Are you considering joining and sewing up a garment for Sew Twists and Ties, but feel like you need a bit of extra support or guidance? If so, this post is for you! I've rounded up a ton of fabulous resources for sewing twist, knot and tie garments. There are several sewalongs for patterns fitting the theme, as well as a wealth of tutorials, pattern hacks and drafting instructions if you want to modify an existing pattern to meet the Sew Twists and Ties challenge! I'm sure I haven't captured every resource out there, but there is so much here to help you along on your twist, knot and tie sewing adventures. Enjoy! Sewalongs Scroll through these sewalongs for tips and tricks about sewing these fabulous patterns! Cashmerette has a sewalong for her Cedar Dolman top, which works great as activewear or as a casual everyday top! Megan Nielsen has a sewalong for the Jarrah, including a specific post on sewing up the tie hem version. Jennifer Laurence Handmade has a full sewalong for her cute, summery Hunter Tank. Brittany J. Jones has a fabulous Sew With Me video tutorial to help you through the tricky bits of McCall's 7429 twist dress, and one for the Simplicity 8601 tie blouse, too! Measure Twice, Cut Once hosted a sewalong for the Named Beverly Twisted Bikini. Tuesday Stitches has a super in-depth sewalong for the Nautilus Swimsuit. Rad Patterns hosted a sewalong for their Knot Your Average Shirt and Dress, complete with video tutorials. It's not a full sewalong, but Striped Swallow Designs has a video tutorial to walk you through the tricky part of the Harbor Knot pattern. Pattern Hacks and Tutorials Thinking about hacking an existing pattern from your stash to feature a tie detail or designing your own twist or tie garment? Try one of these pattern hacks or tutorials: Melly Sews has several helpful pattern hack tutorials for twists and ties, including sewing a knot shirt and a tie back sundress! Athina Kakou has a great tutorial on adding a tie front to her Sheona pattern, but it would also work for most t-shirt patterns. Hey June has a tie sleeve hack tutorial that could work with any sleeved pattern. Hey June also has a great tie front hack for any t-shirt pattern! There is a great tutorial for a knotted twist front kimono on Bernina's blog. Kim Dave has a fabulous series of videos on drafting your own twist front dress pattern and then sewing it up. Seamwork has a couple of hacks for its twist and tie patterns, the Lane dress and Sky jumpsuit, including a cool twisted waist version of the Lane, pictured above. It's Always Autumn has a free pattern for a slouchy tie front sweater as well as a twist knot tee for your sewing pleasure. So Sew Easy has a free pattern and a video sewalong for a twist front dress.
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You need to be careful when oiling your precious sewing machine because too much application could attract dust and lint, gumming up the machine and even rendering it dysfunctional. Get familiar with sewing machine oil ingredients, minerals, and lubricants with this post and keep your machine at its best level!
Sewing something by hand has been around since the beginning of time. For centuries, it was part of every-day life. With the invention of the American sewing machine in 1846, all that changed. "Ready made"...
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In this post, I'll go over how to find free vintage sewing books. There are a lot of vintage and antique books that are in the public domain now.
You need to be careful when oiling your precious sewing machine because too much application could attract dust and lint, gumming up the machine and even rendering it dysfunctional. Get familiar with sewing machine oil ingredients, minerals, and lubricants with this post and keep your machine at its best level!
If you have ever looked at a sewing pattern, you probably know how much information is packed into those small packages. From the type of pattern, materials needed, instructions, the pattern, and so on, it's not easy to know how to read a sewing pattern. The good news is that you get a lot of information to work with, from written and illustrated instructions, tips, alteration guidelines, and more. The not so good news is that reading a sewing pattern can be overwhelming for even the most experienced sewists. Fortunately, vintage and modern print sewing patterns, along with digital patterns all have similar information. When it comes to sewing basics, you will want to learn how to read a sewing pattern as one of the first things you figure out. It's important to learn how to understand a sewing pattern because sewing a dress, a pair of pants, shirt, or other items is a process that takes time, energy, and money that you don't want to lose. Even though every pattern has a particular set of instructions, sewing symbols, and notes, these sewing tips and tricks for patterns will help you gain knowledge to be prepared for your next project. Sign Up For More Free Patterns >>> Below, you will find one of our popular videos on how to read a sewing pattern as well as written instructions and pictures. Then, learn all about pattern symbols you will find on your sewing projects. From the grain line to the zipper markings and everything in between, you'll know exactly what all of the details on a pattern mean.
