# sewing machine (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sewing machine. Page: Feed: --- ## [How to Wash Your Quilt](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/how-to-wash-your-quilt) _2026-08-19 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ The Complete Care Guide for Quilts ## [Paper Piecing Quilting Basics](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/paper-piecing-quilting-basics) _2026-08-12 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Learn Paper Piecing with a Free Teacup Pattern ## [How did Baby Lock get its name?](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/how-did-baby-lock-get-its-name) _2026-08-11 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ Sewing Machine Lore: how the greatest serger manufacturer in the world came to be ## [FAMILY TREE ((UPDATED))](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/family-tree-updated) _2026-08-03 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ THE EAGLE HAS LANDED ## [Pareto Principle Applied to Sewing Machines](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/pareto-principle-applied-to-sewing-e9e) _2026-07-31 · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ For the Majority of Negative Sewing Outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes ## [Do You Need A Walking Foot For Garment Sewing?](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/do-you-need-a-walking-foot-for-garment) _2026-07-29 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Why I Use Walking Foot For Garment Sewing ## [How To Avoid Sewing Machine Bird's Nests](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/how-to-avoid-sewing-machine-birds) _2026-07-22 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ First Help with Bird’s Nests While Sewing ## [Fear & Loathing at Bernina University](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/fear-and-loathing-at-bernina-university) _2026-07-20 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ I flew to New Orleans for Bernina's annual mega-event for sewing machine dealerships. Here are 6 of my biggest takeaways. ## [Hair Towel Wrap Sewing Pattern](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/hair-towel-wrap-sewing-pattern) _2026-07-15 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ EASY DIY HAIR TOWEL WRAP ## [The Intersection Where Sewing Machines Meet Leveraged Buy Outs (LBOs)](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/the-intersection-where-sewing-machines) _2026-07-09 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ The Untold Story of Singer, Viking, & Pfaff ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AUOV0svshhas) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [My Tips and Tricks to Thread a Needle](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/my-tips-and-tricks-to-thread-a-needle) _2026-07-08 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Great Tips and Tricks to Thread a Needle ## [Fast And Easy Scrappy Puff Quilt Tutorial](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/fast-and-easy-scrappy-puff-quilt) _2026-07-02 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ HOW TO MAKE A PUFF QUILT? ## [Make Your Own Pattern Weights](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/make-your-own-pattern-weights) _2026-07-01 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ DIY Weights for Sewing ## [How to Calculate the Power of a Sewing Machine](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/how-to-calculate-the-power-of-a-sewing) _2026-06-29 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ Wattage, motor strength, mechanical effciiency, and why "feel" still matters more than specs. ## [Ruffler Foot Reduction Ratio](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2026/06/25/ruffler-foot-reduction-ratio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruffler-foot-reduction-ratio) _2026-06-25 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ This document, written several years ago, describes a method that I use to determine something called a reduction ratio. This is defined as the ratio of length of the fabric after it is sent through a ruffler foot. By varying the length of your stitches and the ruffler foot settings, you can change up the The post Ruffler Foot Reduction Ratio first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [Sewing Machine Needles Explained](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/sewing-machine-needles-explained) _2026-06-24 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Sewing Machine Needles Basics ## [How to Press Seams in Quilting: Direction, Nesting, and Technique](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/how-to-press-seams-in-quilting-direction) _2026-06-17 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Pressing Principles For Quilting ## [What it means when a sewing machine is "out of time"](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/what-it-means-when-a-sewing-machine) _2026-06-12 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ Needle-Hook Timing vs Needle-Feed Timing on a Sewing Machine ## [Non-Electric Pressing Tools: the Seam Roller, the Finger Presser, and the Clapper](https://thesewistdiary.substack.com/p/non-electric-pressing-tools-the-seam) _2026-06-10 · Madam Sew · The Sewist Diary_ Skip the Socket: 3 Old-School Pressing Tools ## [Mettler Sewing Machine Thread Investigation](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/mettler-sewing-machine-thread-investigation) _2026-06-02 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ "Tensile Strength", "Linear Density", & "Elongation at Break" ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZqlIrYQWxn1K) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Sewing machine making strange sound? Troubleshooting trips from a a sewing machine repairman](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/sewing-machine-making-strange-sound) _2026-05-26 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ Troubleshooting method for locating unusual sounds on a sewing machine. ## [The needle dropped into my machine and I can't find it..... what do I do?](https://sewingmachineman.substack.com/p/the-needle-dropped-into-my-machine) _2026-05-11 · Cale Schoenberg · The Sewing Machine Newsletter_ Sewing machine repairman answers the common sewing question of what you should do if your needle breaks and disappears into your sewing machine. ## [The Economics of a Home Alarm](https://tommie.github.io/a/2026/05/alarm-cost) _2026-05-04 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ Home alarms are pretty common, but there’s a huge difference between having sensors that alert you and scare the intruder away, and one that’s connected to a call center. This call center is being sold in terms of trust and safety, not in terms of finance, and we’ll soon see why. ## [Gold Rush Investments](https://tommie.github.io/a/2026/03/shovel-store) _2026-03-29 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ Google Nano Banana 2 is actually pretty good at generating comic strips. This took three turns to get reasonable. That Barnaby is, perhaps, shown twice in the last panel is a matter of style, so I won’t fault that. Style-wise, the panels are extremely coherent. Text doesn’t seem to be a problem, though it started getting grammar wrong in the last panel, at first. Anyway. Nvidia “investing” in its… ## [What Does the Research Actually Say About Caffeine?](https://tommie.github.io/a/2026/02/caffeine) _2026-02-23 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ On r/science, I came across a PsyPost article about caffeine reducing anxiety and depression by calming brain inflammation. That sounded too good to be true for an anxious coffee drinker, so I went down the