Sewing Machine Presser Feet

Knowing when and which sewing foot to use in every application can be mind boggling. There are a wide assortment of sewing machine presser feet to choose from .Some feet are used for home dec, quilting, fashion, others for heirloom and craft sewing.

Make sure when choosing a sewing foot that you know the correct make and model of your sewing machine. Ninety percent of the sewing foot market will be the low shank snap- on, these feet generally cost less. Many major companies such as Brother, Janome, Babylock, Simplicity, White and some newer Singers employ the low shank snap on foot. Some other sewing companies make feet that only fit their machines, charging you, the customer, excessive amounts of money! Beware!

The most used foot in the sewing machine foot arsenal is the zig zag foot. The zig zag foot is used for most straight stitches and most utitilies stitches.

The regular snap on zipper foot has two positions, left and right in order to install the regular style zipper.

Regular zippers can be attached either by using the adjustable zipper foot or snap on zipper foot. The adjustable zipper foot can also be used to install piping.

The straight stitch foot is used with a straight stitch to create a more crisp stitch. The staight stitch foot can also be used with a straight stitch plate when available.

The walking foot, also known as the even foot is used for quilting and hard to handle fabrics such as velvets. This foot walks along the top of the fabric at the same rate as the feed dogs travel to create an even feed on layers.

The rolled hem – Making a very small rolled hem is done by turning the fabric and placing a straight stitch on top. This techique is accomplished by using the narrow hem foot (rolled hem Foot).

The gathering foot or shirring foot gives gentile gathered folds instead of the pleated look of the ruffler.

Pintucks are evenly spaced, small horizontal or vertical tuck, about 1/8 to inch wide. Using a twin needle and the pintuck foot heirloom projects come to life.

The adjustable blindhem foot is great because you can roll the guide of the foot exactly where you need it, thus getting the perfect blindhem.

Is your foot bunching material, not feeding right, leaving marks on your velvets? Then try using a roller foot! The roller foot feeds easier on materials such as leathers, vinyl’s, some elastics and pile materials.

A ruffler is used for making pleats. Pleats are usually found on bedding and shirts.

These are only a few of the sewing presser feet explained! There are many to help you along your way. We have picked these because they are the most common, sew have fun!

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