Long Arm Quilting Machine: What the Frame Demands
Every quilter who has wrestled a queen sized quilt through a domestic machine has looked up a long arm afterward. …
Brother Model Numbers Explained: XM, GX, CS, ST
XM2701. GX37. CS7000X. ST371HD. XR3774. SE700. If you have spent an evening trying to work out which Brother machine to …
Thread Keeps Breaking: The Six Usual Causes
Thread that snaps every few inches turns a twenty minute job into an evening. You rethread, sew four inches, it …
Sewing Machine for Bags: Straps, Layers, Corners
A tote is a beginner project right up until the moment you attach the straps. Then the machine is asked …
Stitch Gun: It Is Not a Sewing Machine
A stitch gun is a tagging gun. It is the same tool a store uses to attach a price tag …
Serger or Sewing Machine: What Each One Finishes
The question usually arrives as a choice, and it is not one. People ask whether they should buy a serger …
How to Use a Sewing Machine: First Seam Today
A new sewing machine comes with a manual that explains ninety functions in the order the engineers thought of them, …
Brother Sewing Machines: The Lineup Explained
Brother is the machine most American beginners actually end up with. Not because anyone decided it was the best brand, …
Tension Problems: Top Thread, Bobbin or Neither
Most tension troubleshooting goes wrong at the first step. The stitch looks bad, the dial gets turned, the stitch looks …
Leather Machine Needles: Sizes and Point Shapes
A leather needle is the one needle in the drawer that works differently from all the others. Every other needle …
Hemming Pants: Fast Fix or a Real Seam
Hemming pants is the job that sells more sewing machines than any other. Somebody buys trousers that are two inches …
Serger: What It Does That Your Machine Cannot
You finish a t-shirt on your regular machine, turn it inside out, and the seam allowances are already fraying. You …