There are about 9 top sewing ways that a beginner could get started with, but to avoid swamping you with information, here are the three main techniques:
Making straight lines while sewing is not easy. It takes a bit of practice and some useful aids. One aid to make use of is drawing lines on the fabric using a ruler. Also make sure that the line which the stitch is supposed to follow is aligned properly with the normal movement of the fabric while sewing. All you have to do now is sew right over these lines. Make an effort to stay within the lines. Once you are confident in doing this at a slow pace, try to speed up while maintaining accuracy.
After getting the hang of it, the next step is sewing on fabric that does not have any lines at all - not even striped fabric. Once you do this, cross-check with a straight edge to assess the accuracy.
Once you know how to sew straight lines, sewing around curved lines becomes a little bit easier. The trick in learning this is to release the presser and re-adjust your fabric whenever you get stuck. Just as with the straight lines, you can draw some curves along which to sew. Start with simple curves and progress to the more complex ones as you get better. Eventually, you will be able to sew complex patterns without any drawn lines. Although this may seem quite hard, you can come up with creative abstract designs which are not necessarily symmetrical in shape.
The back-stitch is similar to tying up the threads while sewing by hand. The first thing to do is determine the exact spot on your fabric where the stitch is supposed to begin. Put down the needle at this spot. This is done by getting hold of the wheel and turning it in the direction that pushes down the needle. This wheel is usually placed on the right of the machine for ease of access. The next step is getting the presser firmly placed on the fabric. This will hold the fabric while sewing.
With everything in place, proceed to make several stitches in a forward direction before stopping momentarily. Now, push the special button for back-stitches. While holding down this button, continue sewing. You will notice that the movement of your fabric changes to the backward direction. The place to stop should be exactly where the stitch begun. Take note to keep the backward sewing on top of the forward sewing so as to firmly secure this stitch. This is now a back stitch that secures the beginning part.
To proceed to a back-stitch that secures the finishing part, simply release the back-stitch button and proceed to sew over the back-stitch. Continue on to the very end of the line that you intend to sew. When you stop at the end, push in the back-stitch button before resuming to sew several stitches in the backward direction. Release the back-stitch button one last time and sew over the small section up to the end.
1. Straight line sewing:
Making straight lines while sewing is not easy. It takes a bit of practice and some useful aids. One aid to make use of is drawing lines on the fabric using a ruler. Also make sure that the line which the stitch is supposed to follow is aligned properly with the normal movement of the fabric while sewing. All you have to do now is sew right over these lines. Make an effort to stay within the lines. Once you are confident in doing this at a slow pace, try to speed up while maintaining accuracy.
After getting the hang of it, the next step is sewing on fabric that does not have any lines at all - not even striped fabric. Once you do this, cross-check with a straight edge to assess the accuracy.
2. Curved sewing:
Once you know how to sew straight lines, sewing around curved lines becomes a little bit easier. The trick in learning this is to release the presser and re-adjust your fabric whenever you get stuck. Just as with the straight lines, you can draw some curves along which to sew. Start with simple curves and progress to the more complex ones as you get better. Eventually, you will be able to sew complex patterns without any drawn lines. Although this may seem quite hard, you can come up with creative abstract designs which are not necessarily symmetrical in shape.
3. Back stitch:
The back-stitch is similar to tying up the threads while sewing by hand. The first thing to do is determine the exact spot on your fabric where the stitch is supposed to begin. Put down the needle at this spot. This is done by getting hold of the wheel and turning it in the direction that pushes down the needle. This wheel is usually placed on the right of the machine for ease of access. The next step is getting the presser firmly placed on the fabric. This will hold the fabric while sewing.
With everything in place, proceed to make several stitches in a forward direction before stopping momentarily. Now, push the special button for back-stitches. While holding down this button, continue sewing. You will notice that the movement of your fabric changes to the backward direction. The place to stop should be exactly where the stitch begun. Take note to keep the backward sewing on top of the forward sewing so as to firmly secure this stitch. This is now a back stitch that secures the beginning part.
To proceed to a back-stitch that secures the finishing part, simply release the back-stitch button and proceed to sew over the back-stitch. Continue on to the very end of the line that you intend to sew. When you stop at the end, push in the back-stitch button before resuming to sew several stitches in the backward direction. Release the back-stitch button one last time and sew over the small section up to the end.
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