No, friends, this is not a publication by a religious group. This is an exercise in making a reference guide for your own sewing machine.
Yesterday I took a few hours to document all the stitches that are programmed into my Bernina 1080 Special. I would have done this sooner but for my own impatience to get on with my making.
Basically, you just make a column of stitches, move to the next button and repeat until you have a sample of each stitch. In addition, I changed length and width as I stitched along, making notes in permanent marker along the way.
It wasn’t as boring as I had imagined, mostly because I listened to podcasts while I stitched.
Even though my Bernina only has 28 different stitches, I worked my way through several bobbins of thread. The payout of this exercise is getting to play with different combinations of the stitches that I discovered. My favorite setting is the mirror-image button. This allows me to highlight nice sections of my fiber objects with mirrored embroidery stitches.
I also learned how to couch cord, ribbons and yarn.
If you haven’t made a stitch bible for your sewing machine, I suggest that you give it a go. It may spark in you some creative ideas for future fiber play.
Daily Fiber 
That looks like a fun activity. Also it is handy to have stitchouts of all your stitches so you can choose a different stitch that you have not used yet. Also it is helpful to see how the stitches look when you change width and length. Sometimes you get a totally different look. Which I am sure you noticed.
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I did indeed. My new favorite is the one that looks like a surgeon’s stitches – no. 7 at 5 length and 1/2 width.
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I can’t believe you can make curley Qs on a sewing machine! I am so much in the dark ages when it comes to sewing. But you are on top and keeping the rest of us on top, too. I have a friend that sews — I am going to send her a link to check your blog out — you are sooo full of information! Thank you!
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Thanks. I’m happy to do a public service now and then.
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I started that on my old machine, but the new one has 150 stitches and I’ve never found the time. It’s a great reminder that machines don’t only straight stitch.
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What! 150 stitches? That’s crazy-making.
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