Learning to sew can feel overwhelming. Learn to use a sewing machine with confidence with these beginning sewing ideas, beginning sewing projects, easy sewing projects. Maybe you’re teaching yourself to sew or looking for kids sewing projects to pass on sewing to the next generation. Whatever the case, you’ll find first sewing projects here that’ll build your confidence and help you gain sewing skills that’ll help you advance in your sewing knowledge.
In a battle between sewing machine vs. serger, who would win? Well, like a lot of things, the answer is not either/or, but yes. When I was first starting to sew seriously a question I asked a lot was, what is this serger thing I keep hearing about, and do I really need one. While […]
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Today I’m showing you how to make a slip from an old camisole. I love wearing dresses, but often you come across fabric that doesn’t sit well on its own. Maybe it’s semi-translucent, maybe it’s clingy. When you have fabrics like this, a lining is a great option. But what if you don’t want to
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Do you do this? Do you ever walk casually past the accessories in stores and think, hey, can I make that? That very thing brings me to today’s project–the velvet twist headband. It’s part ear warmer, part headband plus it’s a fast and easy project that takes hardly any fabric. Bonus: this project helps you
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Let’s talk more sewing room storage ideas! Today on the help list is all your sewing tools. There’s so many different types of tools we use in sewing! I’m confident that we’re all really good at keeping our scissors away from family members, but what about your other tools? You know, like those bias tape
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Stretch velvet is a bear in the knit world for the handling, but the upsides are so worth the extra effort. It’s so luxurious against your skin, and it yields even the simplest garment positively fancy instantly. It’s so nice in fact, that it’s worth wrestling with the slipping, the longer cutting process, and the
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Do you know about batch sewing? It’s one of my favorite ways to cut out the fluff and be able to make more in the same amount of time. But Elizabeth, I sew for fun. I don’t like to run around my room like a headless chicken. I know! Me too! There’s nothing like lingering
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As we’re talking about organizing your sewing room, it’s a good time to give your sewing machine a good cleaning. Your sewing machine and serger and coverstitch if you have one all work really hard for you. To keep your stitches looking the best and your machines running the smoothest, we gotta get all that
As I send off 2 of my boys to go skiing this morning, I’m reminded that it is indeed in the thick of scarf season. One of my favorite things about making DIY scarves (besides staying warm!) is how they can be a quick intro to working with fabrics you may not have tried before.
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Let’s talk how to store fabric. Once upon a time I had a giant bin I shoved all my fabric in. Every time I wanted to sew, I first had to dump out everything on the floor, hope there weren’t any stray pins in it, and then maybe I’d find what I was looking for.
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In the world of YouTube, if you’re learning to sew you might be tempted to run away from the books, but let’s talk about some sewing books for beginners that are actually helpful. First a story. I got my first sewing machine when I was about 10. After a couple months, I gave up on
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