I now have my Bernina 1008, and some of the many feet I splurged on. I
bought both Bernina feet and generic feet to use with an adapter. I have
spent decades doing most operations without special feet, but have
decided to try some new feet and see if they change my life. I also
bought an old
Fran-
I had a walking foot for my Bernina, but I sold it. I found myself not
really needing it, and not liking it when I did use it. Save yourself some
money and don't buy one.
You shouldn't need to baste the seam before sewing it with your new Bernina,
UNLESS it's velvet. Pinning should be
I use mine for creepy-crawlies like velvet and sheers, and for leather.
~Aurora
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Kim Baird kba...@cableone.net wrote:
Fran-
I had a walking foot for my Bernina, but I sold it. I found myself not
really needing it, and not liking it when I did use it. Save
I bought mine to use for sewing my canvas pavilion. Worked like a dream. I
have been told that one should always be used when sewing velvet.
Aurora Celeste auroracele...@gmail.com 9/21/12 5:21 PM
I use mine for creepy-crawlies like velvet and sheers, and for leather.
~Aurora
On Fri, Sep
You mean the Bernina 1008 will actually sew over pins? I gave that up
after I (immediately and very expensively) ruined the timing on the
machine I bought right after the Sears Kenmore died. The Kenmore would
sew over anything, so I assumed the newer machines would. Big mistake,
in that
On Sep 21, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
My question is this: I hand baste all my seams before sewing them
and therefore, have never needed a walking foot. Does anyone here
get any better use of walking feet than basting? (The walking foot
is one I did not buy.) If so, for
I figured it might be useful for quilting. I find that basting is quite
enough for garment layers of velvet, satin, etc., though.
During the second half of the 19th century, home sewers could buy
fabrics pre-quilted by machine.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
I got a walking foot
