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Bernina's sewing machine feet are unusual and work only with Bernina machines, plus quite expensive but built to last. There is a way to expand usage of the machine without paying a small fortune for their feet---and it may already be in your household. Here are pics of my Bernina 910 (mid 80s), my Riccar (late 70s), and my White 4042 (early 2000s)  Click to see larger pictures. Though the feet for the Riccar and the White look very much alike they are not exchangeable for the most part because the needle opening in the feet are either too far forward or too far back.  However,  they can be used on the Bernina! Here's how: You will need a low-shank adapter.  They come in a choice of for snap-on or for screw-on feet and are available for old stye (OS) (through the 1630--am almost positive on this model) and for new style (NS).  If your feet have red, then they are new style.  (approximtely after '98).  The adapters are in the range of ...

The sliding buttonhole foot is one type of buttonhole foot.  It came with my Pfaff 1475 (on right) I obtained late 1991 and with my Riccar 808E obtained late 1978. (on left) The red arrow indicates where the buttonhole will begin.  As you stitch the slider moves and the calibrated lines will help determine the buttonhole length. How is this buttonhole length determined?  Many times I've read to put a tape measure around the button.  What?  A better idea would be to put a string around the button, then measure the string. I have a different way of doing it which I have been using since the early 80s. An old piece of scrap fabric was used upon which I stitched buttonhole to the lengths of each red mark and the half red ones. It doesn't have to be anything fancy.  This was done on scrap fabric and buttonholes were mainly for length, not beauty.  After all,, no one else was going to see this but me. Ha! Just slip the button through the b...

This is a temporary post and will probably be taken down in a few days.  These pics are to help a person with her machine, and as I don't have a place online to store photos, I'm putting them here.  Maybe some day...... The first 3 show the tension bar in the up position.  The next two show the foot and ankle with the needle bar up and down. The final 4 are with the tension bar down.  Click on pics to make larger.