work.
Comment by Joann on April 29, 2012 at 2:38pm

I'm also weighing in on applique, because it *looks* as if it has a groove in the center-underside to allow for the build-up of a tight layer satin stitches laid down in the applique process. (This groove is also seen in piping feet, although not always in the center.)  Other than that, it will work for regular zig-zag for most processes, I think.  Most of the time, I leave this type of  open-needle foot on my machine, unless I'm using a specialty foot.  If it is a Teflon foot, it should have some sort of coating on the underside to help with glide.  (I can't see the underside very well.)  However, it also looks like there's a notch in the front?  Perhaps for cording to be fed over the top of the fabric while zig-zag laid over it?  In which case it could be used for gathering - pull the fabric back over the cord when finished stitching.   See instructions for that gather method here: http://sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/360-gathering...

Comment by Stefania P on April 30, 2012 at 1:29pm

Thanks everyone for your help, I am blown away by people from around the world pitching in!

I took a deep breath last night and tried to use the foot and it does work with the zig zag stitch, making a glorious zig zag stitch!

I have also delved deeper into the manual and it does mention applique too, and that presser foot, so I will do another test with some applique work.

I also second the idea of leaving that foot on. I took my first machine to the shop and the man was smart enough to sell me a metal zigzag foot -the ones who look a little like a capital M- and I hardly ever used anything else.

I know I said the instructions were useless but I realise I need to qualify that statement further: the images are not good, but the text is full of information.

Thanks again everyone, you are brilliant!

Comment by Krista Finck on April 30, 2012 at 1:46pm
I'm so glad to hear the good news, we sewing gals have to look out for each other. I got a 1952 Singer and when I open the box of attachments that the previous owner had I was stumped but once I info online it just open up the creativity in sewing for me. I'm a true believer what goes around comes around. happy sewing.
Comment by Sarah Day on April 30, 2012 at 6:10pm

Glad to help.  Talk about coming full circle with help from around the world.  Though I now live in Australia I was born in Bolton, which I am guessing is now part of Manchester.  Last time I went there was about 25 years ago when I had a boy-friend whose parents live in Oldham.  Married an Aussie though - that's how i ended up here.

Comment by Stefania P on May 2, 2012 at 2:34pm

Hi Sarah,

Bolton is still very much his own place, but it is indeed very close to Manchester! I live in South Manchester now, which is the 'nice' part, but my first three years in the UK were spent in Preston, and that part of Lancashire is still very special to me.

I have been to Bolton briefly and I remember some grandiose old buildings in the town centre! They can easily be dated to the Industrial Revolution and the textile heritage, which around here is huge.

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