Know anything about sewing machine feet?

I'm looking for help identifying some sewing machine feet. I believe them all to be screw on and quite old.
this is my sewing machine.

I do have other sewing machines if they won't fit on this one... but this one's my favourite...

here are the feet!

Demystifying the Serger/Overlocker

I'm not an expert, I've only had this thing for 6 days. But I'm in love with it.

Yes it looks confusing... let me help:

DON'T PANIC!! everything's colour coded, people go on and on about how difficult an overlocker is to thread... and yes it's more complicated than a normal sewing machine, but it's got 4 spools of thread and it does awesome stuff!!... here's the trick, if you can thread a normal sewing machine, you can probably sew a  serger. Most sergers have nice colour coded diagrams like this and instructions...

if you look carefully you'll also notice that all the little thready hooks and loops and things inside are all colour coded too! so you really can't go wrong.

These little fellas are interesting. On a normal sewing machine you'd have your different stitch settings (zig-zag, elastic stitch, straight stitch, buttonholer etc) but on your overlocker all your different stitches are mode by fiddling with these little tension dials. Again, seems complicated, but you'll have diagrams and settings for different types of stitch in your instruction book.

of course you've got different thread, you need to use 'cones' like the one on the right instead of reels like the one on the left. you don't have a bobbin, you've got the lower loopers instead so all the thread you use is mounted on the back of the machine.

here's some interesting knobs... haven't fiddled with them yet... will let you know when I do...

and here's the sucker all threaded up:

OK, so I'm going to serge this delightfully green fabric. I'm using a 4 thread stitch so my machine serges the edges and stitches at the same time

I videoed it for you:

And this is how it turned out it the end:

Yup I need to fiddle with my tension dials, but that stitch is reasonably acceptable.

So... now you know everything I know about serged sewing...

2 new additions to the family...

First of all, feast your eyes on this beauty!

was an absolute nightmare to find on the internet as the brand was only known as "Regency" in the UK and elsewhere the manufacturer was called "Morse" and the model was the 4400... *tsk* this happened with my starlet/genie too! why do they have to call things different names in different countries!

Anyhow it was being horded by Alex's parents, it belonged to his grandmother and this is the state it came to me in:

can you believe something that dirty was being stored in a bedroom? CRAZY! anyhow it's all cleaned up and beautiful now.... with thee help of some bicarb/white vinegar/lemon juice and hot water.

It comes in its own little table and can handle dual needle sewing as well as some interesting decorative stitches, interestingly enough even though it looks SO typically 50's with it's shiny shiny chrome details and big friendly buttons, it was infact manufactured in the mid 60's! but I think that's because it is the 4'th in the 'fotomatic' line and by the looks of it they kept a similar design all the way though....

And of course... IT DOESN'T WORK!!!

This is how it looks at the moment sitting in my living room

the lever on the left is the stitch pattern selector and it's supposed to turn the belt on the left when it is 'clicked'... it does not... Alex is very concerned that I'm messing around with the complicated innards of a family heirloom but I want to use it dammit! I can fix it I'm sure. ... watch this space....

also lookee here:

That, my friends is an "Adjustoform Supafit Leg Form Sew-Deluxe" aka my first ever dressmakers dummy!! I'm kind of afraid of it! I've just adjusted it to 'life size' (unfortunately slightly bigger than in the picture :-( ) and it's a little creepy stood in the corner, I've put one of my dresses on it, I don't think that helps...
I got it from here £119 + free scissors and free delivery! bargain!

So now I've got the dress form I can start constructing my muslin for the hello kitty dress!

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