Sewing Tips

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A Guide to Understanding Thread Tension

Thread tension in a sewing machine is key to achieving balanced and professional-looking stitches...

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Eight Tips for Organizing Your Sewing Room

Organizing a sewing room can be a challenge, especially if you have a lot of fabric, supplies, and equipment. Here are some great tips:

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Sew and Sell - Advice, Tips, and Quick Projects

Tips for choosing quick and easy projects to sew and sell, pricing tips, and proven best-sellers!

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Tips for Sewing With Viscose Fabric from Sew Over It

The folks from Sew Over It share their best tips for sewing with viscose fabrics. These experienced sewers stitched some fabulous...

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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...

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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...

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Long Winter Coat – DIY + Tips

For the very first time, April from coolripa patterns, cuts and stitches this lovely, cozy, long winter coat. Taking a pattern from an...

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How to Turn a Tube Right-side Out

Melly Sews shows us five ways to turn a long strip of fabric with a seam, such as a bag strap, or arms and legs for a doll. Five ways to...

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Sewing Machine Needles – Purpose and Size – How to Read the Package Info

There are specialized needles for most types of machines and fabrics, and many different sizes and purposes. The information found...

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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...

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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...

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Tips for Choosing Coat or Jacket Sewing Patterns with Lauren Guthrie

Autumn and winter coat sewing patterns: Sewing your own coat is an investment of time and supplies and choosing a pattern can be a big...

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Sewing Over Pins? Ashley Hough Offers Great Tips and Tricks

Sewing over pins can be a contentious subject for many sewers. Some sewers make it a rule to never sew over pins and others have always...

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Some of the Best Serger Tips and Techniques – Free Video Series

We curated a playlist just for you with some of the very best and most useful FREE serger sewing video tips and tutorials we could find! ...

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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...

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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...

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