Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Machine Techniques—Nancy Fiedler. . . . . . 5

Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Buttonholes and Eyelets . . . . . . . . .6

Circular Sewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Couching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Decorative Stitch Quilting . . . . . . .8

Ditch Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Free-motion Sewing/Quilting . . 10

Projects

Front Door

Welcome Quilt by Kathy Bond . . . . . . . . . . 19

Couching, Embroidery, Free-motion

Quilting, Piping, Pintuck Pleats

Triangular Pillows by Elaine Yingling. . . . 26

Circular Sewing, Couching, Decorative

Stitching, Ditch Stitching, Smocking,

Pintucks, Piping, Rolled Hem, Twin-needle

Quilting

Fringe Fantasy by Valora Hammond . . . . . . 31

Circular Sewing, Ditch Stitching,

Embellished Binding, Embroidery, Fringing

Now I Know My ABCs by Kim Schultz. . . . . 36

Double-fold Binding, Embroidery, Free-

motion Quilting, Wavy Pintucks

Yipes! Stripes! by Nancy Fiedler . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Double-fold Binding, Buttonholes, Corded

Pintucks, Decorative Stitch Quilting,

Embroidery, Piping

Victorian Romance by LuAnne Hartley . . . . 44

Corded Pintucks, Couching

Magnificent Mantels by Louis Carney . . . . 47

Free-motion Sewing

Twisted Ribbon by Valora Hammond . . . . . . 50

Couching, Ditch Stitching, Embroidery,

Reverse Bobbin Work

Elegant Stitches by Nancy Fiedler . . . . . . . . 56

Binding, Couching, Fringing, Decorative

Stitch Quilting, Reverse Bobbin Work

Monochromatic Glamour by Kim Schultz . 59

Diamond Pintucks, Eyelets, Ruffl er

Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Fringing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Pintucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Reverse Bobbin Work . . . . . . . . . 15

Rolled Hem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Ruffl es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Smocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Twin Needle Stitching/Quilting 17

Contents

More Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler 7

Machine Techniques

machine will allow you to correctly size the button.

Be sure to follow the directions for the machine and

always use a stabilizer on the wrong side of the fabric

to prevent puckers. Test the buttonhole or eyelet on a

stabilized scrap of the same fabric the project will be

made from. If a more satin look is desired, shorten the

stitch length.

Buttonholes don’t have to be used for just buttons.

Buttonholes for eyelets to weave 1" ribbon through

are used in Yipes! Stripes! on page 39.

A tulle fl ower was created by weaving tulle ribbon in

and out of machine-sewn eyelets on Kim Schultz’s

Monochromatic Glamour pillow on page 59.

Circular SewingCircles can be simple to create with a circular sewing

attachment. Check with your local sewing machine

dealer to fi nd the one compatible with your sewing

machine.

Set the pivot point of the attachment for the radius (½

the diameter) of the circle.

Select the appropriate foot for the stitch chosen and be

sure to place a stabilizer on the wrong side of the fabric

to avoid puckers. Sew at a medium speed and watch

as the circle automatically appears. See how Elaine

Yingling used circular sewing on her Triangular

Pillows on page 26.

CouchingCouching has been used in hand embroidery for

centuries. It involves placing a thread or cord in

position and then sewing over it with another thread

to hold it in place. Th is is so easy with a sewing

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Machine Techniques

Reverse Bobbin WorkAn interesting way to add decorative detail is reverse

bobbin work. Th is technique allows the use of threads

that cannot be threaded through the needle.

Nancy Fiedler’s method uses all types of thread—perle

cotton, fi ne yarns, YLI® Designer 6®, silk ribbon—any

type of thread that will not go through the sewing

machine needle.

Attach a piping foot, or, to make mini piping, the

pintuck foot. A zipper foot can also be used if the cord

is too large to fi t in the groove of the piping foot.

Set the machine for a straight stitch.

Wrap a bias strip around the cord and place it under

the foot. See the sidebar on making continuous bias

strips .

Sew the length of the bias strip encasing the cord.

Use the piping foot when sewing the piping to the

fabric.

More Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler 19

Front Door Welcome Quilt17½" x 39½"

Designed and sewn by Kathy Bond

26 More Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler

Triangular Pillows18" x 25"

Designed and sewn by Elaine A. Yingling, Arlington, Texas

More Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler 31

Fringe Fantasy36" x 36"

Designed and sewn by Valora Hammond, Denver, Colorado

50 More Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler

Twisted Ribbon29" x 66"

Designed and sewn by Valora Hammond, Denver, Colorado

50 Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine – Nancy Fiedler