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Machine Sewing Made Easier. The Cotton Patch supplies the Pfaff GrandQuilter, perfect for patchwork and quilting. We also recommend the Bernina Aurora 440QE sewing machine with its BSR foot. Click here for details.
Sewing Machine Accessories Enhance your patchwork and quilting experience with these two superb feet. Both are patented designs so you won't find anything quite like them on any other machine. The Big Foot now comes as standard with the Anniversary Edition.
Tips for Comfortable SewingSewing can be an enjoyable hobby and is an excellent outlet for creativity. Being so involved in that creativity and not taking breaks can mean that joints and muscles start aching. There are a number of reasons why this happens: ·
Rounding
the shoulders and leaning forward takes the head out of alignment with the spine
leading to pain in the shoulders and neck. ·
Machine
sewing with one hip forward on the foot pedal and one foot back can skew the
pelvis causing lower back pain. ·
Being
immobile for long periods leads to muscles becoming sore. ·
Repetitive
strain injury can occur from doing the same movements again and again. Take
a look at how you set up your sewing area and assess whether you: ·
Sit
at the sewing machine square on so that your hips, legs and knees are balanced
and in alignment. ·
Use
an adjustable office-type chair with lumbar support and adjustable seat and
height mechanisms to get a comfortable fit.
Click
here for more information about our Horn
Hobby Chair. ·
Tilt
your sewing machine so that you don’t have to bend over it to see where
you’re sewing. Click
here for more information about the Tilt’able™ ·
Take
a 10 minute break every hour to stretch your muscles – try gentle exercises
such as shoulder rotations forward and backward, gentle twisting from the hip
and stretching to the side. ·
If
you have been focusing on your machine sewing your eyes may be tired and also
need some gentle limbering up – try eye rotations up and down, to the side and
diagonally. Another useful exercise
it to hold a finger about 12 inches from your face to focus on and then focus on
the far distance (repeat several times). ·
Select
an area that is well-lit and investigate the options for replacing bulbs with
Daylight Bulbs or Lamps. Click
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