Add to My Kist Elizabeth Magill's Bedcover A patchwork bedcover, machine sewn c.1930 A patchwork bedcover, machine sewn c.1930 by Elizabeth Magill of Belfast.

Most modern sewing machines natively possess this functionality, but older machines often do not, and some very old machines cannot even sew the zigzag stitch with which buttonholes are constructed.

Because 27-series machines cannot natively sew a zigzag stitch, they cannot feasibly sew a buttonhole.

The SE's software can convert almost any design into a digitized template that the machine will sew virtually on its own, automatically lowering the presser foot to start, cutting your threads when you finish a seam.

These home-use machines can also sew a reasonable facsimile of a hem-stitch, though the stitches will usually be larger and more visible.

If your machine will sew with the thread, any thread can used for just about any purpose.

In theory the machine could sew about 50 feet of seam in an hour, but in practice about 10 or more feet was the average.

These machines can also sew original images, after a programmer has copied the image onto a computer disk, using a mouse.

During the flagging off of OPP (Obanikoro Priority Projects), hundreds of items were given out to his constituents, including motor bikes, milling machines, popcorn machines, sewing machines, assorted farming tools, telephone lines and phones, etc.

The company makes Santa dolls that push themselves across the floor on skis, and machines sew zippers and hems for the dolls' garments.