More Feet!

Here are a few more feet that make my sewing life so much easier!! Can you sew without all of these feet that I have shared with you... yes.... I just choose not to. These feet are great if you sew as much as I do and time, as they say, is precious.

The next foot is the ruffler foot. I know that it looks a little scary, but WOW does it save time! I would never have made as many of Kari Mecca's dress, "Spring Fling" if I did not have this foot. With the rows and rows of long ruffles, I would probably still be working on that very first dress if it had not been for this foot. Again, watch the video to get the full information as to how this amazing foot works.



Here's a picture of the Spring Fling dress "in action". Little girls seem to love this dress because of how far out it can twirl... and as you know, this is very important! ;-)



Another great foot is the zigzag non-stick presser foot. There are also a couple of other non-stick feet available as well, the straight stitch foot and the zipper foot. I don't know about you but I have always disliked sewing over, plastic vinyls, oil cloth, or any treated fabric where my foot would just refuse to move or get stuck. Here's the answer!



Here are a couple of ideas for your next sewing projects using this foot.

First off? I guess you could call this a neck purse? I have made several of these in the past and love them. They have come in so handy if I am working at any show or traveling oversea. (This is what I took to Israel.) I can carry EVERYTHING in this little 'purse' and it goes nicely around my neck. The non-stick foot made this a cinch to sew together.



The inside:



Another foot that helped immensely on this particular project was the piping foot. I NEVER used this foot for piping... my 3 groove pintuck foot works far better. I found that this foot is absolutley perfect for when I am sewing on velcro... like in the above project. Because the foot is uneven from side to side, it is easy to place the thinner side of the foot on top of the velcro, with the fatter side on the fabric. What a difference!!



One more example of where I used the non-stick foot. I made this small backpack (thank heavens for fusible batting!) and I placed a clear pocket on the inside... along with many other pockets, I love pockets!!

The outside:


And the inside. Hopefully you can see the clear pocket. I placed a purple string inside of it.


I have made aprons, tablecloths, etc. using the non-stick foot. And I can't even tell you how many times I have used the piping foot when applying velcro! Great feet... all of them!!!

Feet!

I own a considerable amount of speciality feet that I have purchased through the years to go along with my Bernina. For those of you who sew and own a sewing machine of your own, I'm sure that you are well aware of the feet that actually came with your machine.... at least I hope so. ;-) But have you ever looked at the speciality feet that are available that you can purchase for your machine? I always tell everyone that I have become a foot snob... at least when it comes to sewing. Since I sew so much, I like having these specialty feet available so that my sewing projects not only get done faster, but they also have a nice finished and professional look to them by the end of the project. Hopefully that's what you want too. I thought that I would share with you a few of my favorite feet beginning with the #10 foot.

For the Bernina we simply call it the #10 foot...but its real name is the edgestitch foot. This is a fantastic foot that has more uses than I could ever mention here on my little post. I use it a lot for heirloom sewing to sew laces, fabric or entredeux together... like I shared with you in my last post. That little blade that you see in the middle of the foot, can go into seams... when you want to 'stitch in the ditch'. You can use the blade as a guide for French seams. Or you can do what I did to join laces together with entredeux like the pictures below. Placing the lace and/or fabric on either side of the blade then using a small zig zag stitch to join them together gives you incredible results. Go to Bernina's website for more info!



I was trying to come up with different looks when making the christening gown. Here are a few examples that I made up for around the skirt of the gown.





I ended up liking this one the best. You can see the beautiful entredeux that I chose along with the Swiss insertion. The end result is the piece to the far right. I loved how delicate it looked and used it on a portion of the gown that I shared in my last post. Make up your own look and incorporate it in your next project!!! You won't be disappointed.