Sewing Tips

Take your sewing projects to the next level using these sewing tips and tricks.

{Proud mama alert!} For tips on teaching a child to quilt, please scroll to the bottom of this blog post! 'My almost-seven-year-old daughter completed her first quilt yesterday! She made a small patchwork quilt and intends to give it to her kitten. We used a charm pack (to limit the amount of cutting needed, since I do not feel she is ready to use a rotary cutter). She chose a cute set of prints in a rainbow of colors. I explained the basics and let her lay out the squares however she liked…

Sewing knits and stretchy fabric beautifully is actually very easy, and this can all be done on a sewing machine. No serger required.

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Mitered corners are a great way to create professional looking results when sewing corners. Many times mitered corners are associated with quilts or other projects that are being finished with some kind of a binding. However, Stacy Grissom demonstrates how to create a mitered corner while doing a double fold hem around the edge of a project.

As a novice sewist, I find that I keep coming across words I just don’t understand. To me, bias is not liking someone because they’re a Vikings fan, and the right side is the side I prefer to get phot

Beth Bradley provides helpful tips and easy techniques for plus size sewing. Find out about design details and fabrics that look good on plus size bodies.

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