Hmmm. I have an older machine in a cabinet that was given to me. Don't recall what it is, other than you have to hand crank it! It has a lot of accessory parts and I haven't a clue what most of them are for. It works fine.

On a more prosaic note, I have my grandmother's early 1940's Pfaff with the original cabinet. My granddaughter is learning to sew on it.

I have an early or mid-1930's Singer, also in a cabinet, and my granddaughter's friend has been learning to sew on it.

I also have 2 old portable machines I found in my mother's garage after she passed away. I only opened them once and don't recall what they are nor do I know if they even work! One of these days ....

How cool is that! That solves my binding problem on quilts with inside corners! Thank you!

To Arlene: it isn't a pattern that you print and use to cut your fabrics. You simply follow the dimensions written in the instructions and cut pieces to those dimensions. Hope that helps you.

I'd like to design fabric for my tween aged grand daughters. Most choices are either to juvenile or to mature.

Ooops. Thank you to author gailete for the suggestion of incorporating into a quilt.

FiberArtiste: to print, go to the top of the article. There is a small inset box with the option to PRINT.

Very interesting. I am especially intrigued by FiberArtiste's suggestion of incorporating into art quilts.

I wish I'd been able to locate the prior 2 articles referenced in this one about other insertion methods.

I came late learning to sew and now my granddaughters, who live with us, also want to learn. I know I can use all the help I can get.

Sounds interesting.

Started teaching my granddaughter to sew last year (now 7) and have been stumped for ideas to help her learn. Looking forward to seeing this book.

I started with a basic serger from Brother and had nothing but problems with it. A few years ago, I bought a BabyLock imagine and it works great. But I've never been able to master any of the specialty feet or stitches. Any help would be most appreciated.

That's it? How do you deal with the bulk in the seams? How did you get the effects of channels on the back of the jacket? What about collars and/or cuffs? What kind of style is best suited this type of quilted jacked (what kinds of patterns should I look for). Great idea, just wish there had been more information.

Darts have given me headaches since I started learning to sew (about 7 years ago). This is looks so easy and I can't wait to try it on my next "darted" project!

There are some construction elements I don't understand. For example, it says "Hem the back and front separately". If so doing, then how do you complete the components and not have the side seams showing after you attach the front and back? Same question for the sleeves.

I was looking at the web site for Studio Tantrum and unable to identify the pattern. Could you tell me the name of the pattern you used for this very cute dress? Thank you.