{"id":6758,"date":"2013-06-16T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2013-06-17T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T12:59:03","slug":"sewing-machine-accessory-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2013\/06\/sewing-machine-accessory-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing Machine Accessory Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now, another book I have just finished.<\/p>\n

The Sewing Machine Accessory Bible: Get the Most Out of Your Machine—From Using Basic Feet to Mastering Specialty Feet<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

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I was shopping for books on Amazon and this book came up in one of those creepy we know what you really want<\/em> suggestions. Um, yep. I did want that. When I bought my trusty Bernina 930 used, just a few short months after I started this blog, it came with lots of feet, many of which I have never even tried to figure out how to use. (I posted about it here<\/a>.) Really, it is probably time, right?!<\/p>\n

Considering the number of feet that are made for various purposes, I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to match up most of mine with the ones in the book- even though most look completely different. Figuring out what feet I have meant pulling out my manual and also a separate book that is specifically about the accessories.<\/p>\n

\"6:16:feet1\"<\/a>There are some that I am still confused about though. In none of my resources are there explanations along the lines of- yes they look alike but they are different in this little way. Below are 3 feet. Two on the right are the same, Blind Stitch foot. The other is Edge stitching. ??? That one on the left has little indentations on the edge but I have no idea what they are for.<\/p>\n

update<\/strong>– here is a whole blog post<\/a> on Badskirt<\/a> <\/em> about the edge stitcher! Thanks Ryan! <\/em><\/p>\n

\"6:16:feet2\"<\/a>And, amazingly, after 9+ years, I finally put in the double needle and tried it out. First I tried it with a regular foot and then with one of the pintuck feet. I never actually knew they went together- that was worth reading the book right there!<\/p>\n

Here are my pintucks- a mid-weight wool, a quilt cotton, a light weight cotton.<\/p>\n

\"6:16:feet5\"<\/a>And this is how many books I had open on my table to figure it out!<\/p>\n

\"6:16:feet<\/a>I can imagine I might use pintucks on something. I always thought that they were very hard to do but it turns out the right tools make it easy.<\/p>\n

I was able to get this book out of my library which works really well for me- the due date gives me a deadline to get the book read. This book was worth getting simply because it gave me the kick I needed to pull those dusty parts out of the drawer and figure out how they work. And embarrassingly enough, I discovered I already had a foot that I bought on Ebay a few months ago and another one that I’d been planning to buy. Yikes! Clearly I needed to go through all my stuff again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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