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Tips For Beginners Who Want To Sew
October 18, 2006
By: Larry R. Loughborough
The first thing to keep in mind if you want to learn to sew
is that It’s Fun. Whether you want to learn to sew for
personal benefit or for starting your own business,
remember its fun. Secondly, you need to start small and
work your way up as your skills improve. Start out with
research.
I suggest the following Tips to do before starting sewing:
1.) Talk to friends who sew and ask questions. No question
is stupid when you don’t know anything about sewing. The
more questions you ask, the more you will learn.
2.) Talk to your local fabric store employees and ask
questions. It’s amazing how much these employees like to
help. They go out of their way to help because they want
you as a potential customer, purchasing their fabric and
supplies instead of going to the store down the street or
purchasing on the internet.
3.) Go to your local library. There are many sewing books
for beginners. I suggest looking in the children section
for books on beginning sewing. It’s amazing what you will
find in the children section.
4.) Call your local high school and talk with the “home-ec”
teacher. The teacher will give you many helpful tips and
advise.
5.) Email me at Stitches of Paradise and I will try to help
you and answer your questions to the best of my ability.
6.) Search for free sewing classes. Your local fabric
store might have a free one. If not, you should check your
local community college for classes. As an alternative,
you can search the internet and find on-line beginner’s
classes.
7.) Check on eBay for cheap beginners books. Knowledge
will improve your skills.
Go to local yard sales and pick up some cheap fabric
someone doesn’t want. This way you can practice on cheap
fabric. When you make a mistake (and we all do), you will
not ruin expensive material. And no one has to know about
your mistakes. As you practice, you WILL improve your
sewing skills. Eventually you will feel comfortable and
will be willing to try sewing a project with more expensive
material without being afraid of making a mistake.
In Final: Things To Remember:
1.) Don’t take on projects that are too big for you at the
start. Start simple and practice on that fabric you
bought at the yard sale.
2.) When starting your first real project, use linen,
cotton or wool. Use fabric that will not fray. There is
nothing worse than unfinished edges on a fabric.
3.) Your thread should match your fabric. This really
hides sewing mistakes.
4.) Purchase a seam ripper. You will need it to correct
mistakes. There is nothing worse than sewing a seam and
then finding out that you have to rip it out and start
again.
Happy sewing and just have fun.
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This article describes many tips for individuals who want
to begin sewing. It is a beginner’s tip list of things to
do before starting to learn to sew.
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