Enjoy an entertaining look at the history of the Featherweight sewing machine. Expanded third edition updated with the latest research. Packed with photos, stories, and handy information. Learn to date and troubleshoot your machine. A fun read for quilters, Featherweight owners, and history buffs.

    Among the sewing techniques Martha shares ...are French sewing by machine, lace shaping, English smocking, and shadow embroidery. Inside you'll find more than 150 shadow embroidery designs and 13 graphed smocking plates.

    Let Claire Shaeffer's expert hand guide your needle with fully explained illustrations and step-by-step instructions. You'll practically be an expert with this book at your side.

    Work with complete step-by-step instructions to make any of the 10 great quilts in this exciting book. Printed in 2 colors for ease in piecing.

    After all, it's an entirely different piece of equipment from your sewing machine.Yet you know it's worth mastering. The serger has made sewing more fun than ever for hundreds of thousands of home sewers.Tammy Young and Lori Bottom, two of America's top serger authorities, understand your fears and your needs. In "ABCs of Serging," they have sorted out the most important facts, applied them to every serger brand and model, and organized them in t a logical, step-by-step format so that anyone can work through the book and learn to use the machine to its full potential.In addition, a National Serger Teachers Advisory Board of seven experts has added special tips to help you progress.Once you've mastered the basics, much more awaits. You'll be ready for the exciting world of serging: fast garment construction, advanced decorative techniques, home decorating projects, serger quilting, and heirloom serging. Tammy Young has co-authored seven other serging books to entice you.Learn your ABCs and you'll soon expand your entire serger vocabulary.