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National Sewing Machine Day is here, and we’re celebrating the machine that helps bring every quilt, bag, project, and gift to life. Whether you’re brand new to quilting or have spent years at your sewing machine, this is the perfect opportunity to spend a little extra time with one of the hardest-working tools in your sewing room. Today, we’re sharing tips for getting to know your machine better and giving it a little TLC, rounding up our favorite sewing machine-themed projects, and offering a special giveaway to celebrate!

Get to Know Your Sewing Machine

Your sewing machine ...

Happy National Sewing Machine Day!  

There are TWO different National Sewing Machine days, the other one is September 10th.  

I bought some fun shoes to celebrate the day.  These shoes are really comfortable!

my sewing machine shoes

My Family Reunion was this past weekend.  We raffled off the quilt I made, that family members signed at the last reunion.  Here are the winners in front of the quilt.

Family Reunion quilt winners

I had family members sign new quilt squares for the next Family Reunion quilt.  It was a fun weekend!  I love to go to Family Reunions!

This was ...

Hello, and Happy National Sewing Machine Day!

For this special day, I want to challenge you to teach someone in your life to make a quilt. Whether it’s a friend, neighbor, or relative. You can pass on your love of quilting to someone in your life!

I never knew how much a sewing machine would change my life when I got mine 30 years ago. To celebrate this special holiday, Fat Quarter Shop is giving away an EverSewn Sparrow QE Sewing Machine and a bundle of quilting supplies to get you started.

This prize package is worth $930.

• EverSewn ...

Happy National Sewing Machine Day!

To celebrate this most wonderful of all holidays, I’m sharing a free tutorial to make a sewing machine mat with pockets. With storage where you need it, it keeps your sewing space clear and your notions close at hand.

Supplies:

These prints by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet for Riley Blake were too cute to pass up! Aside from the basics, you’ll need some of your favorite fabrics in these amounts:

• 1 yard for the Top (SKU# C10936-CLOUD) 
• 1 yard for the Backing (SKU# C10925-GREEN)
• Fat Quarter for Small Pocket (SKU ...

Today is the first National Sewing Machine Day of 2022!  (the 2nd day is September 10th).  To celebrate, I'm showing you a treadle that I cleaned and serviced for a friend.  This was his grandmother's treadle that had been in his mother's attic for years.  

dirty after sitting in an attic for years

pretty treadle peddle

nice treadle irons

wood cabinet in distressed shape

first photo I received of the treadle

The leather strap that attaches the machine lift to the table extension had snapped and wasn't fixable.  Hubby fixed this by using black paracord, which ...

Yes, today is the 2nd National Sewing Machine Day of the year!  Sewing Machines are sew important that they get 2 days each year, June 13th and September 10th.  

To celebrate, I cleaned some vintage sewing machines. The first machine is NOT mine.  I'm cleaning it up for a friend. 

New Home 'Ruby' treadle

New Home 'Ruby' treadle

Those are the 'before' photos.  I've cleaned this machine (spent almost all of Labor Day cleaning this machine), but it is still really dirty.  I'll have to clean this machine a few more times before all the dirt and ...

 Happy Sewing Machine Day!

Here are a couple of photos of a few of my favorite sewing machines.  This one is my most used hand crank.

1927 Singer 15 hand crank

This is my favorite electric sewing machine.

1939 Singer 221 'Betty Sue'

Betty Sue will be getting a workout this afternoon, as I sew several strips of faux piping binding together for some mug mats.

This is my favorite treadle. 

Post WWII Japanese 'Victor'

I've had some of you pray for my nieces son, Miller, over the years.  Miller has a mitochondrial disease, called Leigh's. 

Miller and ...

Happy National Sewing Machine Day! Today we are taking time to celebrate the machines that allow us to do what we love! Sewing machines bring creativity to life with beautiful quilts, and are immensely practical, allowing us to create for our homes, ourselves and loved ones. 

I sewed A LOT of projects on my sewing machine last year! The Juki TL-2010Q is by far my favorite sewing machine at the moment because of how fast it is. If it were a car, it would be a red sports car. It’s that fast! The foot pedal also activates the thread ...

Recently I sat down with Jenny Doan in her studio to ask a few questions about an important tool of the quilting trade, sewing machines, in honor of National Sewing Machine Day on June 13. As a sewist of many years, Jenny shares the machines she prefers to piece on and some tips and tricks she’s picked up along the way, along with a few fun stories behind her sewing machine collection.

What is your favorite sewing machine?

So my favorite machine to piece on is the baby lock jane which now is called the accomplish, and it’s ...