Vintage Sewing Machine Attachments

Here is my small collection of vintage sewing machine attachments.  The information provided on each is based on what I have learned from using each one and from sources on the web.  If I have omitted or provided incorrect information, please let me know.

The templates for this attachment are metal and it makes great professional looking buttonholes.

Singer Buttonholer Part 160506

Additional Singer Buttonholer Templates Part 160668

This Sears Buttonhole Attachment has templates that are made of plastic.  I cannot be sure but this appears to be a complete set. I have not seen another one like this for sale that I can compare it to.

Sears Buttonhole Attachment Part 6785

Next here is the Singer Deluxe Monogrammer, not a terribly hard gadget to find however the templates for this attachment are pretty difficult to obtain.  I have seen them for sale online and always listed individually and at a hefty price which is the reason I only own four of the letter templates and the flower template.  This item is from 1969 and made for the Singer Slant sewing machines and the letters it monograms are 1 1/2 inches high.

Singer Deluxe Monogrammer Part 171276

The Sears Kenmore Monogrammer is for low shank sewing machines, I snapped this one up because from what I understand the templates for the Singer Deluxe can be used on this attachment AND this attachment is for low shank machines.  Unfortunately there is not a lot of information on this attachment out there but I think this item is also from 1969.

Sears Kenmore Monogrammer

This is such a cool buttonholer, the Professional Buttonholer by Singer makes the following: Straight (for everything), Eyelet -End (for coats, suits, etc.), Purl-Edge (for a hand-sewn finish), Bound (for coats, dresses or suits) and Eyelets (for belts, lacings and studs).  This one is from 1973 and made in Great Britain for Singer Slant sewing machines.  My set came with the 381115 Accessory Plate designed for the 700 and 900 series machines; I have the Singer Touch & Sew 750.

Singer Professional Buttonhole Part 381116

Singer Professional Buttonhole Part 381116

Here is another Singer Monogrammer from 1969 but the difference here to the previous is the size of the letters it monograms. The monogrammed letters end up being 3/8 of an inch high AND this one was designed specifically for the 750 slant series machines.  Also made in 1969 and this set included the 507661 Feed Cover plate.

Singer Monogrammer Part 171256

This is a sample template for  the letter R.  Isn't that wild?

Singer Monogrammer letter disc "R"

This is the placement guide needed that was also included with this mongrammer.

Singer Monogrammer Placement Guide

And here is an extra set of templates sold separately.  I got this set for a few pennies and because I've read that the plastic templates eventually wear out.  Will I wear mine out?  Probably not but these are nice to have.