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IKEA SY Sewing Machine Review

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Tag: ikea, sewing machine, for beginners, mechanical, review

Ikea SY sewing machine

IKEA started selling SY sewing machine just for $59. It is the cheapest sewing machine on the market, which can sew real things. It is small, light-weight, very simple and easy to use. IKEA SY is not a toy, like Michley sewing machines. It is the perfect machine for basic sewing and beginners at very affordable price.

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Coverstitch Machine Compare Chart

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Tag: compare chart, coverstitch, elna, bernina, brother, janome, merrylock

Coverstitch Machine compare chart (bernina, Janome, Juki, Merrylock, elna)

If you are looking for coverstitch machine and don't sure which one is better for you, take a look at that compare chart. This chart includes 8 models by Bernina, Janome, Brother, Merrylock and Elna.

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Singer 160 Limited Edition Machine

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Tag: singer, vintage, design, limited edition

Singer 160 Limited edition

The SINGER® brand continues to celebrate the 160th anniversary & launches The SINGER 160™ Limited Edition Machine. It cost $499 and will be available in January 2012.

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How the Ruffler Foot works

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Tag: foot, accessories

ruffler foot

Great time saving accessory for your sewing machine [video]

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Toyota Super Jeans Sewing Machine Review

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toyota super jeans

Let me tell a few words about the new Toyota Super Jeans sewing machine. This machine can sew through 12 layers of 12oz denim or 9 layers of 14oz & 12oz denim. So it allows you to choose almost any kind of apparel fabric for your project. It has 13 preset stitches (straight stitch, zig-zag, blind stitch, 4-step buttonhole and decorative stitches), built-in neeadle threader, horizontal bobbin type, preset presser foot pressure, built-in thread cutter, printed adviser and new argonomic design.

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Excellent Design — Toyota QB2 K500B Sewing Machine (2007)

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Tag: designed sewing machines, industrial design, toyota, design

toyota QB2 K500B

This toy like Toyota sewing machine has a very convinient ergonomic and fun design. Transformer concept is the main idea here. Extension table and accessory box are the cover parts at the same time, that makes this sewin machine compact and very nice looking. And of cours a cery nice color combination colors. This machine is a good example of contemporary design in sewing machine industry, wich was produced...

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3 FREE eBooks Filled with Sewing Techniques and Quilting Inspiration from Bernina

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Tag: eBook, quilting, sewing, bernina, embroidery

Bernina e Books

Fine Sewing Techniques, Embroidery Techniques & Machine Quilting [3 eBooks links]

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UnitedStyles — Revolutionary View of the Fashion Industry

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Tag: fashion, news, software, design

Based in Shanghai, UnitedStyles is a Facebook Connect-enabled service that lets any user create customized women’s apparel, allowing them sketch out, adjust and share a design via an online interface and customized 3D preview (Note: Chinese users will hav

Based in Shanghai, UnitedStyles is a Facebook Connect-enabled service that lets any user create customized women’s apparel, allowing them sketch out, adjust and share a design via an online interface and customized 3D preview (Note: Chinese users will have to use a VPN to login through Facebook). Co-founder Marc van der Chijs tells me that his objective is to recreate the entire fashion design experience for Internet users, “It’s very strange that you cannot [already] design your own clothes online...

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Animo, Experimental Sewing Machine Design, 2009

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Tag: designed sewing machines, industrial design, experimental design

Animo, Experimental Sewing Machine Design, 2009

Industrial Design Project, FHNW, 2009. The sewing machine “Animo” is wonderfully suited for integration into the lifestyle of modern performers. It offers optimal ergonomics combined with sophisticated details. The working surface is made of walnut wood, which represents high value and sustainability.

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Experimental Fashion Suite by Marlene Klausner, Gerda Hopfgartner, Joe Müller, Anna Wiesinger

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Tag: designed sewing machines, industrial design, experimental design

Experimental Sewing Machine Design by Marlene Klausner, Gerda Hopfgartner, Joe Müller, Anna Wiesinger

The basic form of the sewing machine, which developed from the hand- and treadle drive, has not changed for the last 150 years. But times have changed, standardized fashion stores are out and home sourcing is back. So it is high time to move on in sewing machine history. The Personal Fashion Suite consists of a sewing head which hangs down from the ceiling on a robot arm, an interactive sewing table and a software...

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Aphrodite Sewing Machine, Experimental Design by Jiri Kubec 2009

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Tag: designed sewing machines, industrial design, experimental design

Aphrodite Sewing Machine, Experimental Design by Jiri Kubec 2009

From simple to techie, utility sewing machine or a sophisticated sewing machine, there is always a sewing machine to meet your needs. Here’s one stylishly sophisticated sewing machine that ensures to provide you a classy essential ideally compelling you to take it home. The brainchild of Jiri Kubec, the Aphrodite is an experimental sewing machine with separated needle and shuttle motors. There is also a choice to lift off the display to access and control the machine's buttons...

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Foldable Sewing Machine, Concept Design by Itay Potash 2005

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Tag: designed sewing machines, industrial design

Foldable Sewing Machine Concept Design by Itay Potash

Made of aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, and rubber, the compact machine was Potash’s final project at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, from which he graduated. After noticing that most sewing machines are relatively old-fashioned in that they are cumbersome and difficult to thread, he decided to streamline the design to be more compatible with the way people use them today...

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Experimental Design For Pfaff by Bea Naumann 1988

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Tag: designed sewing machines, pfaff, industrial design, experimental design

pfaff-naumann

This vision of an advanced sewing machine was the diploma work of Bea Naumann. The project was supported by Pfaff. The usage of linear motors allowed to change the visual identity completely. 1988 the black Creator was a provocation to the Schwäbisch Gmünd school of design...

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Watch the process of creating fleece made out of 100% Post Consumer Recycled plastic bottles.

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Tag: recycled, fabric, video

polartec

In 2011 Polartec is switching to Repreve 100, a 100% Post Consumer Recyled (PCR) fiber [two videos — producing process from bottles to fabric]

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Sewing Machine Orchestra

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Tag: sewing fun, video

sewing machine orcestra

Sewing machine orchestra is the first version of a performance created by martin messier. the basic sounds used in this performance consist entirely of the acoustic noises produced by 8 sewing machines, amplified by means of microcontacts and process by a computer...

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