These newer, postwar machines worked by having the needlebar jerk back and forth, from left to right as the machine stitched from front to back. One of the new improvements was sewing-machines that could produce decorative zig-zag, slanting stitches, something unheard of before the war, with all prewar machines being ‘straight-stitchers’, performing a standard, straight lockstitch. This is a Singer Automatic Zigzagger which I purchased today:Īs sewing-machine technology improved significantly in the postwar years of the mid-1950s, with the the end of rationing (which in the United Kingdom, lasted twice as long as the war itself!), countries like America and the United Kingdom could start producing better and more advanced consumer-goods than ever. ![]() ![]() I never thought I’d get my hands on one of these, but wonders never cease.
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