Struggling to find good sewing information on various sewing techniques? Here you’ll find gamechanger sewing tips and sewing guides that’ll help you at all levels of your sewing journey and help you solve your sewing problems. Learn sewing tips for beginners, special fabric guides to help you work with a variety of fabrics, knit sewing tips, find a comprehensive sewing dictionary, learn the best places to buy fabric, how to buy fabric wisely, and other general tips for sewing that’ll help you become a better seamstress right now.
Do you have dreams of making a pleated skirt? If you, you need to know how to sew pleats. I went to private school for a time growing up, so I became well-acquainted with pleated skirts. The swish that the pleats provided was unparalleled in my 5 year old mind, though I wished that the …
Ever wanted to know how to sew a buttonhole by hand? If that last sentence just gave you hives, know that there’s an easier way to sew a buttonhole by machine. The truth is that buttonholes are functional closures and whether you make them by machine or by hand, they take a little bit of …
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We’re tackling a big question today: is it cheaper to make your own clothes? In uncertain times, you start watching your wallet. As someone who is primarily a garment sewist, this is something I’ve thought a lot about. Over the years, I’ve heard from many many women who used to sew for themselves and stopped …
Today you’re going to learn all about how to sew a blind hem and if you really need a blind hem foot or not. So you’re just getting used to your sewing machine, a nd you see this funky zigzaggy straight stitch combo stitch. You’re thinking, what on earth is this and why would I …
Beautiful & simple: How to sew a blind hem [do I need a blind hem foot?] Read More »
Today you’re going to learn all about how to sew a blind hem and if you really need a blind hem foot or not. So you’re just getting used to your sewing machine, and you see this funky zigzaggy straight stitch combo stitch. You’re thinking, what on earth is this and why would I use …
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If thinking about how to sew a zipper gives you hives, I just bet you’ll find yourself loving learning how to sew a zipper on a jacket. It turns out separating zippers are really about the easiest zipper to sew around outside of an invisible zipper. Sounds too good to be true? Let me convince …
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Today we’re talking about how to applique with sewing machine. Maybe it’s just me, but I always see plain fabric as a blank canvas of possibilities yelling at me to do something interesting to them. (Hence why I ice dye fabric, embroider it, overdye it and all manner of other things). Well, you can add …
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Confused by all the types of elastic used in all your sewing projects? I don’t blame you. There’s a lot of different elastics and so many of them look similar. How do you pick the best elastic for your sewing? Where can you even buy good elastic in the first place? Here you’ll learn all …
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Today is all about adding elastic to a jeans waistband with buttonhole elastic. If you have kids, you’ve probably seen buttonhole elastic on pants. And if you have kids with smaller waists, you LOOK for pants with buttonhole elastic. Buttonhole elastic is great stuff it turns out for helping create an adjustable waist. For kids …
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If you’re new to sewing, you might be wondering what is a seam ripper? One thing is certain: if there’s one tool in the sewing room that gets a lot of hate, it’s the humble seam ripper. In short, this little metal tool is for removing stitches. Why the hate? Because nobody likes removing stitches …
