Hey Everyone! This is Sarah with sewingpartsonline.com and today we're going to be going over the
fringe/looper foot so we can add some really cool decorative elements to your projects.
So, this is our fringe and looper foot. As you can see, it's a snap-on. So, how this
thing works is, it has this bar right down the middle. And your stitch is going to zigzag
back and forth creating the 3D loops. So, to install it, all we have to do is take off
the presser foot we have on; slide it underneath. And there we go; ready to sew. So, now that
we have everything installed we can get ready to sew. Although, there are a few things we
want to go over first. When I first got my foot, this bar in the middle and the shank
were touching. So when I would try to zig zag, the thread wouldn't pass through.To fix
that, just take a little screwdriver just like this, and (not while it is on the machine)
push the flange down a little bit so it's out of the way. It's not very hard; just takes
a few seconds. Another thing to notice is you will be using a zig zag stitch. For the
widest possible, bring yours up to a 7.0 width and bring your length down to a 0.5; between
a 0.5 and a 1. Make sure that nothing is going to hit that metal bar. There we go. And your
tension should be lowered. So, my tension right now is at 0.5 on my machine. So, I'm
just going to backstitch and I'm going to start sewing. Here we go. So, you can see
here I drew a butterfly design. This foot is really great for decorations, obviously,
but it's also has practical uses, too. And we'll go over those. It goes kind of slow
because the stitch lenght is so short. You can sew curves. Just kind of go slowly; that's
all. And I'll show you how it's starting to look now. You can see back here it has the
3D pop. So, with this foot you don't have to keep your stitch width all the way up at
7. You can bring it down to make smaller, finer detailed lines. However, all you have
to do it pay attention to the bar. Make sure the needle isn't going to hit that bar and
you're totally fine. So for these antennas, I'm going to make my loops just a little bit
smaller. I'm not going to use my thread cutter; I want to keep the thread long. I can knot
them off if I'm worried about them coming out. I would do the same thing over here.
And maybe use a flower stitch foot for the smaller circles. You can see how much potential
this has as a decorative feature in your sewing. This is the Fringe and Looper foot, so I am
going to show you how to make some fringe. Keep all the settings we just had. We want
stitch length at 0.5 and stitch width at 7 and tension down. We're just going to make
some loops first. Now that we have our loops made, we're going to switch our foot to a
straight stitch or a zigzag foot; anything you can do a straight stitch on. Go to a straight
stitch. If you have one that doubles back on itself; that one is really great. If not,
just shorten your stitch length as much as you can. We are going to sew a straight line
right along the edge. Move your tension back up. Get your little scissors and cut it. Just
like that. Cool fringe! Do this on the back if you want to, some of the threads will come
out. The main focus is up here. Pretty cool! Now if you don't want your fringe to have
this frayed look, that's okay because we have a way to do it so the loops stay intact. So,
we are going to do exactly what we did before.We're going to pull it out. Look at the back of
your stitch. You see the white bobbin thread is here So we want to sew our straight stitch
on the opposite side. We don't want to sew over the bobbin thread. So, go ahead and get
your other foot out. I have my other foot installed for my straight stitch. I'm going
to sew really close to the edge; right here. On this side under the fabric is where the
bobbin thread is; I'm sewing over here. I'm going to go ahead and do my stitch. Depending
on the look you want and how close you want your fringe to be, you can increase or decrease
the stitch length. Now, we are going to go to the backside. So this is my straight stitch.
This white thread that is kind of popping up; that is the bobbin thread. So, that needs
to go. It comes right out. Bring all those threads over to the front. Pull them out like
this. And there we go. It's not frayed and it looks pretty cool.
This foot also has a great practical application. It's really awesome for doing basting stitches
or tailor marks or alterations and whatnot. So, I went ahead and did my stitch width at
5.0; I just don't want to hit that bar. I kept my stitch length at 1.4 or just keep
it the same. Since we have a bar right there, you need to keep your tension a little bit
lower. Just go ahead and sew. Say I was doing darts or something and I needed to mark that.
The benefit is it's very, very easy to remove the stitches. Just turn it over and remove
the bobbin thread, just like that. And all the stitches come out in seconds. There we
go. Very easy. That was the fringe looper foot. To purchase
your fringe looper foot or any of the decorative threads we used, visit us online at sewing
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