I bet you’ve quickly realised, or soon will, that sewing patterns don’t teach you to sew, they actually assume you already know how to do EVERYTHING!! So what is the best way to use the patterns AND learn what you need to know?
6:05 Basic sewing terminology
6:58 The Golden Rule: Sew a seam. Finish it. Press it. Then you move on to the next step!
8:10 Fabrics, needles, and interfacing
9:48 Sizing
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👉 The Golden Rule: Sew a seam. Finish it. Press it. Then you move on to the next step!
6 PROFESSIONAL SEAM FINISHES you can do without a serger or overlocker! (Try something new!)
WHEN AND WHERE TO DO A SEAM FINISH? (Because your sewing pattern doesn’t tell you when!)
#1 WAY TO MAKE YOUR SEWING LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL… plus (spoiler!) 3 tips on pressing and ironing!
👉 Fabrics, needles, and interfacing
4 FABRICS ALL SEWING BEGINNERS SHOULD AVOID! (*don’t make learning to sew harder than it has to be!)
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HOW TO FIND THE GRAINLINE WITH NO SELVAGE? 3 tips to find the grainline on any fabric, even scraps!
PROBLEMS SEWING FACINGS? The 3 main reasons your facings look terrible and how to fix it!
👉 Sizing
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SEWING PATTERN SIZE, when you’re in-between sizes?
SEWING PATTERN SIZE Stop guessing & start measuring to choose the right sewing pattern size for YOU!
What’s really going on with sewing pattern sizes and why does nothing you make fit?
SEWING PATTERN SIZE DRAMAS! ✂ It doesn’t fit me even though the measurements are correct! Why?
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My grandma taught me when I was a child and now I’m relearning so I can make clothes for my little girls. So excited to find your channel
I just want to wear 1940s clothes. So I want to learn to sew
Awe. My grandmothers name was Evelyn Wood. 😊
Ease in a pattern has always messed me up. I am between a 10 and 12. Finished measurements are my correct size. Not sure is finished size includes ease or not. Example finished size is 39 hip I am a 39 hip. Will I still be able to sit, or will it be too tight?
Just bought a pattern to stitch up a robe, and double gauze fabric. Zig zagged the edges, washed and dried, ready to iron and cut out pattern pieces but worried about destroying the pattern. I’m thinking it would be wiser to trace the pattern onto (parchment) paper and leave the original intact. I took a sewing class forever ago and know about notches (cutting OUT not IN on the fabric so you have a diamond point to line up, not a notch in your seem allowance) and I pay attention to fold lines and grainlines but that is the extent of my knowledge and experience. I found your video hoping it would essentially be a “So [sew] you bought a sewing pattern and fabric… Now what? How to start and where to begin” video. This video was helpful! But not quite the info I feel I need to get started. Off to your channel in hopes of more info!