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11 Easy Sewing Tips and Pro Tricks You Should Know

When it comes to sewing, it can be incredibly helpful to know about some of the best tips and tricks to follow. After all, sewing can be a potentially tricky task in some instances, and any tips or tricks that can help to offset this are always worth considering! Luckily, we’re on hand today to give you some further support and ideas about how to improve your own sewing efforts, so you can make the most of every opportunity! 11 Easy Sewing Tips and Tricks To Follow Sewing – i

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Five Methods For Tracing Sewing Patterns – Keep Your Original Patterns Intact – Evelyn W

Evelyn Wood shares five methods for tracing sewing patterns to create your own copies while keeping your original sewing patterns and sizes intact and uncut. Extra time is needed to trace your pattern pieces, but there are some very good reasons to trace your pattern rather than cut into it. Pattern tracing lets you to maintain the original pattern pieces. Tracing allows sewers to use a pattern more than once and in more than one size. Tracing the sewing pattern lets you

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8 Best Beginner Sewing Tips – Sew Better with The Last Stitch

If you want to get better at using your sewing machine, follow these eight simple steps from Johanna Lundström, the author of Master the Coverstitch Machine and Sewing Activewear, that will make your garment sewing look sew much more professional! Johanna discusses and demonstrates releasing and balancing the tension, threading, needle position when starting a seam, pulling back the thread, stitch length and width, sewing straight and guiding fabrics. These tips will prove

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Evelyn Wood Shares 14 Things She Wishes She Knew As A Beginner Sewer

Evelyn Wood shares 14 things she wishes she knew as a beginner sewer. Evelyn discusses her sewing tips for tools, machines, fear of cutting fabrics, patterns, thread, fitting, being overwhelmed, and the sewing process as a beginner. Watch this free video and listen to Evelyn’s very best tips for those of us who are beginner sewing enthusiasts. Watch now: Subscribe to Eveyln’s Youtube Channel Evelyn Wood is a life-long sewer and dressmaker who loves everything sewing, vintage

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Sewing, Cutting and Pressing on the Bias

To make a bias cut essentially means to cut the pattern piece from the fabric on a 45 degree angle to the straight grain so that the fabric will drape and contour with the shape of the body. To put it simply – the fabric is cut on a diagonal angle rather than along a fold line. Garments such as skirts, dresses, blouses and capes are perfect garments for sewing on the bias to achieve a beautiful drape! When cut on the bias, woven fabric is more fluid when it moves with the

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How to Sew More Efficiently and Minimize Sewing Mistakes – The Last Stitch

Johanna Lundström from The Last Stitch shares her best sewing tips and tricks for sewing more efficiently and minimizing the risk of sewing mistakes. Some of these helpful tips will also help you sew faster increasing your production. Johanna feels that it’s very important to have an efficient sewing workflow. Watch now: Ikea Hack Sewing and Cutting Table: Sewing Prep Routine: Order Johanna Lundström’s latest book Master the Coverstitch Machine Subscribe to The Last Stitc

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Five Best Reasons to Sew

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Five+ Quilting Tips | Tricks Using Masking Tape

Karen from Just Get It Done Quilts shares her five quick and simple sewing/quilting hacks that will improve your quilting skills and accuracy! Such an inexpensive and simple tool that most of us have in a junk drawer or workshop. Watch now: More tape tips: Tape only one direction at a time, don’t overlap or cross your tape lines. Use masking tape that doesn’t have the new paint resistant adhesive. It is too sticky for fabric. Remove the tape from your projects if you no long

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3 Free Toddler/Kids Pajama Sewing Projects

1. Sew a Knit Fabric Toddler-size Pajama Set In this free sewing video DIY, ForeSee Love shows you how she sews a knit fabric toddler pajama set by using an existing garment set to create the pattern. This tutorial also shares detailed pattern making techniques for creating both the top and the bottom pattern pieces – that you may have not have seen before! Not only are these kids pajamas easy to sew, but they are also inexpensive to sew. Adult-size t-shirts become candidat

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Sewing with Faux Fur – Free Tips, Tricks, + Tutorials

Faux fur, also called fake fur, is any material made of cellulose or synthetic fibers usually designed to resemble animal fur. Faux fur is typically used for creating accessories, and garments for cold weather. Warm and cozy for slippers, collars, mittens, boot cuffs, and jacket lining. Faux fur usually has a knit fabric backing and is also very commonly used in costume sewing. Soft toys, bedding, there is so much you can do with faux fur. Faux fur was first introduced in 19

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Oversized Cardigan Upcycle with The Sustainable Seamstress

“Upcycled in this video is an over-sized and unflattering cardigan sweater, tailored to the correct size and re-purposed with a thrifted appliqued t-shirt to refashion the cardigan sweater into a wearable fashionable eco-friendly handmade wardrobe essential. ” Watch the video DIY: The Sustainable Seamstress is dedicated to slow fashion. Upcycled clothing for a large family committed to frugal living. Jill enjoys working with her hands in many different ways including re-pu

