Tag: machine

• Domestic Sewing Machine

  Choosing a home sewing machine for dressmaking - mechanical vs computerised, which features matter, essential feet, threading and tension basics, and the cleaning routine that fixes most stitching problems.

• Industrial Sewing Machine

  What sets industrial machines apart from home machines - single-purpose design, speed, servo and clutch motors, the main machine types - and whether one makes sense in a home sewing room.

• Serger / Overlocker

  What an overlocker does and doesn't do, 3-thread vs 4-thread stitches, rolled hems, differential feed, threading and tension tips, and how to start, finish and secure overlocked seams.