{"product_id":"singer-featherweight-222k-embroidery-darning-foot-vintage-original","title":"Singer Featherweight 222K Embroidery \u0026 Darning Foot (Vintage Original)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThis embroidery \u0026amp; darning attachment is one of the best vintage accessories for the Singer Featherweight \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e222K\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e - especially for free-motion work.  This is for the embroidery attachment only (not the hoop).  \u003cem\u003eThis attachment does \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e work on a Singer Featherweight 221 model, only the 222.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eWith the right instruction, feed-dogs lowered, and the appropriate embroidery\/darning attachment, Machine Embroidery can range from the 'Practical' (darning) to the 'Artistic' (embroidery)!  You can start out simple - everything, as you know, takes practice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eTake note of the following before you begin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e#1 ~ Attach the foot to the machine using your regular thumb screw.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe coiled spring helps it \"hop\" in between each stitch.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e  When viewing photos above, scroll through and you will see that the top arm of the attachment fits in the presser bar slot at the back of the machine.  When the presser bar is lowered to commence sewing, it will feel like the bar isn't lowering all the way and is hitting the top arm of the foot.  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is actually normal and how the foot is designed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  Just the little bit that the foot is lowered will engage the front tension unit, adequately allowing enough tension on the upper thread for proper stitch formation. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e#2 ~ Lower your feed dogs (only the 222K Free-Arm Featherweight has this capability - the 221 model does not). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e#3 ~ Using a small quilt sandwich, begin practicing your free-motion work.  Yes, you can most certainly do free-motion work on your Featherweight, however, for long projects or quilts, be sure to give your motor a complete cool-down rest, staggering your sewing times.  For example, I made a baby quilt and I quilted it in quarter time allotments allowing my motor to completely cool in between.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e#4  ~  Having a tube of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #008080;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/april1930s.corecommerce.com\/Parts-Service\/Singer-Featherweight-221-222-and-301\/Singer-Motor-Lubricant.html\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/april1930s.corecommerce.com\/Parts-Service\/Singer-Featherweight-221-222-and-301\/Singer-Motor-Lubricant.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #008080;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003emotor lubricant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e is wise, too, because as the motor heats up it will wick the grease, lubricating the appropriate parts inside the motor.  You will need to lubricate your motor often if you are free-motion quilting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Red-Work, Blue-Work, Green-Work, or what-ever-color suits your fancy are going to have an entirely different meaning with the ability to embroider it on your machine. Remember the old-fashioned Friendship quilts?  Take your finished quilt squares to a bridal shower and have all in the wedding party sign them in pencil or water-erasable fabric ink. Then follow their signature with your Embroidery Attachment - what a unique gift to present to the bride. Or even as a baby gift, you could use a vintage iron on transfer with the oh-so-darling prints and patterns from yesteryear and embroider a Nursery-Rhyme Quilt.  My mother has one (which I hope to inherit someday) and it is one of her most-treasured possessions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eReally and truly, with a little practice, you'll be able to follow a signature in no time at all. I watched a good friend of mine do it after just a couple samples of her own name. She finished an entire baby quilt with signatures from a baby shower.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLOW SHANK:\u003c\/strong\u003e  fits the Singer Featherweight 222K free-arm sewing machine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eEmbroidery Hoop is \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e included, but you can order it \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/machine-embroidery-hoop\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #008080;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/machine-embroidery-hoop\" _fcksavedurl=\"http:\/\/april1930s.corecommerce.com\/Attachments\/Embroidery-Darning-Needlework\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e if you wish to trace a name or do fancy embroidery work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Singer Featherweight Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35072289538216,"sku":"171071","price":99.95,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3758\/9672\/products\/Singer_Embroidery_Darning_Foot_for_the_222K_-_Vintage_Original_1.jpg?v=1594222704","url":"https:\/\/singer-feathwell-com.myshopify.com\/products\/singer-featherweight-222k-embroidery-darning-foot-vintage-original","provider":"singer-feathwell.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}