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Tips and Tricks for Sewing Through Thick and Bulky Seam Allowances

Laura from Sew Very Easy discusses getting your sewing machine through those thick and bulky (possibly unpressed?) seam allowances on the inside of your projects. Laura explains why your machine behaves the way it does when it encounters extra layers of fabric. Watch the close-ups to learn and understand how you can quickly rectify this whenever you have to sew over seam allowances: EverSewn Sparrow 30 – 310 Stitch Computerized Sewing Machine from: Sewingmachinesplus.com, Inc

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Learn How to Sew a Shirt Yoke with the Burrito Method – Stitchless TV

This garment sewing technique, demonstrated by Tree from StitchlessTV, is ideal for creating a clean, professional finish on the inside of your #memade shirts. Watch the free video to see how this is done: Advertisement More at SWN: Advertisement #method #sewingtutorial #finishing #garmentsewingtechnique #freesewingtutorial #sewingvideo #garmentsewing #tips #yoke #backyoke #technique #garmentsewingtutorial #shirt #freevideotutorial #videotutorial #StitchlessTV

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Summer Sewing for the Backyard, Cottage, Patio, or Porch – Free Video Series

Make outdoor living more comfortable and beautiful no matter where you are, with these free video tutorials that show us how to sew simple soft furnishings, umbrellas, shades, chairs, lounges, hammocks, grill covers, and more. Sew your new patio on a budget and upcycle your materials, or invest in Sunbrella which *IS* the best canvas you can buy for outdoor living. Make sure you use UV resistant thread! Remember that the color red fades the fastest and first. Closed cell f

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What Is? Sewing Series from Made to Sew

A fantastic sewing video series from Made to Sew that answers some of those “what is..?” questions that many sewing enthusiasts share! Nine quick videos and great information for sewers of all skill levels. Visit Made to Sew! More at SWN: Spring and Summer T-shirt Sewing Inspiration Learn to Speak Dressmaker with Evelyn Wood Garment Construction: Learn to Fit a Dress Pattern + 4 Free Spring PDF Patterns Sewing 101 – Ten FREE Video Lessons from Angel Peterson Advice for Choosi

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Learn to Speak Dressmaker with Evelyn Wood

A free video series discussing sewing terminology: This is a free video series of three short videos with Evelyn Wood, where she discusses all of the mystery sewing terminology that you want to know! Evelyn’s wants you to learn to speak dressmaker. Watch these three free videos and you will be surprised with what you might learn! Make sewing easier and more fun! There are sewers of all skill levels and backgrounds who think that many of the sewing terms that Evelyn discusses

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Angela Walter’s at QUILT FESTIVAL 2017

Didn’t make it to Houston this year? See what caught Angela’s eye at her first Quilt Festival and SUBSCRIBE to her ✨ NEW All-Midnight Quilt Show channel! Watch the video: The Midnight Quilt Show is a free YouTube series that celebrates late-night cutting, piecing and quilting. Each week, host Angela Walters brings you a quick and quippy breakdown of a brand new quilt… wine not included. Take new shortcuts and sew in your PJs! More Angela Walters at SWN: The Daytime Quilt Sh

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Thread Weights and Their Best Uses

Knowing which thread weight to choose is an important part of any sewing project. Thread that is too fine can cause your project to fall apart. Thread that is thicker and heavier can tear your fabric. These free videos offer valuable information, tips, and tricks for choosing the best thread for your projects every time! The folks from Aurifil, the National Quilter’s Circle, and Leah Day – quilting expert, share their experience and wisdom with you here at Sew What’s New!

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Fresh Quilting – A Free Video Series from the Modern Quilt Guild

Fresh Quilting is a new public television show co-produced by the Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) and KS Productions. Fresh Quilting airs this February 2017 with an all-star lineup of modern designers and quilters. In this new modern quilting series, innovative modern quilters reinterpret traditional techniques with a fresh, modern aesthetic! In each episode, leading designers give a fresh twist on traditional designs and share quilting techniques to create high-impact quilts. By wa

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45 Simple (and free!) Sewing Projects from Melanie Ham

Melanie Ham is an exceptionally talented teacher and sewer who shares her projects and techniques in each one of these 45 free sewing videos. These sewing projects are simple and beginner-friendly with a twist of fun! Join Melanie and become inspired! 45 Simple Sewing Projects with Melanie Ham: How To Make a Fast and Easy Fabric Flower 5:29 How to Sew a Basic Zippered Pouch 13:17 Sew an Envelope Pillow Cover: Beginner 8:15 How to Make an Ironing Board Cover 3:30 How to Make

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