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Buttonholers and zigzaggers work on straight-stitch machines to do a little magic - they push the fabric from side-to-side to make the pattern of stitching required. Most buttonholers come with a feed-cover plate (unless noted below), but I have always found it better to drop or remove the feed dogs if I want to make more than one or two buttonholes.. I have never found a modern machine which does a buttonhole as neatly as these attachments do. All have instructions, original if possible, or neatly reproduced. I can also supply copies of the instruction booklets for all of these models and some others on request; from 50p for single sheet instructions to £5 for booklets...Click Here for details
Page updated and tickled firmly.. December 2024 |
ZigzaggersConvert your Straight stitch machine to zigzag.
Be warned that these are not easy to use, and if you seriously need to zig and zag, please consider a machine which already knows how... |
ZZ005 Regular Low Shank Singer Zigzag attachment foot (top) with Edge Joining plate (below); £20
ZZ006 £18.50 without the joining plate
Instructions but no box
ZZ005b, Joining plate only; £2.50
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ZZ060 High Shank "Blumer" - solid and sweet, no box; £37.50 |
ZZ060 Another Angle... |
ZZ058 "Automatic" Low shank adjustable; £35 |
ZZ020b Singer Slant Shank Automatic with big red cams; £35
No, it won't fit your Low Shank machine, sorry... |
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Blind Hem Attachments |
ZZ004 Singer Blind Hem Attachment. Fits all low shank machines - useful for applique.. and hemming, of course £25 (with repro instructions; no box) With original instructions; £27
MAE023 Original Instruction books; £6
MAR037 Repro Instruction booklet; £5 |
ZZ039 Greist Blind Hemmer for Slant Shank, with rather scruffy tin box and instructions, tested; £25 |
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All buttonholers have been tested on a Singer treadle machine (if appropriate)
Buttonholers come in two basic types - the Adjustables (see BH007 and BH006 below) have a better range of sizes, as you set your own. I prefer these. The Cam types (see BH026 and others below) have little patterns which set the size and shape (these will do a round-ended buttonhole, which the adjustables do not) - easy to use but not as many sizes of buttonhole...
All these are marked for Shank type - you need the right one for your machine, if not sure, please ask!
I have a few buttonholers lacking boxes, or feed cover plates, these may be OK for your machine and are much cheaper, please ask... |
BH007 "Black" Buttonhole attachment. Low shank
This and the BH006 over to your right are My Favourites! Complete and working, serviced, oiled, with instructions - I usually have at least a couple in stock; £30
Buttonholers all come serviced, with a manual, and the correct packaging. If you need these as extras I may also have them separately
MAR007 Repro buttonholer instruction manual; £5
MAE027 Original Instruction booklets from £5 - 8 according to condition, and I can supply new card inners for the boxes at £5 |
BH006 "Red Case" Buttonhole Attachment. Low shank; £27.50
Very like the black ones, except cream, and a good quality plastic box. Comes with the manual, serviced, and my own notes, and always in stock..
Later 201s and 99s would have had these for certain
MAR007 Repro buttonholer instruction manual; £5
MAE027 Original Instruction booklets from £5 - 8 according to condition
I also have some spare parts for these buttonholers, scroll downwards...
See notes about ones without a box; £20... |
BH007a American Version of BH007 above, a bit shinier and a greener manual...
Low shank; £30 |
BH050 Greist with cams, low shank; £30 |
BH003 Brown Tin Box with Half-Cam Buttonholer. Really nice item.., low shank; £35
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Tin for the item on the left... |
BH026 Jones Auto, complete, with cams, low shank; £30 |
BH047 Bare-metal, probably Ruby, no box, low shank; £25 |
BH070 Cream Bakelite box with half-cam buttonholer, very good, low shank; £30 |
BH066 Vanguard Light green, Low shank; £25 |
BH065 Ruby Automatic, light grey, Low or High shank; £27.50 |
BH067 Vanguard, light blue, with High and Low shank fittings; £27.50 |
BH064 Ruby Automatic, black, low shank; £25
Also one just like, without a box; £20 |
BH063 "Automatic" for zigzag machines, new, flimsy, low shank; £20 |
BH060 Free Westinghouse top clamping type in slightly furry box; £30 |
BH069 showing fixing type |
BH061 "Domestic" low shank in 1/2 a box, low shank; £20 |
BH055 One of these would be a curiosity, two in the same week seems like an embarrassment of riches
BH055 Kenmore High Shank buttonholer and accessories as shown with a pretty box; £40 |
And here's the box |
BH056 Kenmore High Shank buttonholer and accessories as shown with a pretty box; £40 |
And the box.. Such interesting thingummies...
