I clearly remember during my high school years in the early seventies noticing the social attitudes associated with radically changing fashions. Bell bottom pants, nehru collars, mini skirts and bikinis were all considered outrageous by the conservative adult generation. I observed how social attitudes were influenced by changing fashions and thought it was so interesting that the flare of a pant leg or the shape of a neckline could evoke intense anger and resistance or for my generation, a feeling of freedom and liberation. At 15 I got the psychological connection between fashion and societal direction. Now I'm just glad that I don't have to choose between high waisted jeans or hip huggers. I'm totally digging the low rise! Peace...

Great article. I learned with the in-line method and have mostly switched to perpendicular. The exception is inset sleeves and gathers. I think in-line is better for controlling the ease and fullness. I use an upholstered tuna can as a pin cushion. It's a fun teaching project. One spot on the edge is for hand sewing needles, one spot is for three sizes of safety pins for turning tubes and pulling elastic. The rest is pins. Used to use a dish but I have an evil cat who loves to knock it over and laugh while I pick them all up.

This was great. I would love to see a demo on various bias binding feet. I bought one several years ago for my Bernina but I really don't understand how it works. I had one for my Featherweight and had problems as well.

I agree with all of you brilliant people. My Bernina edge stitching foot tops my list. It makes me look good. Every topstitch project comes out perfect. The 1/4" foot is the only way to make quilts. The walking foot, while it is a bit fussy is worth the effort for those "shifty" fabrics. Teflon, that is my everyday, every use foot. Invisible zipper, gotta have it, for certain. Bernina button hole foot...just finished a dozen buttonholes with it...all of them great..and so easy. I think a great one is the piping foot. It allows you to sew self-covered welting into a seam for pillows or cushions that is straight and tight. Though the zipper foot works too for this, the piping foot is more precise.