Smocking

Let’s talk tension. Tension gets such a bad rap. People always reach for it, “I have to adjust my tension.” So many times, it’s not the case. For example, what is good-looking tension? First off, if...

You want to see a quick way to gather? This is a cheat way to gather. I would prefer a ruffler or a gathering foot. If you put on your Foot Letter C, it’s the manual buttonhole foot. We used this...

The hand look quilt stitch is a built-in stitch, but it’s also a manipulated stitch, so first off, we want to have a clear or invisible thread on the machine. Notice I have it set over here on a...

For a blind hem go ahead and pick the fabric you’re using. I’m going to use a woven heavy and technique number five. That’s going to take us to stitch number 20 in row one and have us put on foot...

Going up and over a jeans hem can be a little intimidating, but with a few helpful tricks of the machine and tools that come with the machine like the multipurpose tool, you’ll actually find yourself...

There are two basting stitches on this machine. If you tell the machine what fabric you're working on and technique #4 it'll take you directly to stitch #4. That's just a...

Another great technique is the overcast and hem that you can do on fabric that has a little stretch to it. Maybe you’re putting ribbon along the edge of a neckline. We can use the Sewing Advisor....

The menu J is a whole entire group of tapering stitches. Now what that means is that every single stitch will have the option to change the start and end point of the stitch. So depending on what...

Mending is a fact of life for us sewers. We often get a pile or two of things that people have ripped in our family, and they say, "Can you fix this?" We can say,...

We've talked about the importance of stitching out all your decorative stitches. This is one of the stitches from the B menu, the satin stitches and it's actually stitch number 15....