Encyclopedia of Sewing Machine Techniques
by Bednar, Nancy; Pugh-Gannon, JoAnnFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-04-01
Publisher(s): Sterling
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Summary
If the sewing machine does it, then the technique is here! Anyone looking for advice on those indispensable basics will find a variety of ways to do bias binding, buttonholes, edge finishes, gathering, hem finishes, mitering corners, seam finishes, topstitching, and zippers. Or sewers can learn how to make any item eye-catching with an array of creative touches, including applique, crisscross chain stitching, eyelet embroidery, and lacework. Every technique comes complete with machine setups and guidance on fabrics, stitching, needles, threads, tension, and the presser foot.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 5 |
| Introduction | p. 8 |
| Getting the Most from Your Sewing | p. 10 |
| Your Sewing Machine | p. 12 |
| Needle and Thread Options | p. 17 |
| Creative Techniques | p. 20 |
| Applique, Basic Satin Stitch | p. 22 |
| Applique, Bias Bar | p. 26 |
| Applique, Blanket Stitch | p. 30 |
| Applique, Decorative Stitch | p. 34 |
| Applique, Frayed-Edge | p. 36 |
| Applique, Madeira | p. 40 |
| Applique, Mola | p. 44 |
| Applique, Net | p. 48 |
| Applique, Reverse | p. 52 |
| Applique, Shadow | p. 56 |
| Battenburg, Contemporary Lacemaking | p. 60 |
| Bobbinwork | p. 64 |
| Charted Needlework | p. 68 |
| Circular Embroidery | p. 72 |
| Cording, Monk's Cord | p. 76 |
| Cording, On Scalloped Edges | p. 78 |
| Couching, Beads and Sequins | p. 80 |
| Couching, Cords, Braids and Bulky Fibers | p. 84 |
| Crisscross Chain Stitching | p. 86 |
| Cutwork | p. 90 |
| Drawn Threadwork | p. 94 |
| Embroidery, Free-motion | p. 96 |
| Entredeux, Basic | p. 100 |
| Entredeux, Corded | p. 102 |
| Eyelet Embroidery | p. 104 |
| Fagoting, Bobbinwork | p. 108 |
| Fagoting, Bundled | p. 110 |
| Fagoting, Traditional | p. 112 |
| Folded Flourishes, Prairie Points | p. 114 |
| Folded Flourishes, Shark's Teeth | p. 118 |
| Fringe, Long | p. 122 |
| Fringe, Short | p. 124 |
| Handlooms | p. 126 |
| Heirloom Sewing, Entredeux to Flat Fabric | p. 128 |
| Heirloom Sewing, Entredeux to Gathered Laces | p. 132 |
| Heirloom Sewing, Flat Lace to Entredeux | p. 136 |
| Heirloom Sewing, Lace to Lace | p. 140 |
| Heirloom Sewing, Puffing | p. 144 |
| Hemstitching, Double Wing Needle | p. 148 |
| Hemstitching, Single Wing Needle | p. 150 |
| Lacemaking, Decorative Stitch | p. 152 |
| Lacemaking, Free-motion | p. 156 |
| Monogramming, Free-motion | p. 160 |
| Monogramming, Satin Stitch | p. 162 |
| Multi-needle Techniques | p. 166 |
| Needlelace | p. 170 |
| Passementerie | p. 172 |
| Pintucks, Corded | p. 176 |
| Quilting, Hand-look | p. 180 |
| Quilt-Piecing Methods, Easy Triangles | p. 182 |
| Quilt-Piecing Methods, Seminole Patchwork | p. 186 |
| Quilt-Piecing Methods, Strip | p. 190 |
| Quilt-Piecing Methods, Victorian | p. 192 |
| Quilting Styles, Echo | p. 196 |
| Quilting Styles, Linear | p. 200 |
| Quilting Styles, Outline | p. 204 |
| Quilting Styles, Sashiko | p. 206 |
| Quilting Styles, Trapunto | p. 210 |
| Ruching | p. 214 |
| Ruffling | p. 216 |
| Scallops, Off-the-Edge | p. 220 |
| Scallops, Double Satin Stitch | p. 224 |
| Silk Ribbon Machine Embroidery, Bobbinwork | p. 228 |
| Silk Ribbon Machine Embroidery, Couched | p. 230 |
| Shirring, Basic | p. 234 |
| Shirring, Elastic | p. 238 |
| Smocking, Decorative One-step | p. 242 |
| Smocking, On Pre-Pleated Yardage | p. 244 |
| Smyrna Embroidery | p. 248 |
| Stippling, Basic | p. 252 |
| Stippling, Elastic | p. 254 |
| Thread Painting | p. 256 |
| Tucks, Mexican | p. 260 |
| Tucks, Picot-edged | p. 262 |
| Tucks, Single Needle | p. 264 |
| Indispensable Techniques | p. 266 |
| Bias Binding | p. 268 |
| Buttonholes, Bound | p. 272 |
| Buttonholes, Corded | p. 274 |
| Buttonholes, Decorative | p. 276 |
| Buttons, Machine-sewn | p. 278 |
| Edge Finishes, Picot | p. 280 |
| Edge Finishes, Rolled | p. 282 |
| Edge Finishes, Wire-edged | p. 284 |
| Gathering, Basic Technique | p. 286 |
| Gathering, Clear Elastic | p. 288 |
| Gathering, Over Cord | p. 290 |
| Hem Finishes, Corded | p. 292 |
| Hem Finishes, Decorative Stitch | p. 294 |
| Hem Finishes, Double and Triple Needle | p. 296 |
| Hem Finishes, Hemmer Feet | p. 298 |
| Hem Finishes, Hemstitched | p. 302 |
| Hem Finishes, Raised Double Needle | p. 304 |
| Hem Finishes, Shadow | p. 306 |
| Mitering Corners | p. 308 |
| Seam Finishes, Edge-stitched | p. 310 |
| Seam Finishes, Flat Felled | p. 312 |
| Seam Finishes, French | p. 314 |
| Seam Finishes, Hong Kong | p. 316 |
| Seam Finishes, Tricot Bound | p. 318 |
| Topstitching | p. 320 |
| Zippers, Centered | p. 322 |
| Zippers, Hand-picked | p. 324 |
| Zippers, Invisible | p. 326 |
| Zippers, Placket | p. 328 |
| Important Information | p. 330 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 331 |
| Index | p. 332 |
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