Scroll right down the page for matching Monogrammers.. |
BH052 YS Star Industrial High Shank, with the extra needle-clamp screw and attaching screw, tested, instructions, and the obligatory scuffed-to-pieces box; £45 |
BH010 Singer Golden Panorama Automatic Buttonholer, for Slant Shank machines, as new condition; £27-50
See below for spare cams, booklet etc. for this type.. |
BH034 Ruby for Low Shank, with reproduced instructions and nice box; £35
BH034B One without a box; £25 |
BH053 Singer "Famous" in original "quilted" plastic box, low shank; £50 |
BH030 Singer Cam Buttonholer for Slant Shank machines. Red "pebble" case; £35
Very similar BH031, with green case for Low Shank machines; £35
MAR039 Repro manual for this and the slant shank version; £5 |
BH032 Singer "Jetson" for Slant Shank machines. Quite the most extravagant box I have ever seen.
Complete, immaculate, instructions, cams..; £40 (Sorry, sold out)
MAR045 Reproduced manual for this attachment; £5 |
BH035 Jetson for Low Shank machines; £47.50 |
Buttonholer Spares |
BH012 - Odd metal buttonholer cams -
Straight 5/16, 5/8, 13/16, 1-1/16 (inches);
Keyhole 1-1/16 (all inches). Some repeats; note that not all these came in the standard sets
Fit Singer, Jones, Greist and some other buttonholer attachments - £2.50 each
BH012a Plastic versions (these can be swapped with the above)
Straight 5/16, 1/2, 5/8, 7/8, 13/16, 15/16, 1-1/16; 13mm, 16mm, 21mm; Keyhole 16mm, 26mm, 7/8 1-1/16
Eyelet cam plastic; £17.50
Metal; £20 (Metal cam with a box £21)
Singer box with straight 3/8", 1/2", 15/16", keyhole 5/8" |
BH037 Set of 21 cams for Golden Panoramic buttonholer. (Note that these are not interchangeable with the metal and plastic ones on the left); £1.50 each or £25 set
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NP225 Feed Cover Plate for Singer types BH006 and BH007; £10 - I'm very short of these, and the screws that fit them, sorry... |
BH029 Singer "Top Hat" Cams for making buttonholes; £6 each
Note, three different markings - I can't find a listing for these, so consult your manual, please |
OFV004 Singer Circle Stitcher attachment with packet; £17.50 (Out of stock, sorry) |
OFV005 Circular Stitcher attachment, low shank; £17.50 |
OF378 Cut-and-Sew (imitation overlocker) attachment. Zigzag machines only!!
New in box, with instructions; I was selling these at £40, but I now have 41 of them in a bucket, so; £7.50 |
ZZ046 Not one, but two Kenmore Monogrammers (High Shank, I think) arrived at once.. Wonderful bits of kit. Vary slightly, as you can see; THIS ONE IS SOLD, sorry, complete with 26 cams and instructions... |
ZZ046 Box (very similar box for the one below... |
See above.. ZZ047 in all it's eccentric glory, also £45 |
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ZZ054 Janome Alphabet Stitch - Low Shank loveliness, utterly unused and complete, with instructions; SOLD
Also, some spares - Odd cams (no "E", sorry) £2 each
Booklet £3.50
Actuator part £10
Other spare parts sold, sorry |
ZZ054 Box |
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days
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