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Freedom Stitching
Free-motion sewing techniques are not new. In fact, they
have been around almost as long as the sewing machine
itself. Someone figured out that if you could disengage or drop
or cover the feed dog of the machine, the movement of the
fabric could totally be controlled by the sewer! Sew any design,
any direction, any time! This opened up a world of decorative
possibilities: thread painting, intricate quilting, sashiko, trapunto,
bobbinwork, and more. The good news was that almost any-
thing one could imagine could be stitched; the bad news was
that it took a certain skill level, developed by hours of practice,
to successfully transfer ideas from one’s imagination to fabric.
Over the years, sewing machines have become more and more
automatic with preprogrammed stitch settings, digitized designs,
and one-touch use. But still the desire to imagine and create—
letting ideas flow from the mind’s eye directly to the fabric—
persists. With the new BERNINA
®
Stitch Regulator, you can
easily give wings to your creativity without long hours of practice
to perfect your free-motion stitching. It’s as easy as 1-2-3:
1—Ready: Decide which free-motion technique to try.
2—Set: Get your machine and supplies ready.
3—GO: Sit down and stitch your imagination!
1—Ready—Decide which free-motion technique to try.
From quilting to thread painting to sashiko, there are a wide
variety of effects that can be sewn with the feed dog of the
sewing machine down. Even though the final results may look
very different, most free-motion techniques are stitched in a
similar manner. If you become comfortable with one, you can
easily transfer those skills to another technique
2—Set—Get your machine and supplies ready.
Free-motion Presser Feet—No matter which foot you use when free-motion stitching, the basics of
the technique remain the same. You have the freedom to create and place stitches exactly where
you want! BERNINA
®
has several free-motion presser feet that work well for free-motion work. They
are specially designed to work with the hopper mechanism of BERNINA
®
machines to ensure that
the fabric does not travel up the needle (called “flagging”), thus causing distorted stitches. Try them
all and select your favorite from Darning Foot #9, Embroidery Foot #15, Freehand Embroidery Foot
#24, Embroidery Foot #26, and Freehand Quilting Feet #29/29C. When using any of these feet, the
stitch length and the consistency and regularity of the stitching is determined by how smoothly,
evenly, quickly or slowly you move the fabric.
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®
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The 1-2-3s of BSR
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®
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