Metal Shank Walking Foot with Guide Bar

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This one included inside the free gift for my Bunny. You can buy this foot from Bernina dealer or online suppliers at the range of US$24-26. (I will update if I found local supplier with RM$).

The shank on this walking foot is made of metal. Most walking feet have a plastic shank.
Often people will tighten the screw too tight when attaching causing the plastic shank to break. Since this walking foot has a metal shank, this will no longer be a concern.

Great for keeping quilt layers from shifting when sewing and keeping stripes and checks matched. Fabrics lie between an upper and lower feed dog, preventing them from slipping.

The walking foot has a feeding system that works with your machines feeding system. As the lower feeding system feeds the fabric through, the walking foots feeding system feeds the fabric from the top at the same rate as the bottom feeding system.

The walking foot is great for quilting because you have several layers of fabric and the layers
can slip around. The walking foot is often called an even feed foot.

New, with instructions. Comes with guide bar. The guide bar slides into either side of this walking foot or it can be used with other types of presser feet where there is a need to sew multiple rows of stitching.

I found a picture with instruction here.

(will update my work with this feet later)

Clear Plastic All-Purpose Foot

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This one included inside the free gift for my Bunny. You can buy this foot from Bernina supplier or online store at the range of US$12-14. (I will update if I found local supplier and RM$).

The foot also called as the satin foot or the applique foot. It is very ideal for precision embroidery, applique, cutwork and monogramming. Nothing stands in the way of our creative vision. The cut out on the underside of the foot accommodates satin stitching and the clear plastic ensures greater visibility while sewing.

The bottom of the foot has a wedge shaped indentation, which allows even satin stitching to glide under the foot without dragging. The angle in the indentation makes it possible to turn curves easily. 

The toes of the foot are shorter, compared to a regular zigzag foot, for greater maneuverability while sewing (we can turn the fabric more easily for smoother stitching lines, an important asset when embellishing fabric).

Worth to have this kind of foot because it is great for all of the following:

• Heirloom hemstitching
• Hemstitched squares, heirloom sewing
• Hemstitched applique, heirloom sewing
• 3-D applique 
• Blanket stitch applique 
• Decorative stitch applique 
• Blind applique
• Madeira applique 
• Mola applique 
• Reverse applique 
• Satin stitch applique 
• Shadow applique 
• Stained glass applique 
• Chain stitch 
• Couching sequins 
• Fringe 
• Shadow hems 
• Lace-making 
• Crazy patch quilting 
• Stipple quilting 
• Corded scallops 
• Off-the-edge scallops 
• Smocking

I found a video guide in using this foot for applique and decorative stitching here.

Here is a sewing instructions for applique:

1. Cut out a desired shape and fused to the right side of a cotton
2. Place stabilizer under the cotton piece
3. Select zig-zag stitch (refer your machine manual)
4. Set to medium stitch length and narrow stitch width
5. Sew around the shape's edge
6. Repeat the previous process with a closer stitch length and wider stitch width to ensure that all of the shape's raw edges is covered by stitching

Good luck on yours!

Bunny : Test drive

Straight line

This is my 1st time driving my Bunny and I am just finished reading the manual for the 3rd time :) gheee! Moving to the next step, let's heat it up!

I decided to make a pin cushion. Here we go! Sew a straight line ;) I have no issue with the thread tension yet. (that was what I am so scared of! Phew!)

Finished result

A pin cushion

Made with Bernina!

So it is true that this machine is easy to handle and sewing is fun! I guess sewing is a great therapy too! I just need to adjust my schedule so that I could enjoy more!

Great tips!
Sewing a straight line

My sewing machine is here!

Finally, my dream came true yesterday! I own a sewing machine and it's a Bernina! Yay! I am totally zero about sewing machine but I believe I will be operating the machine very soon! From zero-to-hero! Follow my journey ^_^

Hey, I was thinking about to name her... emmm... I want to call her "Bunny". Yes she is my Bunny!

Comes together with my Bunny is a FREE portable extension table! Before the package arrived I was thinking it was a table that I can put my Bunny on it. No I was totally wrong HAHA...

Lucky that my mentor was with me (via online chat) when I try to put them together. So this how they are supposed to look like -->

I love the table. It is made by acrylic material, very thick and clear plastic. Read more about acrylic here. It is going to be useful when I am sewing larger quilt. I will start sewing baju kurung for my little princess before I go quilting. And perhaps some simple pants for the boys.

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I got FREE walking foot and quilting foot too! Offer valid until 16 September 2009! Check at my mentor's shop for more details!

And last but not least, I bought at a special price for this full set of extra foot set in a smart-storage! Check with my mentor if you are interested!

View all pictures of my sewer here.



p.s. thank you so much Kak Zila!

A liltle organizing

I purposely bought this Danish biscuit because I want the round-tin to store my threads.



This is also biscuit's storage that I intentionally bought for my sewing storage.



When I bought jam in a bottle, I always collect it and reuse as a storage for some spices and recently to store my sewing items too.

Keep organized!