Quilting a Large Quilt on a Small Sewing Machine

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Lindsay Conner (Craftsy blog) wrote, "Many, many quilters regularly quilt large quilts (queen, king and larger) on a domestic machine.

But how does it all fit within the machine’s small neck? With a little practice and by following the tips on the blog post Nine Tips for Quilting a Large Quilt on a Small Sewing Machine, you should be able to get better results when quilting a bed-size quilt on your small machine."

Older Sewing Machine Care

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If your machine is older, out of warranty, you have nothing to lose by trying to make it run better yourself.

Carole (From My Carolina Home) shares how to fix an old machine making strange noises, or maintain an older machine so you can continue to get good service from it.

Older Sewing Machine Care

Sew a Curly Hem with Fishing Line

The curly hem with fishing line is a really fun effect that adds body and bounce to your hemlines. The video shows how to recreate this technique on a sewing machine.

Sewing Thread Weight

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Leslie from The Seasoned Homemaker takes the mystery out of thread selection for machine sewing, machine embroidery, serging, and hand sewing in her post:
All About Thread Weight

Sewing Needle Disposal

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Becky from Patchwork Posse shares how to dispose of sewing needles safely in her post: Sewing Needle Disposal.

The free printable is available on Craftsy

Stay Sharp and Sew printable

Video Quilting Tutorials

If you learn best by seeing a technique demonstrated, check out the informative step-by-step videos of tools and techniques on Connecting Threads, and take your learning to the next level.

Note that there are three pages of videos available

Making a Rolled Hem

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The rolled hem foot sews just that, a narrow rolled hem that's pretty on scarves, blouses, dresses, or even curtains.

If you have a lot of hemming to do, this little tool might save you lots of time and effort. It has a little twirly part (called the curl) in front that rolls the fabric raw edge into a hem for you.

A tutorial on how to use the foot can be found here.

900+ Free Sewing Patterns

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Looking for some summer sewing projects? 

SewingSupport.com offers over 900 free sewing patterns for every sewing level. Beginners will love the ease of some of these and practicing will help you to move on up to the more expert levels. Whether you are an avid sewing enthusiast or you just like to tinker with your sewing machine from time to time, you are sure to find a pattern that you just have to make.

Weird Presser Feet Guide

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If you are like the authors of Right Sides Together, a good percentage of the presser feet that came with your machine have lingered, lonely and unused, in a storage compartment. The presser feet may look like weird torture devices or appear like they’d be terribly difficult to use; however, presser feet are designed to make sewists' lives easier. If you venture out of your comfort zone and experiment with the various presser feet, you'll see how to use your machine to its full potential.

Curious about how to use your weird presser feet? Right Sides Together shares a quick guide 

to the ones you’re likely to encounter or need the most.

Transfer Thread to Smaller Spools

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One of the top tips from Makery is transferring thread from a large cone to spools.

The step by step tutorial shows how easily it can be done.

Pfixing the Pfaff

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Carole, (From My Carolina Home) provides tips to owners of older Pfaffs on how to clean and maintain the machine.

She reveals how to remove the top lid to gain access to the machine head and to even remove the batteries that power the control screen. These helpful tips may apply to other types of machines, so it's worth checking out her post, entitled Pfixing the Pfaff.