Five Reasons to Use Specialty Presser Feet for Sewing Projects
Here are five reasons to use specialty presser feet in your sewing projects. More …
A Guide to BERNINA Non-Stick Presser Feet
Nothing is more frustrating than struggling with a fabric that just won’t feed smoothly under the needle. There’s an easy solution to this problem that will let you make projects from any form of plastic or leather. More …
Easy On, Easy Off BERNINA Presser Feet
Learn how to attach and remove the one-piece BERNINA presser feet. More …
A Guide to BERNINA Free-Motion Presser Feet
Free-motion stitching offers a variety of techniques, both decorative and practical. Thread painting, darning, needle sketching, free-motion quilting and embroidered eyelets are just a few of the techniques you can stitch by lowering the feed dog and moving the fabric with your hands. Free-Motion Presser Feet Free-motion presser feet are designed to sit above the More …
National Sewing Machine Day Celebration
Happy National Sewing Machine Day! Each year, June 13th is a day to honor the invention of the sewing machine and how it has changed the way we sew. You can use your sewing machine as a way to be creative, to express your personal style, and to sew to serve others. Learn more about More …
BERNINA All-purpose Presser Feet and Their Characteristics
There are several BERNINA all-purpose presser feet, each with its own characteristics. Here is an overview. More …
BERNINA Buttonhole Accessories
Make perfect buttonholes to finish off your project with these BERNINA buttonhole feet and accessories. More …
Circular Embroidery Attachment #83 Tips and Techniques
We recently asked our readers during National Sewing Month in September, “Which presser feet or accessories would you like to learn more about?” and noticed right away there were lots of comments about the BERNINA Circular embroidery attachment #83! This unique attachment allows you to sew and embroider perfect circles or semicircles and is easily screwed directly More …
BERNINA Presser Feet Storage Tip
When I say foot control, I’m not talking about the pedal you step on to power your machine. This post is about how I organize and store my BERNINA presser feet and accessories. One of the most often asked questions when I am teaching is, “How do you store your presser feet?” Over the years More …
BERNINA Presser Feet
This post is part of our blog series celebrating 125 years of the BERNINA company. Each post will bring you a little more of the history of BERNINA, along with modern inspiration. For more information on this series, and earlier posts, click here. In 1954, BERNINA marketed the first sewing machine with a patented clip-on More …
Top 10 Presser Feet BERNINA Ambassadors Love!
One thing that BERNINA dealers, educators, loyalists, and ambassadors all agree on is the quality and precision of BERNINA machines and accessories. Whether you’re making piping, free-motion quilting, smocking or shirring, inserting zippers, or working with multiple layers of heavy weight fabrics like denim or leather—there is a presser foot for the job. Today I’m going More …
Tips For Stitching with Seam Guides
Learn how to use seam guides for spacing out stitches with precision in this post from award winning quilter, Charlotte Warr Andersen. There is a handy-dandy tool that came in the accessories package with your BERNINA sewing machine. You may have used it extensively, or you may have looked at it once or twice and wondered, “What More …