Hello hello!! What a busy month I've been having, so thrilled with all the projects that I have ahead. I almost forgot to add this month's Presser Foot, but I was thinking about this presser foot for a while now and wanted to share some info. Well.....this Month's Presser foot is the "Blindstitch #5" which is known as the invisible-hemming expert! Seriously! When you sew a blind hem with this incredible foot, the stitching can hardly be seen from the front, how awesome is that?!
The mechanism of this foot is incredible, the stitch is formed over a special blade that is the guide, which creates a loose stitch so that the hem lies nice and flat! When the fabrics is pressed flat, the needle penetrations points on the front of the fabrics, making the seam almost invisible and the blade guide provides an even distance to the folded edge, permitting the hem to be sewn perfectly.
Amazing right? This little foot is a life saver, you guys have no idea how many times it had saved me from hours of hand blind-stitching. Even though I found blind-stitching beyond therapeutic, sometimes time is not on my favor and have to finish fast! Here it is a little video for you to see the mechanism of this BERNINA presser foot ☺
Hello makers! What a weekend! Filled with rain but happy that Gaston didn't reach Miami so bad. With that being said, for this Presser Foot of the Month segment I decided to go for the Zipper Foot 4D! Because it makes it super easy the work of inserting zippers. It's narrow and centrally placed toe permits this zipper foot to get closer to the zipper coils which allows to attach the fabric securely.
Due to it's narrow shape, the Zipper Foot 4D is also perfect for attaching pipping and snap tapes and also, edge stitching! How awesome is that! I used my zipper 4D for every project that requires zippers or pipping but never thought of the edge stitching.....I'm going to start implementing that as well! Love the Presser Foot of the Month segment because is a learning experience and it's never to late to learn!
Hope you lovelies enjoyed this month segment of the Presser Foot of the Month! xoxo Pat B.
Hello lovely makers! On this Presser Foot of the month segment, I want to talk about BERNINA's Buttonhole foot with slide #3A. I use this foot for a lot of things not only for buttonhole on shirts, pants or skirts. Some of my drawstring and laundry bags have buttonholes for closure and this feet has become my best friend for this sort of projects.
The good thing about this foot is that you can sew as many buttonholes of the exact same length as you want. Also, it has a sensor that determines the buttonhole length and relays the dimensions to the sewing machine, how cool is that! This gives you perfectly identical buttonholes to be sewn again, until you decide to change the size.
Want to learn how to sew buttonholes? Check the video below for more and happy sewing.
Hello hello! As you all know, I am so lucky to be a BERNINA ambassador. Using this machine was always a dream of mine and now I get to play around with a BERNINA 790, how cool is that? I want to start a new segment on my creative space called the "Presser Foot of the Month", where I will be explaining the features of set foot, awesome right? We'll start with one of my favorites....the Stitch Regulator (BSR)
This presser foot creates, neat consistent stitches that are precise and the same length, while free-motion sewing. While it reacts to the movement of the fabric, this presser foot adjusts the speed of the machine automatically when free-motion quilting with the feed dog lowered. The stitch regulator is perfect for ambitious professional-level sewing projects such as free-motion quilting on all fabrics!
Like I said, this is one of my favorite presser feet and though it is a bit hard to use (at first), practice makes perfect and you will later be inseparable from this Stitch Regulator.
Until the next "Presser Foot of The Month" xoxo Pat B.
