Are you like me? You love to sew. It makes you happy. But sometimes you spend more time thinking about sewing than actually doing it. Do thoughts constantly crossing your mind about what you want to sew for yourself, your home, or others? Whether I'm at home, work, or pumping gas, I'll see ... [ Read More ]
What To Do When You Hate the Garment You Made
Shortly after making the decision to try my hand at sewing my own clothes, I made my first garment. I was excited about the pattern and couldn't wait to get the garment done so I could wear it. I found the pattern at my mom's house. She's kept many of the patterns she's purchased over the ... [ Read More ]
Is Me-Made-May for You?
Have you been thinking about sewing your own clothes? But for whatever reason, you just haven't made the leap to actually try it? Maybe you have tried sewing some clothes for yourself and it was a disaster. So, you gave up before you ever really got started. If either of these scenarios ... [ Read More ]
A Beginner’s Guide to Selecting Clothing Patterns
You've been thinking about sewing your own clothes. Now you're ready to begin the journey of learning how to sew your own garments. That's fantastic! Your next step is going to be finding a pattern but which one(s) do you choose? Selecting patterns is an important part of sewing your own ... [ Read More ]
How to Successfully Iron and Press Wrinkles and Creases
Ironing or pressing wrinkles and creases out of clothing or fabric has NOT been a strength of mine...until now. Most of my life after I ironed clothes the garment looked exactly like it did before any heat was applied to it. The same thing happened when I ironed or pressed a piece of fabric ... [ Read More ]
Sewing Projects for Beginners
The free online sewing class Get Ready to Sew! is just the beginning of your sewing journey. Take a look at the following sewing projects for beginner sewists. Each project was designed to help you get comfortable with your sewing machine and develop foundational sewing knowledge and skills. ... [ Read More ]
What To Do When You Dread Clothes Shopping
Have you ever thought about sewing your own clothes? This has been a fleeting thought throughout my adult life, but not one I ever really seriously considered...until recently. A Little History Sewing clothes instead of buying them ready-made isn't a new idea for me. My great-grandmother ... [ Read More ]
How to Sew a Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Once you work through the steps to make a bean bag, it doesn't take too long to make a bunch of them. The process of making a bunch of bean bags is even more efficient if you do one step for all the bean bags before moving on to the next step. But what in the world can you do with a bunch of bean ... [ Read More ]
Use the Blind Stitch to Finish Binding
This tutorial on how to hand sew a blind stitch to finish a binding is one of five tutorials that are part of a larger sewing project, How to Sew a Tic-Tac-Toe Board. The following five tutorials make up most of the steps involved in sewing a Tic-Tac-Toe board: Sew a Nine Patch Block ... [ Read More ]
How to Attach a Binding
This tutorial on how to attach a binding is one of five tutorials that are part of a larger sewing project, How to Sew a Tic-Tac-Toe Board. The following five tutorials make up most of the steps involved in sewing a Tic-Tac-Toe board: Sew a Nine Patch Block Square a Nine Patch Block ... [ Read More ]