Sewing machines:
- Buying a sewing machine, tips and reviews
- Sewing machine information and reviews at PatternReview.com
- Sewing Machine Needles - a chart from Feather's Flights
- Craftsy's overview of 12 different types of sewing machine feet
- Sewing machine basics video on creativebug
- Craftsy's Sewing Machine 911 class - free
- How To: Clean/Oil Your Sewing Machine at Make It & Love It
- She's A Sewing Machine Mechanic's guide to cleaning and oiling your machine
- How to Attach a Walking Foot: A Picture Tutorial at Vanilla Joy
- Checklist of common sewing machine troubles (PDF)
- Common sewing machine mistakes and how to fix them at Tilly and the Buttons
Learning to sew:
- Sew.org's Guide to Successful Sewing
- Understanding Thread Tension at Threads Magazine
- Sewing Tutorials at Sew Mama Sew including info on needles and sewing machine feet
- Make It & Love It's Practicing your sewing machine stitching
- Lessons and tutorials at Shiny Happy World
- Make It Do's Tips for Sewing at your Kitchen Table
- The Sewing Loft's Zippers 101 and zipper tab tutorial
- Professor Pincushion's hemming corners tutorial
- So Sew Easy's Seam finishing series part 5 - overcasting
- Grainline Studio French seam tutorial
- See Kate Sew's 7 ways to make a ruffle
- Basic hand stitches at Coletterie
- imagine gnats' how to measure stretch percentage in fabrics
- Cutting squares from fabric yardage with a rotary cutter
And serge:
- Buying a serger
- Serger Pepper's Serger stitches cheat sheet
- eHow's Using a Serger video series
- Really Handmade's Five ways to finish a serger thread chain
- Simple Simon and Company Serging inside corners
- Four serging techniques at Threads Magazine
- Serger Tips and Tricks, with discussion and links
- Little Bundas Serging Inserts Video Tutorial
Here's her free tutorial for gathered clutches (also available as a PDF pattern with other styling options for purchase right here.)sewdone.com
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