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Secrets for Successful Sewing: Techniques for Mastering Your Sewing Machine and Serger
Secrets for Successful Sewing Techniques for Mastering Your Sewing Machine and Serger Author:Barbara Weiland The ultimate owner's manual for avid sewers — Unleash the hidden power of the sewing machine and serger that you already own. Secrets for Successful Sewing shows you how to get the most from your machines-- regardless of their brand or age. From Battenberg lace and beading to serger heirloom techniques, shirring, and decorative zipper inse... more »rtions, you'll find a vast array of unique techniques to try on your garments. Step-by-step illustrations and color photographs make the instructions perfectly clear.
* Stitch elegant embellishments and unlimited decorative touches
* "Fool" your machine into doing the stitches and techniques that you thought could only be done by high-end machines
* Learn tricks and techniques that aren't in your owner's manuals
* Turn to easy-to-use tables for guidance on specialty threads, needles, and presser feet
* Find out what settings, tools, and presser feet you need before you start stitching
* Design your own stitches, even if your machine can do little more than a zigzag
* Create traditionally hand-stitched work like Battenberg lace, entredeux, fagoting, and lace insertion in half the time
* Use your chain, cover, flatlock, overlock, and rolled-edge stitches in ways you never imagined possible« less