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Looking for the ultimate gift to give your sewing friend? Then look no further. From essential sewing tools to inspiring books, there’s something here for everyone, at every budget level. We think these gift ideas will delight your sewing friends (or yourself!), making the holiday season, or any other occasion, truly special. Scissors and cutters […]
I sewed my first garment when I was 11, a pair of elastic waist pants made from an old bed linen. That got me hooked for life and opened a world of creativity that I wouldn’t have had access to otherwise. To me, being able to dream up a garment and then create it from […]
Using a sewing machine is an acquired skill that requires both knowledge, concentration and practice. So don’t feel bad if you make mistakes–we all do them! But there are easy ways to prevent most of them, so let’s look at common sewing machine mistakes and how to avoid them. Not lifting the presser foot when […]
In the hemming tutorial for the Vide Knit Pants Sewing Pattern, I’ll show an alternative hemming technique – invisible hemming using a machine blind hem stitch. A machine blind hem is a stitch that combines a straight stitch or a narrow zigzag stitch with a wide zigzag in even intervals. The wide zigzag catches the […]
It’s time to sew the elastic waistband on the Vide Knit Pants Sewing Pattern. In this tutorial, I’m showing a slightly different method compared to the instructions included in the pattern. In this version, we are leaving an opening in the waistband so that you can easily adjust the elastic if it ends up feeling […]
