Hey everyone!
This is Sarah with SewingPartsOnline.com and today we're going over the pearls and sequins
foot.
Now what this foot does is it allows us sew all these cool pearl beads and sequins ribbons
onto our projects.
With it we can also sew right along neck lines or any kind of curve.
So I'm goign to show you excatly how to install it and how to use it!
So this is our Pearls and Sequins foot.
It is a simple snapon foot and what is cool about this foot is when you purchase it you
get a cool kind of illustration and instruction guide.
It's in a bunch of different languages.
It goes over the same techniques that we're just going to touch base on in this video.
So, here's where your shank clamps onto; this is the needle hole.
It's nice and wide for the zigzag stitch, which you'll be using to attach your sequins
and pearls.
The front, this is the big tunnel that the pearls and sequins go through.
The back is nice and flared out, and this makes it easy to go around curves inside and
outside.
So let's go ahead and install it.
Go ahead and take off the foot you have on.
Simple clamp and there you go!
You're ready to start sewing.
So here I'm just going to show you how to attach a string of pearls.
So just put it in the pressure foot and through that little tunnel.
Make sure you have it on a zigzag stitch.
Ideally, you would be using clear monofilament thread.
I'm going to be using black thread just so you can see it, and remember that if you are
using a monofilament thread to remember to use a metallic needle.
So I have my zigzag width at a 4.5.
I'm just going to start sewing.
Also with this, you'll want to reduce your stitch tension.
If it starts to pucker, reduce the tension even more.
Now with this you can do curves and swirls.
It's just about moving the fabric.
And then of course you can speed it up a little bit.
And I have this string thrown over my shoulder just because it's the easiest way I can think
of to feed it.
Alright, let's take a look!
So here we go!
It lays nice and flat and loos very pretty, especially if the thread of course was clear
but you can kind of see how that zigzag is what holds it in place.
So in this instance I actually sewed the pearls on the very edge of the fabric along the long
curve.
Which is pretty cool and it's actually not too bad.
So I'm going to show you how to do this.
You'll take your curved piece of fabric and your string of pearls as before.
Just kind of shove the pearls back there in the foot.
You want a little bit of a train.
It just makes it easier to work with.
And sew a few stitches to get started.
So the technique with this is to manipulate the fabric to follow the pearl.
So, we'll start sewing.
And you can see as we come up across this corner, I have my hand over here and I'm going
to kind of guide the fabric as best as I can to go along the pearl.
The fabric is what needs to be turning, if that makes any sense.
So I'm kind of...everytime the needle lifts up, I'm kind of just inching it over just
a little bit.
And you do have to sew kind of slowly for curves like this.
I can see I'm coming up against another angle.
Here we go, just try to turn...the fabric around the curve.
And it gets easier as you go along.
You probably have to do it really slow at first, like I did.
But, it goes along the curve.
That's kind of what you're going for, like this.
So this time we're going to add the pearls just along the edge of the fabric.
I had the fabric folded.
And what's important about this is you'll still obviously put your pearls down the tunnel,
but the fabric is going to be just right here on the edge.
In this case, it's on the left side.
So that my needle just barely grabs it, maybe one or two millimeters that actually grabs
the fabric.
So I'm just going to sew.
I'm looking to make sure that, yep, it's grabbing the fabric.
The pearls are right up against the fold.
This really does make a pretty awesome trim.
And we can go ahead and see what it looks like.
Pretty cool!
Definitely very cool and it just barely nicks the fabric, but it's nice and secure and it's
not going to break.
So it's the same with our string of pearls.
We're going to take some sequins and we're going to give it a little tail and bring it
underneath the foot.
Kind of get it into the little tunnel.
Pop it down.
Once again you're going to be using a zigzag stitch...and you can start sewing.
Also, you want to use monofilament thread.
Now, with the sequins this color I would have to use a smoky monofilament thread because
the completely clear, the completely clear monofilament would actually turn out kind
of white looking.
So I would suggest using the smoky monofilament thread...and you just sew as you did with
the string of pearls.
Just try to keep the sequins in the tunnel.
With the same thing as the string of pearls, you can do curves and swirls; whatever you
want to do.
A little easier obviously with the sequins.
Now, the important thing to notice with this is you want to kind of follow the sequins.
So if I were to do it the other way, I might start making these little sequins things popup.
So I kind of want to follow the direction of the sequins if that makes any sense.
And see, here we go!
And it's attached totally fine.
It's starting to popup a little bit.
With this, you can tighten the tension a little bit more than you did with the pearls, but
it's easier to go around curves with the sequins.
It's still very effective.
so that was the pearls and sequins foot.
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