A few great links

This graphic, which shows how a bobbin works, was making the rounds last year; in case you missed it then I'm relinking to it at Material Mama's blog: link
(I saw it first on Craftzine, the website for the awesome quarterly print publication Craft, which got it from the fun group blog Crafty Daisies)

Speaking of Craftzine, they do some testing and reviewing of new machines, and post occasional interviews with prominent bloggers about their machines, as well as including some pictures of machines that just look super-cool: link
(the link above goes to the second page of Craftzine's sewing machine link, where a lot of the stuff I like is located; most of the newer information and reviews are at this one, but for some reason I can't seem to get to the good stuff from there)

Susie Bright usually writes about sex and gender (you might not want your co-workers to glance over your shoulder while you're reading her main blog). I love it when she writes about sewing -- she's funny and irreverent, and her enthusiasm for making clothes really shines through. She wrote a beautiful piece last fall about her mother learning to sew from a really creative nun -- it's a moving portrait of her mom, and an interesting look at how sewing was, during her mother's childhood, every girl's obligation, but also an important creative outlet: link
(I'm not going to go posting links to every website about sewing here, don't worry! I just thought this piece was great, and I didn't see a lot of links to it on crafty blogs when it came out.)

Feel free to post other great sewing machine links in the comments!