Singer Automatic Zigzagger Stitch Patterns

I have covered the Automatic Zigzagger before, but since lots of people have been talking about it lately, I thought I'd show all the pattern stitches.  Anyone searching for info on these might like to see how they look, all stitched out.

To recap, there are four sets of four cams as follows:

• Set #1 - RED cams that come with the zigzagger

• Set #2 - RED or WHITE cams (they are the same patterns, but the later ones were painted white to differentiate them from the red Set #1)

• Set #3 - BLUE cams

• Set #4 - YELLOW cams

 The second stitch from the top isn't attractive, but it is useful as a blind stitch.  I show how it is used HERE.

So here you have it, all SIXTEEN different stitch patterns you can make with your Singer Automatic Zigzagger on any straight stitch sewing machine.  And they don't look half bad. 

Zig Zag through the years with Singer

This is my little family of Singer zig zag attachments.  The biggest one - the Automatic ZigZagger, takes cams to make different stitch patterns.  It comes with a set of four cams, and three more sets of four are available. (If you want to see all the stitch patterns, LOOK HERE.)

The older versions only make only a zigzag, and the width is adjusted by a screw.

However, those two older version have an edge stitcher which can be attached so that you can stitch on the very edge of the fabric or join a piece of lace right to the edge like this: 

And they also have a cording slot so you can zigzag over a cord or thread for gathering.  Very useful!

The first oldest one shown (one the far left above) not only works great, but is small enough to pop into my Featherweight case.  Actually it isn't any bigger than the standard issue ruffler attachment, and somehow it's dainty size just seems more suited to the FW.