A crucial sewing skill for upholstery designs, home décor, and clothing is gathering fabric. The gathering stitch can be used to provide ruffles and ornamental finishing to a variety of sewing projects, as well as to give a garment shape. One of the quickest and most popular techniques is machine gathering, which I’ll walk you … Read more
Even seams and clean stitching will look great on whatever you chose to sew. Naturally, this can be a little challenging when you’re just learning to sew. It’s possible that the machine you are using is new to you or that you do not yet own one. But don’t allow anything stop you from beginning … Read more
No matter how much you love to sew, there are moments when the frustration is too much and you have to give up for the day. There are times when sewing seems to be fraught with difficulties, and you seem to spend more time troubleshooting your machine than actually sewing. Breaking needles on your sewing … Read more
A few prerequisites must be met in order to create this type of thread art, regardless of experience level. You need to have the necessary supplies and be familiar with embroidery techniques and knots. Just thread, needles, canvas, an embroidery hoop, and scissors are needed for embroidery, but you do need to make sure you’re … Read more
An essential component of the sewing process is the sewing machine needle. The needle needs to be powerful and sharp enough to cut through multiple layers of fabric. It should also be able to sew evenly and smoothly without endangering your product or the machine. Selecting the incorrect kind of needle while handling delicate materials … Read more
We’ve been talking a lot about how frustrating sewing with knits can be, so hopefully that’s not depressing you too. I merely want to share these frustrating points with you so that you can steer clear of all the mistakes I’ve made with my own sewing technique over the years. Choosing the right needle is … Read more