18 Sewing Tips and Tricks for Beginners

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Tip 1: Watch You Tube videos

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Tip 2: Get familiar

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Tip 3: Learning to sew means making clothes to fit YOUR particular body -Paulette at Petite Font

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Tip 4: Learn a little about grain before you start to sew. -Chris at Sew Journs

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Tip 5: Old sewing machines, like the one your mom or grandma had, can be far superior to the inexpensive machines at the box store. – Michelle of Michelle’s Romantic Tangle

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Danielle Pientka

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18 Sewing Tips and Tricks for Beginners

Tip 1: Watch You Tube videos

Tip 2: Get familiar

“Get familiar with your machine and don’t give up! -Jaylyn of Jaylyn Pace Handmade

Tip 3: Learning to sew means making clothes to fit YOUR particular body -Paulette at Petite Font

Tip 4: Learn a little about grain before you start to sew. -Chris at Sew Journs

Tip 5: Old sewing machines, like the one your mom or grandma had, can be far superior to the inexpensive machines at the box store. – Michelle of Michelle’s Romantic Tangle

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