These machines use two looper threads and two needle threads to form a dense seam that encloses the raw edge of fabric; this prevents fraying and provides a professional finish—think the inseam ...

If you want to take in waists, or even create new items of clothing, it's time to get a machine. But first, how to thread a sewing machine?

The first to file a patent on a sewing machine, a cabinetmaker named Thomas Saint, used a needle above and a “looper” below that caught the lowered thread and shaped the stitches into a chain ...

The spool pin holds a thread spool on a homeowner machine but it serves as a guide on an industrial. Pass the thread through the upper hole first, from back to front (toward you).

From the outside, a sewing machine is a wonderful bit of magic. A needle shoves thread up and down, and somehow a seam is formed. Here's a little YouTube video of this: What is that thread ...

[Cynthia] has shared a great video of machine sewing parallel lines of conductive thread onto ribbon using a cording foot which usually comes standard with most machines. This technique could be p… ...