Here you’ll find sewing videos with step by step sewing tutorials, sewing tips, and other video sewing help you need to become a better seamstress.
Let’s talk how to gather fabric. Gathering fabric is one of those sewing tasks we often end up doing, but yikes, it can often be a headache! Threads can break and gathers can get all uneven on you. On the worst days, you might even miss sewing a whole chunk of gathered fabric into your […]
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I have and always will be a person who lives by the credo–use what you have. With that in mind, I wanted to share this list of cheap sewing tools you may already have hanging around your house. The truth is that sometimes the fanciest gadgets and specialty notions don’t necessarily mean better sewing. The
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Let’s talk how to set snaps. Ooh, I love me some snaps. Snaps are a great alternative whenever you don’t want to use buttons. The truth is that some fabrics don’t make sewing buttonholes easy (knits!). And sometimes snaps make it easier for functional things like diaper changes. That’s why you’ll see snaps on baby
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This post is gonna be all about how to use PDF sewing patterns. PDF sewing patterns are great for so many reasons, but like all pattern formats, they come with some quirks we gotta get over. The biggest frustration to PDF sewing patterns is easily the printing and assembly issue. Beyond that, raise your hand
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Sewing is one of those skills that needs accuracy, and an arsenal of sewing tools for measuring will take you a long way. I’m sharing my favorite tools for measuring. All of these will help you cut and draw cleaner lines, better hems, and make quicker pattern alterations. On to the tools! Rulers and tapes
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We’re taking a TARDIS trip back to my childhood with today’s tutorial: how to make a fabric yoyo. My fascination with yoyos began in elementary school. My Mom started making fabric yoyos by the hundreds as a border for a commemorative quilt for my school. I loved seeing the little circles become these beautiful little
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I am always up for a good sweater refashion, and today I’m showing you how to tackle DIY fingerless gloves. Several years ago I started making these in droves. They are a life saver in winter! They’re perfect for those mornings your hands are cold but you still want to be able to do things.
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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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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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