Sewing Guide: Home

We have a Juki DDL-8700 high speed straight stitch machine

Our Machine is able to sew

• Straight line
• Backstitch
• With slightly thicker thread
• Through slightly thicker material

Remember:

• Stitch with presser foot down
• Never stitch without fabric
• Backstitch at beginning and end to "knot" your stitches
• To get fabric out of the machine once finished, hand wheel until silver part is at the top (ask employee)

We have a Juki MI9800S serger

• The serger cuts and finishes the edge of fabric simultaneously
• This works well with most fabric types but works specifically well with knits 
• If material is too thick it can damage machine or serge incompletely

Remember:

• Only light grey thread available for the serger
• The presser foot should always be down!
• When starting to serge, line it up and the machine will naturally feed your fabric in
• Sew past what you need (keep serging once finished) so that we don't have to rethread

We have a Juki LU-1508NH 

Our Machine is a heavy duty walking foot machine

• Suitable for sewing leather and other sturdy materials
• Can also be useful for sewing thick fabric, or fabric with many layers

Remember:

• This machine is powerful! It can easily stitch through your finger so please be careful when using it
• Stitch with presser foot down
• Never stitch without fabric
• Backstitch at beginning and end to "knot" your stitches

We have a Juki LZ 271 Free-motion Embroidery machine

• This machine is different from other embroidery machines because you are actively creating the designs
• There is a lot that you can do with this machine but it likely will take some effort to learn how to use

Materials:

• We have various embroidery thread that is free for use with this machine
• Various backing material; both tearaway and dissolvable