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From: cychen
Date: 09-15-2004, 11:11 AM (1 of 7)
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As a beginner, I am interested in learning about tools & accessories that I could purchase to help with my sewing. For example, I wondered whether bias binder foot could substantially help with the binding task and certain feet could help with sewing slippery fabrics or plaids. I love making clothes, and would like to invest in machine feet that knowledgeable members of this community find most useful to beginners and advanced sewers alike. Would you vote on your favorite machine feet? I already have Adjustable Blind Hem Foot, Overedge Foot, Automatic Buttonhole Foot, Buttonhole Foot B (non-sliding), Zig-Zag Foot, Zipper Foot, Hemmer Foot 2mm, and a Quilting Bar. Here are additional presser feet available for my machine model. p.s. I have Janome My Excel 3123; is that a top loading/slant shank/or low shank machine? Thanks for your advice! Christine 1/4 inch Seam Foot O Applique Foot F Beading Foot Set Binder Foot Button Sewing Foot Cording Foot H Custom Crafted Zig-Zag Foot Darning Foot P2 (top loading machines) Deep Groove Pintuck Foot (5 Grooves) Even Feed Foot Even Feed Foot with Quilt Guide (top loading machines) Fringe Foot (top loading machines) Gathering Foot Hemmer Foot 4mm Hemmer Foot 6mm Overlock Foot C Pintuck Cord Guides Pintuck Foot (7 groove) Piping Foot Ribbon/Sequin Foot Roller Foot Rotary Even Foot Ruffler, Universal (top loading machines) Satin Stitch Foot F Straight Stitch Foot H Teflon Foot Tricot Foot (embroidery machines) Ultraglide Foot |
User: cychen
Member since: 09-10-2004 Total posts: 15 |
From: HHH
Date: 09-15-2004, 11:25 AM (2 of 7)
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Well, you already have a pretty good collection for general sewing. If you plan to do any machine quilt piecing, the 1/4" foot will be worth its weight in gold. Also, it's nice to have a walking foot, which I'm guessing is the one Janome is calling the 'even feed foot'. IMHO, the best way to decide which feet you need/want, is choose a project and see if you can turn out a nice result with the ones you have. If not, and you're going to be doing that kind of sewing a lot, then it's worth investing in a foot to make it easier and/or more professional looking. Have fun with it! |
User: HHH
Member since: 02-10-2004 Total posts: 87 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 09-15-2004, 12:22 PM (3 of 7)
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I agree -- you want a walking foot. Is that an even feed foot? You might want to wait and get new feet when you decide on a new technique to try. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: bunzino
Date: 09-15-2004, 05:51 PM (4 of 7)
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I'll also say the walking/even feed foot. It's important for layers of fabric -- thick or thin. Quilting, obviously, but also 2 layers of polarfleece or 2 layers of a silky type of fabric. If you're going to do a lot of velvet-type fabric (surface texture), then the roller or teflon foot for smooth going. I do think the best way to go is what has been suggested. Decide on your project, see if you can do it w the feet you have. If not, buy what you need. Over time, you'll build up an array of tootsies. And check eBay!! nancy |
User: bunzino
Member since: 08-16-2002 Total posts: 119 |
From: paroper
Date: 09-15-2004, 06:01 PM (5 of 7)
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Sewing for children I found that a Ruffler is almost a must. You might also like the gathering foot. I also use the smaller 1/8 inch and 1/4 inch rolled and scalloped hemmers a lot. I enjoy the applique foot for children's clothing. I use the beading and cording feet but I've used those more on evening wear than children's clothing. I usually feed my ribbon and sewn-on elastic through my zig zag opening on the zig zag foot. There are several others listed that I have used a lot in sewing and I think that it is wonderful to have the feet you need at hand but the ones that I have listed are the ones that I have used the MOST when sewing children's clothing. It really is a matter of what kind of things you like to make. Many people would use the bias tape feet too...I just don't do much of that type of sewing eventhough I have the feet. I do have a really neat zipper foot though that has a built in seam gauge that I use almost all the time when applying zippers. I don't know if it is available for machines other than the Bernina or not, but if it is, it is worth its weight in gold.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: MaryW
Date: 09-15-2004, 06:07 PM (6 of 7)
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LOL "an array of tootsies" Some people think they need everything that goes with their machine and buy it all. More power to them, they will probably try a lot of it out sooner or later. Some of them I will just never use and others are priced out of this world. I learned to gather, tuck and darn with older methods. I don't use the special feet that are available. I don't have half of those feet you have listed but I do have assorted quilting, zipper, buttonhole and zigzag feet. I think it is all according to what type of sewing you want to do. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: tropicallie
Date: 09-15-2004, 07:35 PM (7 of 7)
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I love feet and must have about 30 of them. Granted some get used on a regular basis and some rarely but they allow me to easily get more professional results on my projects. A foot I use frequently but didn't see listed (maybe Janome calls it something else) is an open-toe foot. I use this for stitching-in-the ditch, placment of deco stitches, applique, topstitching, stuff like that. A foot I have NEVER been able to get to function properly on any machine is that darn hemmer foot. Such a great idea and time saver, too. If only I could get it to work! |
User: tropicallie
Member since: 06-24-2003 Total posts: 12 |
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