Category Archives: JANOME FOOT SERIES

Create gathers quickly, easily and evenly with the Janome Gathering foot

For those who’ve been sewing garments for a number of years, do you remember seeing the following directions? “Sew two parallel rows of long basting stitches, then carefully pull the threads while adjusting the fabric to create even gathers.” Did … Continue reading

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Perfectly Precise and Perky Pintucks

Have you been shopping online, or have been out window shopping, and discovered a beautiful blouse, or skirt, with multiple rows of parallel stitching? Have you wondered how they were stitched so evenly, so accurately? Pintucks are a traditional, heirloom … Continue reading

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JANOME FOOT OF THE MONTH: CLOTH GUIDE

Well, technically the Janome cloth guide is not a foot……..but it is a machine attachment which comes standard with many of our machine models and which is worth its weight in gold!  There are several types of Janome cloth guides … Continue reading

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Foot of the Month: Janome Border Guide Foot

One aspect of my job which I dearly love is to travel around to the various Janome dealerships to give presentations on all things Janome; or, as I put it, “to share the Janome love.” It’s such a joy for … Continue reading

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Foot of the Month: Janome Piping Foot

Editor: We know you really like our Foot of the month series which we have offered for many years. (You might like to do a search for Foot of the month in the search box to find all the many … Continue reading

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Janome foot of the month: Janome Gathering foot

We have pointed you in the direction of a very useful and beautifully presented website many times: http://www.sew4home.com. We will do this again today. There is a very good tutorial on sewing gathers by machine which covers many different gathering … Continue reading

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Janome Foot of the month: Blind Hem foot G

This month we are not “tempting” you to buy an optional accessory foot. No….. we are reminding you what your G foot is to be used for: the BLIND HEM foot comes included with nearly all of our Janome machines.  … Continue reading

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JANOME FOOT OF THE MONTH: APPLIQUE FOOT AP

Have you found it tricky to sew around tight curves and small spaces with a large open toe foot? Mmmmm…..not so easy is it? Well, Janome to the rescue as we have just the foot for this: our Janome applique … Continue reading

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EDUCATOR PICK OF THE MONTH: Quilting Guide Bars and other feet with useful Guides

Almost all feet have guidelines on them that help us to line up fabrics and stitch lines.  Sometimes the stitching we want to align with is wider apart than the width of the foot.  For this reason, Janome has created … Continue reading

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One Block Wonder – The Finale!

If you’ve been following along with my last Friday of the month posts, you’ll know that I’ve been working away on a fun new project. These past few weeks, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on it. This is the … Continue reading

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