Book

Decorative machine stitching : essential machine-side tips and techniques / the editors of Singer Worldwide.

Chanhassen, Minn. : Creative Pub. international, Inc., ©2008.

112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

The book is designed for readers working on any type of sewing machine. Although it provides an overview of the many types of software, specialty machines, and computer applications available for decorative stitching, this book presents techniques that succeed with even the most basic sewing machine. Bold page headings and color-tabbed pages help readers find information fast. Clear, concise chartsof hand and machine techniques, specialty threads, must-have accessories, and computer-based optionsmake it quick and easy to decide just which special touches to add to a project, and how. With all-new text and colorful, concise line drawings, SINGER delivers the same reliable information its long been known for -- in a handy format and style that will appeal to the modern sewer.

Singer simple

Singer simple.

Machine sewing.

Fancy work.

Textile crafts.

Creative Publishing International.

Includes index.

Craving something special? -- Machines and tools (Choosing a machine -- Presser feet -- Needles -- Choosing the right needle -- Sewing and measuring tools -- Marking tools -- Cutting tools -- Machine accessories) -- Fabric, thread, and stabilizers (Fabric selection -- Knit and pile fabrics -- Embroidery thread -- Thread choices -- Bobbin thread -- About stabilizers -- Types of stabilizers -- Securing stabilizers) -- Before you start (Prepare your work space -- Prepare your machine -- Prepare your fabric -- About stitch tension -- Check before you stitch) -- About design (Sources for design ideas -- Embroidery designs -- Creating original designs -- Working with color -- Positioning -- Stitch samplers) -- Embroidery techniques for sewing machines (Embroidering with a sewing machine -- Computerized sewing machines -- Bobbin work -- Free-motion embroidery -- Couching -- Ribbon embroidery -- Appliqué -- Satin-stitch appliqué -- Specialty appliqués -- Trapunto -- Smocking -- Beads and sequins -- Lace insertion -- Fagoting -- Hemstitching -- Pintucks) -- Digitized embroidery (Embroidery designs and formats -- CDs, disks, and the Internet -- The reader/writer box -- Editing on the embroidery machine -- Working with your computer -- Digitizing images) -- Stitching digitized designs (Reading the screen display -- Selecting a hoop -- Positioning the design -- How to hoop -- Hoopless embroidery -- Test-stitching -- Embroidering, step by step -- Monogramsand lettering -- Borders, corners, and frames -- Edge finishes -- Three-dimensional motifs -- Lace motifs -- Hooped appliqué -- Appliqué with templates -- Appliqué without templates -- Cutwork) -- Decorative serger stitching (Sergers -- Thread selection -- Basic serger stitches -- Decorative effects -- Serger settings) -- Decorative hand stitching (Fabric and thread -- Needles and other supplies -- Transferring designs to fabric -- Embroidery hoops and frames -- Hooping fabric -- Starting and finishing -- Hand-embroidery stitches -- Smocking -- Monograms -- Appliqué -- Beads, sequins, and rhinestones) -- Quick references (Stablizers -- Quick fixes -- Glossary of terms).

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