Learning To Sew
Learning to sew is easier right now than it has ever been before. If you have the internet you have access to thousands of how to blogs, books, You Tube channels devoted to sewing, and lets not forget Pinterest. There are so many resources for the beginner sewer out there. If learning online is not your cup of tea, there are a lot of helpful books on sewing to be found. Many quilt store, community centers, and technology centers have sewing and craft classes these days. Finding the information on how to sew is pretty easy, knowing what to do with it can be the hard part. One thing I have seen some of my students do that discourages them is tackle a big project first thing. I really recommend that if you are new to sewing that you practice before you even tackle a simple project.
Practice makes perfect, this is very true and with sewing doubly so. I encourage all beginner sewer to spend some time just sewing on their machine. The easiest way to do this is to draw some lines and basic shapes on either paper or fabric and sew on these lines. I know that this can sound boring but the more you practice getting straight seams and learning to maneuver the fabric the better a sewer you will be. Sewing down the lines will also help you to see if you are letting the fabric feed into the machine smoothly or if you are pulling and tugging on your fabric to much. When you are done sewing down the line your fabric need to lay smoothly, if it puckers anywhere or no longer looks square you need to keep practicing. Trust me when I tell you that these practice sheets will help you become a better more confident sewer and will make creating your first project that much easier.
Practice, practice, practice, and have fun. for more help with sewing I recommend these books.
