My starter scrap is still attached, go me. I usually wait until I need to sew onto it again to snip it off (and you would think it would be called a starter/ender scrap, but mercifully no, no one does that).*
The foot I'm using (on both machines) is not your standard sewing foot - it's a handy-dandy 1/4" quilting foot. It has a vertical metal piece on the right that helps you keep your fabric lined up exactly 1/4" to the right of the needle.
I use it a lot (see "feeding and care of your inner OCDer"). It is awesome!
*Yes, I know about leaders and enders. Please Google it if you want to know more...
The machine on the left is a 1957 Singer 1200 in an artisan/dressmaker's table with electric treadle.
It's the same machine as a 201-2 (great-grandma's machine, on the right) except for the knee-operated presser foot lever.
It's big help in making quick work of sewing pieces together, one after another. (Also called chain piecing. Wheeeeeeeeee)
