Tara Rex provides helpful tips on how to best organize your machine stitches. You will find these tips will save you time and potential frustration. Find out what classes are available to assist you with understanding your sewing machine. Learn the many stitch options your machine has. Use these tips to ensure a successful and fun sewing experience.
Beth Bradley provides an overview and introduction to sashiko embroidery designs and techniques. Follow along as she walks you through the process from start to finish. She provides an overview of tools and floss recommendations, as well. Short on time? Beth shows off a specially-designed machine that will give you the sashiko embroidery look without…
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Leah Rybak presents a fun and easy tip to help you stay organized. See how helpful this tip can be for remembering unique ideas for the future as well as remembering what gifts you have given to friends or family in the past. Find out how organized you can be with index cards.
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Krista Williams demonstrates how to install a center (or slot) zipper using a self-basing zipper. She shows you every step including preparing the opening, marking a 5/8th inch seam, ironing the fusible interfacing and more. Related Article: 6 Tricks for Sewing Zippers
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Christina Patzman talks about which types of lining are appropriate for various fabrics. She goes into detail about why the hang loose (polyester) and ambiance (bemberg rayon) are her favorites and discusses when you should use them. You will also learn about non-traditional lining fabrics such as pongee, china silk, and taffeta.
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This is a terrible video! Did you just grab her off the street and make her record this? Her monotone and hesitation made this hard to watch and listen to. Glad I didn’t pay for this one!
Hi Donna. Thank you for your feedback. I will forward your comments on to the proper department.
I thought it was helpful. I have a brother machine and I am looking to upgrade can you tell me the model of her Brother machine. I would like one that does this type of flowers etc. Thanks for your help
Hello Beverly,
What is the current model of sewing machine that you have right now?
Thanks
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Hi there I am wondering if you could advise me what machine this is. I have a much older sewing machine, a brother and a janome both about 10 yrs old. I am looking at upgrading and loved this video for the stitching she did. Thanks.
I thought the video was helpful also. I am an organizing nut and I appreciate seeing how the lady has her sewing machine information organized in her notebook. I also think it’s a great idea to make swatches of stitches to see how big they actually are. I’ll be making myself a nifty notebook too! 🙂
I agree this was not a helpful video nor a dynamic speaker. I didn”t learn anything that could have been prints as “keep a notebook of stitches you learned during your classroom training”.
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Good grief, what a bunch of Negative Nellies! I thought Tara did fine and gave helpful information.
I enjoyed the video very much and as some before me, I would appreciate if you told me which sewing machine she is using. This has not been answered. Tks
i have had my sewing machine for many years but am just reaching a point in life that permits me time to sew “just because”. i found this information very helpful. discussing practice stitches on different types of fabric. Also, she mentioned buttonholes which the idea of terrifies me, but her encouragement was timely for me. Thank you for making this information available.
Thank you guys for this video as well as many others I’ve saved to my playlists and have purchased! I’m a new premium member who’s been sewing almost 2 years. I have 2 sewing machines (1 mechanical Heavy Duty Singer 4423, and the other a computerized Brother HC1850), 1 combo embroidery and sewing machine by Husqvarna Topaz 40, and 2 sergers by Singer (one is a 4-thread and the other a 5-thread combo machine). Thanks for the content you guys provide! I’ve been meaning to actually stitch out the decorative stitches on swatches and notate them in my sewing notebook! Just needed an example to see how it’s done. This video was a real help. I was able to pause it and see the kinds of details she documented. Again – thank you for the content!