Using 20% of your sewing machine 80% of the time...
#12
My mom bought a Brother sewing machine in 1963 which I now use. It is heavy, made of metal and has no bells or whistles, does forward, backward and zigzag. Marvelous machine and as long as it keeps on keeping on I will continue to use it. I would probably say I use 100% of this machines options, which is easy considering there is not a large selection to choose from. LOL
#13
Originally Posted by Popcorn
I have heard that most people use only 20% of their sewing machine 80% of the time and got to thinking about it today. I have to say that I fall into that catagory myself. I was wondering if anyone has any photos of how they have used the other "80% of stitches" that are on their machines.
I think I'm doing really well with the 20% on the sewing machine.
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Originally Posted by pookie ookie
Originally Posted by Popcorn
I have heard that most people use only 20% of their sewing machine 80% of the time and got to thinking about it today. I have to say that I fall into that catagory myself. I was wondering if anyone has any photos of how they have used the other "80% of stitches" that are on their machines.
I think I'm doing really well with the 20% on the sewing machine.
#16
I made a couple of baby quilts just so I could use every decorative stitch on my machine. I'll try to find photos of it and post in the pictures section in a minute. Basically I put together fabric pieces in the same color family then quilted using a different decorative stitch for each seam.
#17
I'm probably in the 10% range 9% of the time but I am doing a quilt for a little girl for Christmas right now and have used the embroidery letters to put her name on the side and hearts on the top along with a swirl stitch so on this one I actually used a couple of the other stitches my Janome 6500 has. I only have used 3 of the feet that came with it including the walking foot so maybe when I find the book I will have to see what some of the other feet do.
#19
I use mainly straight stitch and zig zag, but have used many of the special stitches my Brother machine HS2000 has to offer. I love it!! Sometimes I add fancy stitching to frames in a baby panel quilt and they're great for other projects too!
#20
I made a Crazy Quilt Tree Skirt for DS & DIL. Used just about every stitch on my Janome 6600P. Used the little * stitch as a tacking stitch all over instead of quilting the whole thing. Bought the circle attachment & use it for labels. Program in the information and spin it.
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