Learn-to-Sew: Cutting Out From Paper Patterns
So you’ve chosen a pattern you’d like to tackle. How do you go about cutting out from it?…
Learn-to-Sew: Sewing Curves
I hope you’ve mastered sewing straight seams now. How are you going on the curves? If you have been making…
Learn-to-Sew: Sewing Terms Explained
Are you confused by sewing terms? Pick up any sewing pattern and there will be terms used that…
Learn-to-sew: Five Principles for Neat Sewing
This next post in the Learn-to-Sew series gives you five principles for ‘neat’ sewing. The quality of your…
Learn-to-Sew: All About Fabric
Today we are talking all about fabric. I don’t need to tell you that fabric comes in a…
Learn-to-Sew: Ten Things to Sew with Only Straight Seams
In a previous post I linked to a few easy beginner sewing projects. Today I have rounded ten tutorials…
Learn-to-Sew: Finding your Sewing Zen (or how to deal with frustration)
Frustration – the flip-side of “flow”? In writing about the importance of sustaining creativity, I talked about the concept…
Learn-to-Sew: Sewing Straight and Easy Beginner Projects
To get comfortable with your sewing machine, some straight sewing is a great place to start. Here are…
Learn-to-Sew: Threading your machine
It is time to get your sewing machine out! Let’s get it threaded up today. It goes without…
Learn-to-Sew: Setting yourself up to sew
Sewing – where to start? So you’ve decided you want to dust off your sewing machine and learn-to-sew but where…