Quilting & Sewing Videos » Sewing Machine Tutorial http://www.quilt-video.com Inspirational and Educational Videos! Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:02:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sewing Maching Tension Issues http://www.quilt-video.com/2010/05/21/sewing-maching-tension-issues/ http://www.quilt-video.com/2010/05/21/sewing-maching-tension-issues/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 10:27:15 +0000 admin http://www.quilt-video.com/?p=390 Eric, of Sailrite, gives a good demonstration of two common sewing machine tension issues. Although he makes videos for sailmaking, the use of the sewing machine (and common errors) is the same for all sewing enthusiasts and his tips are good ones and his videos are very well made :)

And Part 2:

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Be sure to check out Pat’s Blog for lots of great inspiration and fun!

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]]> http://www.quilt-video.com/2010/03/12/threads-magazine-offers-learn-to-sew-series/feed/ 1 Sewing Machine Tongue Twister :) http://www.quilt-video.com/2009/12/04/sewing-machine-tongue-twister/ http://www.quilt-video.com/2009/12/04/sewing-machine-tongue-twister/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:38:35 +0000 admin http://www.quilt-video.com/?p=283 There are two terms in sewing that can be easily confused because of the similarity of their names. The PRESSURE setting and the PRESSER foot. This video attempts to sort out the difference, explaining how the pressure settings on the presser foot work and how and why to change the settings, as well as how to find the pressure setting control on various machines.
Marguerita McManus, author of the book Crazy Shortcut Quilts does the demo:

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