Tips and Tricks
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Tips for using your sewing machine efficiently
Looking at the difference between pressing and ironing; Pressing techniques for different sewing projects
How to hem and what type of hem to choose
Which seam for which garment/fabric?
French seams with splits
How to use grainlines to perfect the fit of your pants
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If you don't thread it right, it won't work.
Pressing and Ironing are sewing musts: here are the tools!
Using a rolled hem foot
8 of the most common seams
Keeping French seams in sleeves smooth and flexible
GAH! Pointy darts!
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Basics of manual and computerized sewing machines
Spray starch on knits; Block fusing slippery fabrics; Garment measurements; marking your thumb for hand stitching; beeswax
Creating a narrow rolled hem using BanRol Stabilizer
5 go-to seam finishes
Sewing jeans with domestic machine; side seams and pockets; hemming silk; fixing a saggy neckline; fixing the crotch of zipperless pants
Sleeve drafting (video 1 of 4)
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