When working on a sewing project or any project for that matter the most anticipated portion of this experience is the end result. Seeing how your handy work turns out and marvel at your skill and prowess is the most gratifying point of a sewing experience, aside from being paid for it of course. But then your sewing ...

Whether you have a regular sewing machine or an industrial one, you must take good care of it. Taking good care of your machine may mean everything from oiling and cleaning it regularly to taking it to a professional to have it examined from time to time. If you ignore this, chances are, the overall performance of ...

Flat felled seams are common in menswear like denim and jeans. You can also spot them in some children’s wear.  Flat felled seams make two lines of stitches on fabrics; hence experts don’t recommend them for all fabrics. There are different ways to make this kind of seams at home using basic tools like a standard ...

So you have learnt how to sew and now want to up your game to the next level, embroidery. Or maybe you just had a fascination with embroidery and want to try it out. Maybe it’s a group project you started, or maybe you are just bored and want to learn something new. Whatever it is that lured you towards this read it ...

Admit it; you have once bought an awesome pair of jeans only to realize that it has an extra length at the bottom. You wore it for a few days and got frustrated that it gathered dust while walking. Yes, you have the option of hiring a tailor to hem the jeans. However, experts recommend mastering how to hem jeans at ...

Hand sewing is a useful skill, but it’s simply not capable of producing uniform and strong stitches that you can achieve with a sewing machine. However, when you have a machine sewn seam, the first and the last stitches are always the weakest points. For this reason, many sewers protect these weaker stitches with a ...

The truth is sewing is not hard, it is basic stuff, really. However, sewing well is not easy either and it is even harder to sew perfectly. Worry not nonetheless, with the sewing tips and techniques compiled in this article you will be well on your way to making some decent stitches in just a couple of paragraphs. ...