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• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Your Sewing Machine's Overlock Stitch

  Did you know that most regular sewing machines have a special overlock stitch that mimics a serger's stitch? It's true! My Bernina has one, ...

• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Tutorial: Adding Boning to a High Waistband

  This is a technique that I've been researching for quite some time. So when Sunni approached me about contributing to her Ginger sew-along ,...

• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: My Bernina 1008: Two Years Later

  I only just now realized that I've had my Bernina 1008 for over two years! When I was in the market for a new machine, I asked your opin...

• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Dealing with Pattern Ease

  Here’s a topic that gets a lot of discussion, but I think the info bears repeating: ease in patterns. I’ve been makin...

• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Building a Sewing Library

  I've always been a book person. I grew up in a town where the library was a converted one-room schoolhouse and I remember clearly the tiny c...

• Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Tips for Sewing with Velvet

  Ah, velvet. So lovely, yet so cruel. This is a fabric that seems to have a mind and body of its own. It moves without warning, shifts inch...