Are you having trouble keeping your fabric feeding straight?
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Are you having trouble keeping your fabric feeding straight?
I was surfing youtube this morning and found this little short video and thought "Wow! How interesting!" Just one little shift of our hands could make a difference in how the fabric feeds into the machine. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nj7wH8sm9RY
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Oh I never thought about that being a new hint. We were taught this in home ec decades ago. I remember it was fun to sew in circles. LOL Also if you put your left index finger against the left side of the pressure foot at the end of a seam the seam won't veer off to the right but stay straight. What happened to all the great home ec teachers who knew all this? Sad so much has been lost.
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I just simply find it easier to keep the fabric going straight especially with triangle units using my 5mm machine instead of my 9mm machines. I am assuming that I feed the fabric the same way but will have to check this out.
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Thank you DebbieJJ for the tip!
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My home ec class was late 60's we had one semester of sewing from buying fabric, reading a pattern, laying out the pattern, cutting, and complete instructions on how the machine worked. We had to deep clean the machines, oil, and set tensions that the teacher had set to zero. We learned thread weight. How to sew straight, set in sleeves, interfacings, using bias tape, hem tape, darts, sewing elastic, pintuck, inserting lace, double needle and probably lots more. An hour a day for nine school weeks we learned a lot. After sewing we went to needlework, crochet, and knitting. The second year we did baking/cooking, personal care, and home interior, housecleaning and household budgeting. I learned so much in home ec.