Double Sewing Machine Needles Demystified
Sally Hess at Bolt Fabrics in Portland, Oregon gives a great rundown of how double sewing machine needles work and what applications they can have in your sewing repertoire.
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Flashback: Anatomy of a Sewing Machine
We’re about halfway through our Sew & Sew theme this month, and I’m reminded of a great little resource we published back in April 2007 in CRAFT Volume 03: “Anatomy of a Sewing Machine” by Christine Haynes and Kent Bell. This handy little feature showcased the illustration above, done by Kent, and the corresponding descriptions […]
Video Tour of the Baby Lock “Natalie”
I love my “Natalie” sewing machine. It’s a great tool, and has been a dependable workhorse. I picked it up from a local business called The Sewing and Vacuum Place. I was thrilled to find that Pam and her partner in the business, have a great YouTube channel with lots of videos about machines. In […]
Birthday Sewing Box
What a sweet birthday gift for a friend with a new sewing machine: an elegant sewing box. Silke Stoddard over at Martha Stewart’s The Crafts Dept. blog put together this one using readily available containers and supplies from a few big box stores but then personalized it by making a lovely leather case for the […]
Custom CMYK Sewing Machine Matches Thread to Fabric
If you’ve ever struggled to find just the right thread to match a fabric in your sewing project, stress no more. The Leitfaden Sewing Machine can custom match color from fabric or paper and then create thread in that color by applying a CMYK mixture to white thread. Future sewing technology WIN. [via Unplggd]
Sewing Machine as Musical Instrument
Lara Grant’s sewing machine is wired up to sense every time the needle is lowered through the conductive fabric swatch it sews, triggering a sound. I’m assuming it’s hooked up to a computer program that’s playing the sound, since it’s capable of playing back melody loops. [via Fashioning Technology]
Upgrading a Sewing Machine
Wow, look what Matt Mets found in the MAKE Flickr pool! Micah Dowty was frustrated with how poorly his sewing machine performed at slow speed, so he decided a sewing machine retrofit was in order. After adding a speed sensor, modding the foot pedal, and adding a beefier DC motor, he finally has the tool […]
