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Old 04-18-07 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by FlippingHades
A binder can help a lot, although they're still tricky on sharp corners, and they're not much help at all for inside curves. Check out http://www.atlaslevy.com/binders.htm and scroll down to the "Type 100LS" (it's the third one on the page). That bolts onto any machine that has a couple of properly placed holes in the bed, to the right of the foot (a lot of home sewing machines have at least one mounting hole in the right place -- two is better).

A walking foot helps somewhat, as does not using too long a stitch length (I sew binding with about a 4.5 to 5mm stitch length). Other than that, practice practice practice
Thanks for the replies. That binder looks interesting. As far as an industrial machine, I'm using a Juki J-6 it's old as hell but it gets the job done better than the newer home machines. I feel like my second bag came out much better than my first, hopefully I keep improving. It's fun, and I already have some friends that want me to make bags for them, which is good cause I have no need for anymore...

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