It is mainly useful for pivoting, yes, but I also find it useful for any situation where you want the seam to stop at a specific point, like doing things with pocket welts.
I find I don't take an extra stitch, except through my own carelessness, but it took me a minute there to work out why... It's because this is effectively a stitch digitiser, so once what you think will be the last stitch has started, you can press the stop button or release the pedal at any time and that stitch will be neatly completed - so it's less of a trick to stop, because you don't have to do it at a specific point in the stitch cycle, and you get no trace of the loose thread you can get if the stitch goes over and has to be turned back. If it turns out the first place I stop isn't far enough, I can just engage any amount of sewing (usually a double-click of the stop/start button for me - I actually don't ever use the pedal now, since that button sits right next where my thumb does anyway) and know I'll get a single complete stitch again. It's maybe not "I'd never go back to a machine without!" territory, but it's one less thing to be a judgement call in the middle of a heap of judgement calls.
I find I also use it as an automatic 'about to start sewing' action too - put fabric under foot, position, put foot down, put needle down, and then if that's all in the right place I know I can let go and fiddle around with arranging how I'll hold the rest of the fabric for that seam etc., and when I go to actually sew, the needle is definitely where I left it. I could always do that with hand-wheel or pedal or whatever but 'click button' is even less thought.
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Date: 2024-11-26 07:06 pm (UTC)I find I don't take an extra stitch, except through my own carelessness, but it took me a minute there to work out why... It's because this is effectively a stitch digitiser, so once what you think will be the last stitch has started, you can press the stop button or release the pedal at any time and that stitch will be neatly completed - so it's less of a trick to stop, because you don't have to do it at a specific point in the stitch cycle, and you get no trace of the loose thread you can get if the stitch goes over and has to be turned back. If it turns out the first place I stop isn't far enough, I can just engage any amount of sewing (usually a double-click of the stop/start button for me - I actually don't ever use the pedal now, since that button sits right next where my thumb does anyway) and know I'll get a single complete stitch again. It's maybe not "I'd never go back to a machine without!" territory, but it's one less thing to be a judgement call in the middle of a heap of judgement calls.
I find I also use it as an automatic 'about to start sewing' action too - put fabric under foot, position, put foot down, put needle down, and then if that's all in the right place I know I can let go and fiddle around with arranging how I'll hold the rest of the fabric for that seam etc., and when I go to actually sew, the needle is definitely where I left it. I could always do that with hand-wheel or pedal or whatever but 'click button' is even less thought.