"Hey everyone, this is Sarah with SewingPartsOnline.com and today we're going to be going over how
to use the flower stitch foot. It's a really cool foot that lets us make these cool flower
stitch patterns on our projects. We can use decorative thread and we can make eyelet holes.
It's really, really cool! So I'm going to show you how to install it and how to start
using it with your projects. Alright, so this big old pressure foot is the flower stitch
foot. So, a few things to point out: This screw right here will adjust this bar which
in turn will adjust how big our flower stitch is. There is a plus sign and a negative sign;
so move this to the plus sign it's a bigger flower and the negative side is a smaller
flower. You'll be able to see that because we're going to install it again from the front
so you can see both ways. This goes over our needle holder. This is where the shank will
screw...screw into the actual machine. And this little thing over here will adjust the
position of the flower stitch. So it's a little bit complicated, but you'll be able to see
it better when it's actually...when we're actually sewing with it. So, to install it
you need to take off the foot you have on including the shank. Okay. Position the bar over the
needle holder and then try to wiggle this guy on. Just like that. And then...screw it
in. Ah ha! There we go! So here we're going to install it again from the front just for
those people who...are not quite sure how to install it. If you do know how to install
it just fast forward. This bar right here goes on our needle holder. This little cutout
right here is going to go on our shank screw. And there's another screw right here. This
is to adjust the size of the flower. So this with this screw you're going to have to use
like a regular screwdriver to tighten and loosen. So let's go ahead and put it on. Just
slide this little guy over the needle holder first and then try to maneuver it onto a shank
screw. And then once you have it on you can use your tiny screwdrivers to tighten it.
And there we go! And now we're ready to start sewing! So the first thing you want to know
before you start using your flower stitch foot is to make sure your feed, your feed
dogs are dropped and you want to make sure you that we're going to bring the bottom thread
up to the top. So grab your needle thread, pull it down, and pop the bobbin thread up.
And you just got to pull it out of the way. Okay! And then we're just going to sew; we're
on our regular straight stitch right now. We're just going to sew a couple stitches
to lock it in. And then we can select our zigzag pattern. So basically with this you
want to make sure you're picking any kind of form of zigzag stitch. That's pretty much
what you're going to be using to make your flower pattern. So here we go with just a
regular zigzag and it's going to make kind of a...kind of look like an island. Okay!
So don't...don't clip your threads, just pull it out. And we will pull the threads to the
back of the fabric, knot it off, and we'll be completely finished. So this is just your
basic circle. Now we'll get into a little bit more detailed designs. So now I'm going
to show you what kind of shapes we can make when we choose different kinds of zigzag-esque
stitches. So, like right now I'm picking my blind hem stitch and you'll see it kind of
creates a really neat lookng flower as soon as I drop that. Okay! It's going to create
a completely different effect. Another thing to remember when you're doing this is to use
stabilizer. I have a piece of felt right now so I don't really need to use stabilizer,
but on regular fabrics use some stabilizer to really keep those stitches secure. And
when we pull it out...you can see it looks a little bit different. It's kind of cool!
So another cool feature of this foot is that we can make our circles larger or smaller
depending on what you want to do. So I have this little screw here in the back, and all
I'm going to do is twist it. Righty tighty, lefty loosey! And if I want the flower to
be bigger, I'm going to move this bar right here towards the plus sign. So, it just slides
right over. Now I'm going to tighten this and we can start stitching. This time I have
it on a..on a zigzag stitch. I think it's called a trico stitch or something like that.
It makes more of a...a flower pattern. So now I'm going to go and change it a smaller...a
smaller flower. Keep everything where it is. And it'll be a tiny flower on the inside.
So as we're coming to the end of the stitch; I'll take it out. I'll be able to show you
how you can have the larger and then the smaller one on the inside. It's kind of neat. Here
we go...and pull it out. So I have this larger one on the outside and the smaller on on the
inside! So now I'm going to show you how to use...how to do a transposition stitch. We've
already went ahead and did, you know, a simple flower pattern and what we're going to do
is we're going to move this...these little notches over three notches. In sets of three.
So you can either three, six, or nine. So we're just going to move it three. One, two,
three! And then we're going to start sewing again. Ok! So I'm going to go ahead and take
it out and show you what it looks like. You can see it kind of makes it look like...petals
because it kind of comes together and meets just like a petal would. And you can increase
your stitch length, increase your sittch width, really have a lot of customization options
with this foot. So this time we're going to go ahead and use a twin needle. The cool thing
about this is you literally do everything exactly the same. So I'm going to put in my
twin needle. I'm going to thread both needles and I'm just going to sew exactly the same
way as I did with the single needle and all the same techniques; making it a larger flower
and then a smaller flower and then doing the transposition stitch, it's all exactly the
same except for the twin needle. Alright, so now that we're coming up to the end I'm
going to take it out and show you what it looks like. It creates very neat parallel
lines. Very nice! And this is really great for the holiday seasons; decorating with all
those embroidery threads and metallic threads. So, that was the flower stitch foot. To purchase
your flower stitch foot or any of the decorative threads we used today, visit us online at
SewingPartsOnline.com or at Facebook.com/SewingPartsOnline."