rabbit hole. What follows is a summary of what meta-analyses and systematic reviews have to say about caffeine, across different areas of health. ## [Helical Spring Calculator Using Claude Code](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/09/helical-spring-calculator) _2025-09-07 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ I needed to calculate spring constants for compression springs I was buying from AliExpress, but the listings only show which material there is, and physical dimensions. The spring constant requires running through some mechanical engineering formulas that I didn’t want to calculate by hand every time. ## [Proof of Content at Point In Time](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/09/proof-of-content) _2025-09-01 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ Louis Rossmann in How lying companies damage the Rossmann brand asks the question how to prove that a web page had some specific content at some point in time, even when companies can ask for content to be removed from web archives for copyright reasons. The same also applies to Right to be forgotten in the EU. ## [Colossalcon Texas 2025](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/08/12/colossalcon-texas-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colossalcon-texas-2025) _2025-08-12 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ For 2025, I will be at Colossalcon Texas as a cosplay guest. This year, there are three cosplay competitions this year: the in-character contest, the main contest, and the Colossalcon Cosplay Cup. As one of the cosplay judges, I will be teaming with the other cosplay guests and the cosplay department to help judge some The post Colossalcon Texas 2025 first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [More than Satin: Fabric Properties](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/08/01/more-than-satin-fabric-properties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-than-satin-fabric-properties) _2025-08-01 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ I wrote this panel in response to what I consider to be incomplete information when discussing fabric. By talking about what makes a cut a fabric the specific kind of fabric it is, you get a more complete picture on what the fabric is, and are able to make better purchasing decisions. In this panel, The post More than Satin: Fabric Properties first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [A Hack For The Bernina R4200 Motor Driver](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/07/improved-bernina-r4200) _2025-07-11 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ In my previous post about the Bernina 1130 motor driver board R4200, I reverse engineered it and explained how it works, to the best of my knowledge. ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cuOnk7O9TMTT) _2025-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Claude Being Technically Correct](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/06/typescript-list) _2025-06-24 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ Today I’ve been researching the best way to connect small sensors to the cloud in 2025. Zigbee, Thread, Matter, 433 MHz, WiFi, BLE. Lots of choices. I’ve been using Claude to give me summaries of the protocols and their differences. A standing instruction is to use Go, Typescript or Python to give interface descriptions instead of trying to explain them in text. ## [Making a bootable Windows 11 Installer USB stick from Linux](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/06/win11-usb-linux) _2025-06-19 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ I recently repaired a bricked Lenovo L470. Probably a case of a firmware upgrade gone wrong, causing the EC chip to not run. My default is to install Ubuntu, but there’s a Windows 10 Pro license key sticker on it, so I guess I should use that. ## [Lolita 100 Questions (for International Lolita Day)](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/06/07/lolita-100-questions-for-international-lolita-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lolita-100-questions-for-international-lolita-day) _2025-06-07 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ So, I got these questions from a good friend who has been involved in J-fashion much longer than I have. From what they have told me, these questions have been passed around in some form on Japanese and English websites with some modifications here and there (like playing telephone) for many years. I will have The post Lolita 100 Questions (for International Lolita Day) first appeared on Licca's… ## [Converting a Bernina 1130 To LED Lights](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/05/bernina-1130-led) _2025-05-05 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ The Bernina 1130 in our house had an issue with not turning on. While working on that problem, I also noticed the light switch wasn’t latching properly. So I took it apart and cleaned it. That’s when my wife told me she’s not using the lights, because it gets so hot she burns her fingers. ## [The Bernina Motor Driver Board R4200](https://tommie.github.io/a/2025/05/bernina-r4200) _2025-05-04 · tommie · Tommie’s blog_ The Bernina 1130 we have is from 1986. There’s a motor driver board built with twelve op-amps and lots of resistors. Let’s figure out how it works using KiCad 8 for drawing. ## [National Serger Month](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/04/30/national-serger-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-serger-month) _2025-04-30 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ This month is National Serger Month, and sergers are often misunderstood. Many sewists will never touch a serger, or will only touch it during a class. I like to characterize a serger as a supplement to your typical sewing machine. The stitch a serger creates is technically called an overlock stitch, and that is why The post National Serger Month first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [Sewing Machine Hacks](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/04/15/sewing-machine-hacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sewing-machine-hacks) _2025-04-15 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ This is the second version of this panel, and I cover some ways you can make your sewing machine do things that aren’t obvious! For example: All these do not require spending a lot of money, and can be done with items you can find around your home. The post Sewing Machine Hacks first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [Pieces of a Pie : Circle Skirt Construction](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2025/04/14/pieces-of-a-pie-circle-skirt-construction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pieces-of-a-pie-circle-skirt-construction) _2025-04-14 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ I presented this panel at Ushicon 2025 in Austin, Texas. This panel covers the basics of sewing circle skirts. I wanted to emphasize some topics that are not mentioned in most instructional content regarding circle skirts, including: The post Pieces of a Pie : Circle Skirt Construction first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room . ## [Just starting out…](https://www.licca-sewing.com/2024/10/08/just-starting-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-starting-out) _2024-10-08 · Licca · Licca's Sewing Room_ As I mentioned in my video on Instagram and Facebook, I am in the process of getting my content ready for this site. I will also be posting some never-seen photos of my outfits, plus some teaching material and slides that I have not shown before! The post Just starting out… first appeared on Licca's Sewing Room .