| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | This foot has a coned shaped, slotted cylinder on the |
| How many feet do you have? Or I should say, how | | | | topside of the foot. It folds and applies the bias binding |
| many feet does your sewing machine have? | | | | in one step. |
| Once upon a time there was a sewing machine with | | | | Open-Toe Embroidery Foot |
| one foot, one foot for sewing a straight stitch. | | | | This foot will give you a view of your work so you |
| Now there are sewing machines with many feet and | | | | can see the satin or decorative stitches between the |
| they all do a different job for you. They certainly make | | | | widely spaced toes. There are grooves underneath to |
| life at the sewing machine more enjoyable and easier. | | | | allow room for the stitches. |
| Some of these feet come with your machine and | | | | Pintuck Foot |
| your manual will have the information for you on what | | | | This is a flat foot with grooves cut in underneath. This |
| application they are used for. | | | | foot, used with a double needle will pinch and stitch |
| By taking the time to try these attachments for your | | | | lines of straight stitching in narrow raised patterns. The |
| sewing machine, you will find a whole new creative | | | | number of grooves will determine the spacing |
| side to yourself, and you thought your machine was | | | | between the lines and the number of pattern lines. The |
| for sewing. | | | | three groove pintuck foot is used on heavier fabric or |
| I'd like to take you through some of these sewing feet | | | | for wider designs and the for and five groove pintuck |
| and what they can do. Your machine comes with the | | | | foot will be better on lightweight fabric or for narrower |
| straight stitch foot and a zig-zag foot, these tow are | | | | patterns. |
| normally standard. Some machines come with other | | | | Rolled Hemming Foot |
| feet as standard to that make or model and then | | | | If you want small double folded hems then this is the |
| there are the extra feet you can purchase to do | | | | foot for you. Use it for medium to lightweight fabric. |
| those wonderful sewing jobs for you. I'd like to take | | | | The groove on the bottom of the foot is the width of |
| you through these feet. These are the names as I | | | | the finished hem. You will be able to sew hems with a |
| know them, some of these may have different names | | | | straight stitch, zig-zag or decorative stitch. This has so |
| with different manufacturers but the stitches they will | | | | many uses, think of lingerie, ruffles, curtains, scarves, |
| be the same. | | | | table linen, wonderful. |
| Braid Foot | | | | Roller Foot |
| The narrow and wide braid feet both have a hook on | | | | This is a very handy foot, the metal roller feeds the |
| the front of the foot slip and a narrow tunneled groove | | | | fabric and keeps it from stretching and bunching, great |
| underneath. It is used when you want to add cording | | | | for thick, heavier fabric and fabric with a nap. Often |
| or braid. The cord is laced through the hook and under | | | | called an even feed foot. |
| the foot slip into the tunneled groove. There is a | | | | Ruffler Foot |
| braid-guide attachment you can attach near the | | | | This is a large foot with many components and you |
| presser foot shank to keep the braid or cord taut while | | | | use it to evenly space ruffles and pleats. If you want |
| stitching, no tangles. | | | | to ruffle bigger jobs like curtains, skirts, home decor |
| Buttonhole Foot | | | | items then this foot will help enormously. |
| The buttonhole foot can be recognized by it's | | | | Teflon Foot |
| rectangle shaped foot with thin extensions at either | | | | This foot is coated in teflon and we all know teflon is |
| end, a raised square on top of the foot and small | | | | non-stick so this foot will stop those difficult fabrics like |
| grooves on the bottom of the foot. It is similar to some | | | | leather, suede or textured fabric. It allows the fabric to |
| embroidery feet. It makes sewing buttonholes very | | | | glide under rather than being fed. You can get it as a |
| easy. | | | | zig-zg or a straight stitch foot. |
| Eyelet Foot | | | | Walking Foot |
| I don't know how many of you would want to be | | | | This foot has teeth rather than a roller to feed the |
| sewing eyelets but if that is what you want to do then | | | | fabric evenly. |
| this is the foot for you. It is a very specialized foot. It is | | | | Welding Foot |
| a H-shaped flat foot, has a small cylinder shape | | | | This has two narrow claw like prongs instead of a |
| attachment to the top surface. | | | | small hole in the middle and is used for straight stitching |
| Gathering Foot | | | | close to the edge of a hem or seam |
| This one is very handy. It is a small L-shaped foot with | | | | Zipper Foot |
| a slot on the bottom side. The bottom of the foot is | | | | This is one of the best feet ever made for sewing |
| higher at the front than the back. This causes the foot | | | | machines, it looks like a straight stitch foot cut in half |
| to rock when attached to the machine. This rocking | | | | and then the outside edges joined in the center.well, |
| creates the gathers. You set the stitch length at a | | | | that is the more common types of the sewing |
| higher setting to get more gathers and a normal setting | | | | machine feet available. |
| to get less gathers. If you are gathering a single piece | | | | Most of these would be available for most machines |
| of fabric, feed the fabric under the foot or use the side | | | | on the market today. If you intend to do special sewing |
| slot to stitch one piece of fabric to another. | | | | jobs then investing in the foot for that particular job |
| Narrow Bias Binder Foot | | | | could save you so much time. |