I Need A Consew Presser Foot Education

[georgeandgracie]

My Consew 206RB-3 came with one foot - a walking foot with two toes and with teeth on the bottom. That is the limit of what I know about it. Is there literature anywhere about feet for this machine? I'd like to know what's available, how to identify each foot, how to tell if the foot I'm using isn't right for the job, and what IS right.

Golly, I wish someone would make a how-to-use-it DVD for this machine. The manual is so lame.

[tnawrot2]

What are you sewing? type of leather and total thickness. You can learn alot about consew feet by going into Ebay and search for consew 206 feet. I found this smooth foot set for the 206

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WALKING-REGULAR-FOOT-CONSEW-206RB-SINGER-JUKI-YAMATA-240148-240149-/321037712759?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abf56bd77

[georgeandgracie]

Right now I'm sewing on waxed cotton fabric and waxed canvas. It's not leather, but I find out more relevant information here than anywhere else.

[Wizcrafts]

The feet you have a a good fit for cotton and linen and even denim. The teeth on the bottom help to hold the material firmly.

As for other types, get you some piping sets and piping cord to match. Piping feet have radius cut into both feet, or just the inside foot, depending on the style. You choose the size by the diameter of the cord, plus the thickness of the wrapping material.

Next, get a left and right toe zipper foot set, an adjustable swing-away edge guide and maybe some spring loaded edge guide feet.

There are literally dozens of different presser feet for walking foot machines, like the 206, which is the same feet as originally used on the ancient Singer 111w155.

[georgeandgracie]

Are zipper feet useful for edgestitching? (I have a lot of trouble with that.) Do they require a change in the needle plate below?

[Wizcrafts]

Are zipper feet useful for edgestitching? (I have a lot of trouble with that.) Do they require a change in the needle plate below?

There are outside feet that have a steel edge guide that is spring loaded. They come in various spacings from the center of the inside foot (and needle).

[georgeandgracie]

Like this one on eBay, Wizcrafts?

http://tinyurl.com/l3ryzec

[dirtclod]

I use a left toe / foot to sew close to the edge.

[tnawrot2]

Right now I'm sewing on waxed cotton fabric and waxed canvas. It's not leather, but I find out more relevant information here than anywhere else.

What are you making, I normally keep a 1/2" seam allowance when I sew something when I turn it . Are you sewing a raw edge?

BTW 111w feet will fit your machine, and I bought this set. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Singer-111W-211W-153W-Walking-Foot-S585-Edge-Guide-Foot-1-each-1-8-3-16-1-4-/181150881202?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2d6f15b2

[georgeandgracie]

I'm making little things - checkbook wallet, Field Notes case, lens case. With all the mistakes I'm making learning the fabric and the machine, I'm reluctant to make bigger items.