Sewing Survival Gide

Sewing 101

This $49 course consists of 22 sewing tips and techniques that every beginner sewist should know. It starts from how to thread your machine through tips for sewing with knits. There are photos and videos to help you along the way.

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Course curriculum

1. Introduction
2. Affiliate Disclaimer
1. Cutting Tools
2. Required Sewing Supplies
3. Optional Sewing Supplies
1. Choose your First Sewing Machine
1. Familiarize yourself with your Machine
2. How to Insert your Needle
3. How to insert a sewing machine needle
4. Wind your Bobbin
5. How to Wind a Bobbin
6. Thread your Machine
7. How to Thread a sewing Machine
8. Thread your Bobbin
9. How to Thread a Bobbin
1. Introduction
2. Wash and Dry your Fabric
3. Match the Selvedge Edges
4. Line up the folded edge with your cutting mat line
5. Cut the Raw Edges
6. How to Square up Fabric
1. Types of Rotary Cutter Blades
2. Remember to Change out your Blades
3. How to Sharpen your Rotary Cutter Blade
4. Preparing to use your Rotary Cutter
5. Cutting with your Rotary Cutter
6. Rotary Cutter Safety
7. How to Use a Rotary Cutter - Video
1. Introduction
2. Wash your Cutting Mat
3. Scrub your Cutting Mat
4. Rinse and Dry your Cutting Mat
5. Free Cutting Mat Care Printable
1. Introduction
2. Types of Sewing Machine Needles
3. Needle Chart
4. Sizes and Systems
5. Sewing Machine Needle Printable
1. Introduction
2. What is stitch length?
3. Why to Change Stitch Length
4. How to Change Stitch Length
5. Free Stitch Length Printable
1. Presser Feet Basics
1. Ways to Fix Tension
2. Tension Guide
1. Types of Fabrics
2. Fabric Tips
1. Introduction
2. Practice Sewing on Lined Paper
3. Use the Width of your Presser Foot
4. Use an Adjustable Edge Guide
5. Stitch Plate Markings
6. Use a Magnetic Guide
7. Straight Line Practice Sheet
1. Line up your Raw Edges
2. Guide your Fabrics
3. Keep the Raw Edges Aligned
4. Practice
5. Clip and Turn
6. Stitch your Corners
7. Clip your Corners
8. Curves Practice Sheet
9. Corners Practice Sheet
1. Introduction
2. Woven Interfacing
3. Non-Woven Interfacing
4. Knit Interfacing
5. Interfacing weight
6. Installation of Interfacing
1. Introduction
2. What is a Twin Needle
3. Types of Twin Needles
4. How to Install a Twin Needle
5. How to Thread your Machine
6. Stitch with your Twin Needle
7. Troubleshooting
8. How to Use a Twin Needle - Video
1. Introduction
2. Prepare your Fabric
3. Prepare your Machine
4. Stitch the Blind Hem
5. How to Sew a blind hem using your Sewing Machine - Video
1. Introduction
2. Rolled Hem Foot
3. Preparing to use your Rolled Hem Foot
4. Stitch your Rolled Hem
5. Video Tutorial of How to Stitch a Rolled Hem - Video
1. Introduction
2. Determine your seam allowance
3. Divide your seam allowance in half and stitch
4. Stitch the Second Seam
5. Stitching French Seams in Garments
6. How to Sew a French Seam - Video
1. Introduction
2. Step 1: Cut out the Pocket Piece
3. Step 2: Place the Pocket Piece Right Sides together with the Bag Piece
4. Create the opening
5. Add the Zipper
6. Complete the Pocket
7. Add a Zipper into Handbag - Video
1. Introduction
2. Tools you will need for Sewing with Leather - Free Printable
3. Teflon Foot
4. Use a Longer Stitch Length
5. Do Not Use Pins
6. Stitch with Care
7. Simple Project for Sewing With Leather
1. Introduction
2. Press your Zipper and Snap on Your Foot
3. Start with the Right Side of the Zipper
4. Stitch the Right Side
5. Stitch the Left Side
6. Finish the Seam
1. What are Kam Snaps
2. Parts of a Kam Snap
3. How to Install the Snaps
4. How to Install Kam Snaps
1. Introduction
2. Fold a Square of Fabric on the Bias
3. Stitch
4. Draw Lines
5. Cut the Lines
6. Press through a Bias Tape Maker
7. Bias Binding Calculation Charts
8. How to Make Bias Binding - Video
1. Introduction
2. About Bias Binding
3. Step 1: Open the Bias Binding and clip
4. Step 2: Stitch along the first fold
5. How to Create Mitered Corners
6. Joining the Bias Ends
7. Fold Over the Bias Binding
8. Stitch the Bias Binding
1. Introduction
2. Diagram for Ladder Stitch
3. How to do ladder Stitich
1. Introduction
2. How to Install a Walking foot
3. Sewing with a Walking Foot
4. Sew with a Walking Foot - Video
1. Introduction
2. Use the Correct Needle
3. Use a Twin Needle
4. Use a Walking Foot
5. Use a Knit Stitch
6. Use a Serger
1. Introduction
2. How to Make a Button Hole
1. Sew a Beginner Car Trash Bag

About this course

$49.00
150 lessons
1.5 hours of video content

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Sewing 101

Course curriculum

Introduction

Sewing Tools and Supplies: What you will Need

Chapter 1: Choose your First Sewing Machine

Chapter 2: How to Thread Your Machine

Chapter 3: How to Square Up Fabric

Chapter 4: How to Use a Rotary Cutter

Chapter 5: How to Maintain Your Cutting Mat

Chapter 6: All about Sewing Machine Needles

Chapter 7: How to Determine Stitch Length

Chapter 8: Presser Feet Basics

Chapter 9: Fixing Tension

Chapter 10: The Basics of Fabrics

Chapter 11: How to Sew a Straight Line

Chapter 12: How to Sew Curves and Corners

Chapter 13: The Ins and Outs of Interfacing

Chapter 14: How and Why to use a Twin Needle

Chapter 15: How to Sew a Blind Hem

Chapter 16: How to Stitch a Rolled Hem

Chapter 17: French Seams Made Easy

Chapter 18: Add a Zipper into a Handbag

Chapter 19: Tips for Sewing with Leather

Chapter 20: Add an Invisible Zipper

Chapter 21: How to Install Kam Snaps

Chapter 22: How to Make Bias Binding

Chapter 23: How to Stitch Bias Binding

Chapter 24: How to Sew Ladder Stitch

Chapter 25: What is a Walking Foot and Why do I Need it?

Chapter 26: Tips for Sewing with Knits

Chapter 27: How to Sew a Button Hole

Chapter 28: Let's Sew a Project

About this course