St. Martin's Griffin The Sewing Machine Accessory Bible: Get the Most Out of Your Machine---From Using Basic Feet to Mastering Specialty Feet

Fantastic book, very useful, lots of information. Please check the photos. Thank you.

This is an excellent, well written, photographically superb book. I have been sewing for years and recently found this book. Modern materials need modern techniques. This book is wonderful for getting the best out of your machine and your material. From different types of feet, to needles and thread for different materials. Right up to stitch widths and tensions for the aforementioned. I can use my bautiful stash of materials, from heavily embroidered to stretch and fleece with no problems. No more machine eating stretchy, no more missed stitches from jumping over heavily embroidered or Denim seams. Sequined material, no problem. Needle sizes no problem and so on, I love this book the money it cost? I would have paid treble for this lovely book. Have reccomended it to four other other people who have also bought it. Showed it to a lovely young lady just starting out, who really loved it, so obtained one for her. This will be one of 'your treasures' a turn to book for years to come. Needed this one 40 yrs ago! Do you know a sewer? A superb Xmas or birthday present for them. Buy it and you won't regret it.

Brilliant wee book for an , ahem, rather mature, novice like me! I was almost scared to take my first ever machine out of the box, then found all these mysterious bits included in a wee bag. But with this book I am scared no longer . I probably won't use most of those bits, but at least I know what they are for now... And there's great instructions on starting up, too, like the mystery of threading.., and some good info on basics like different types of sewing threads and so on. A whole new world has opened up..hurray!

This book is packed full of detailed info. Subjects that you might only ever see a couple of lines written about in general sewing books, this book is much more detailed. Each foot in the book has between 2 - 4 page sides written about it. Inc what it looks like (great for IDing unknown feet in your stash), how to use, and an ideas file. And LOTS of clear photos. I have many sewing bible type books that have all the detailed sewing techniques, projects etc. But this book is different, as it just concentrates on the sewing machine & accessories, so is able to go into much more detail. I have just bought a huge set of universal presser feet from Amazon, so this book was a must have to understand what they each do and how to use them. But I would recommend this book to anyone who uses a sewing machine, you don't have to have 10s of feet! It has become an essential reference book for me. Includes detailed info on different needles and threads, types of fabric, and obviously different presser feet. A great book. Just wish I had discovered it years ago!

Most of us have several different feet for our sewing machines and probably just use two or three. My latest sewing machine has 15 and I was feeling overwhelmed and no idea how to use most of them. So I invested in this book and it is now one of my go-to sewing manuals.The early pages take you through sewing machines and the types of shanks and feet. There are then three sections dealing with groups of feet. Each double page spread deals with a single foot with photographs of the foot from different manufacturers, photographs and explanations of what the foot is used for, how to use the foot and other things you can use the foot for.All the explanations are demonstrated with close up photographs and, where necessary, broken down into sections. The whole book is beautifully presented in full colour. Highly recommended if you want to get the most out of your sewing machine.