[Nfb-krafters-korner] Friday's questions

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I sew pieces together by hand, using a whip stitch.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Friday's questions


> Joyce, I am sewing on yarn type knits.  I have quite a learning curve. 
> But
> hey this gal is up for a challenge, smile.
>
> So how do you gals sew together your sweaters, knitted baby clothes etc. 
> It
> just seems to me sewing on a machine would be less labor intensive,
> therefore saving my customers money.
>
> Becky and guide dog Jake
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Friday's questions
>
> I think this is a great question and I hope you don't mind that I copied 
> it
>
> for the Friday's Question.
>
> B.Butterfly wrote:
> I am looking for an easier to use sewing machine that does knits.   Any
> suggestions of models are appreciated.
>
> Also, what kinds of things do you do to make the machine more accessible
> for
> your needs, and ease of sewing?
>
> Please explain one thing here for me, are you referring to knit fabric 
> when
>
> you said  sewing knits?
>
> I have a few sewing machines that I use and have used when I was  sighted.
> When I first sat myself behind a sewing machine in my totally  black world 
> I
>
> chose my Featherweight Singer sewing machine that I had since I  was 16
> years
> old.  I did not want any bells or whistles just straight  stitching and
> something I was familiar with.  OK after proving I could sew,  then I had 
> to
> figure
> out how to sew a straight line and for that I came up with  the plastic
> creditcard taped to the bed of my machine.  I had my dh tape it  down with
> masking
> tape 1/4 inch from the needle and it poked forward toward me  about 2 
> inches
> and
> extended out the back maybe 1 inch.  I actually used my  credit union card
> that had no raised numbers on it.  I had him tape 3 sides  of the card 
> down
> leaving the side running even with the foot not taped.  I  wanted to be 
> able
> to
> feel the distinct edge of the plastic there.  Then I  started practicing.
> By
> butting the edge of the fabric up against the edge  of the card I was able
> to
> make good 1/4 inch seams.
>
> I always used  the long quilt pins when I sewed to pin my fabric 
> together.
>
> The ones that have the good size plastic heads on it.  That  way they are
> easy
> to grab and pull out when you are approaching the foot.   This, too, took
> some practice without eye sight.
>
> OK quilting might be next week's question, back to this week's  question.
>
> I still use my plasticc card to do seam allowances and I have sewn a lot
> since then from quilts to overalls and t shirts for my Grandaughters.
>
> After I proved to myself I could do my sewing, I went out and bought 
> myself
>
> a new Bernina sewing machine! It has a lot of bells and whistles that I 
> have
>
> never used and actually I have gone back and forth using my Ellna sewing
> machines that have the disks that you put in for all the regular and fancy
> stitches.  At least I have them marked and don't have to figure out what
> button to
> push and how many times to push it.
>
> I recently got myself a Singer machine that has a one step buttonhole
> maker.
> I had one of these babies going back when my kids were kids and  found 
> that
>
> they still have this feature on a few of their machines.  You  just drop a
> button into this special foot that you put on the machine and set  the
> machine on
> the buttonhole stitch[there is 3 dials that you have to turn] and  put the
> garment under the foot and walla it makes a buttonhole that will fit
> perfect to
> that button!
>
> I can give anyone more details on this if you would like.
>
> Joyce
>
>
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