Fabric crafts have taken a major leap forward in recent years, thanks to companies like Bernina, Pfaff and the venerable Singer. These and other companies have produced sewing machines that have made it possible for people to do machine stitching that until this point was limited only to programmed machines in large factories. Designs and styles on items that could only be acquired at great expense before have become something that can be created at home.
The creative machine revolution took the professional stitching out of the factories and brought it into the homes of creative Americans. It’s true that you still need to practice a bit and learn to use the machine properly, but it has now become possible to create patterns on home fabrics that would have been very costly in the past. If you’re making a square dancing costume, you can place elaborate country style decoration across the shoulders of your shirt, for example. You can also add machine stitching to household linens, to set your own style.
If you go beyond embroidery into the quilting realm, then there are sewing machines that can handle that art as well. In fact, some machines come with pre-set pattern quilting designs to use as you join your pieces together or as you sew a large stitched pattern into a single-colored quilt. Whether you want to get that elaborate with the quilting, though, may be determined by how dedicated you really want to be. Even a fairly simple but complete quilting project will probably be a lot more involved than a quite complex piece of embroidery work.
Machine stitching may become your obsession for a while, the first time you start to use that function on your own machine in a serious way. One of the fun things about learning to use this sewing machine feature is that you’ll start finding uses for these fabric crafts in places you hadn’t noticed before. Others in the family may raise their eyebrows at the monogrammed socks, but at least you’ll be getting practice. And you’ll start noticing patterns where you hadn’t seen them before too, and will soon learn when a design is too cluttered, when it is lean and elegant, and when it’s bright and playful. Learning stitching techniques can be very entertaining.
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