Basic Stitches Britannica Online Encyclopedia Dressmaking is a craft of making dresses. It is the basis and the start of the fashion world. When you make dresses, you will be called a dressmaker or historically, modiste. Learning the basics of...
Sewing for charity is a great way to help others. Here's 12 sewing charities to helps right now perfect for sewing beginners up to seasoned sewists.
A great list of over 50 sewing tutorials, with many different sewing projects, tips and techniques. Many of these sewing tutorials include video lessons.
Discover rococo, bullion, and chain and how to use each in projects.
There are several finds of metal buttons from the 14th century, but no surviving garment with metal buttons, from this period. At least none that I know of. I have often considered the best way to…
In today's culture of disposable fashion, the simple art of basic darning and mending has been all but forgotten.
Elevate the quality of all your sewing projects with mitered corners! Here are 3 simple ways to sew a mitered corner that you have to try!
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Is hand sewing buttons by yourself hard? No! This article provides step-by-step instructions for how to sew a button on your shirt or clothes.
Easily Adjust the Size for Smaller Coasters or Larger Table Mats! These charming hot pads are made in a surprising way. Fold and layer hexagons for a quick finish. There’s no piecing involved! Select 7 fabrics that go well together and an eighth one that will be hidden (a great use for that ugly why-did-I-buy-this …
Learn three ways to sew beautiful hem facings every single time for your Dove blouse or any top you'd like!
Sleeve designs can be a little bit intimidating. Drafting them is kind of a science on its own, and it’s hard to imagine what shape you need to start with if
If your child doesn’t have home economics, you should consider teaching your child how to sew on a sewing machine at home instead.
Cant find the right gloves for a cosplay? Try making your own with this print out glove pattern. I also provide a video which shows in a time lapse how to use the pattern. Tutorial video: https://youtu.be/zPom6d-JvG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxmzZrk_99k&feature=youtu.be
Hey friends! It’s Nellie from sewmessy.blogspot.com. It’s January! And were I live, it’s cold. Like really really cold. And I’ve seen a lot of requests on...
Today is the third installment in the Blackwood Cardigan Sewalong! In case you missed the first few posts, we have covered how to grade between sizes, how to do a quick ‘cheater’ full ... Read More
How to sew a curved hem? Well it depends! I've made a few videos explaining different techniques for sewing around curves.
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Are you looking at buying a sewing machine...but you're not sure where to start? If you answered yes to this question then you are in the right place!Because, lets face it:Buying a sewing machine can be overwhelming. With so many brands on the market today, finding the right sewing machine can be difficult. Thats why
The Hana Tank + Dress Pattern features the bias binding method of finishing the neckline and armholes. While this method is a great scrap buster, the first few times you try it might be frustrating. It takes practice and a little patience to make sure all those seams lay flat with no puckering.
YouTube is full of fascinating videos involving all sorts of things, including sewing! Whether you often check out sewing videos on YouTube or have yet to explore that world, we think you will appreciate this list of what we think are the 10 Best Sewing YouTube Channels you'll want to follow. It was difficult to narrow down the list to only 10 as there are many more amazing tailors and seamstresses who make useful videos and who truly make the best sewing channels on YouTube, but we felt that these were the accounts with the most variety. There are also videos on techniques and projects for all skill levels. No matter what you are looking for when it comes to sewing, you will find a channel in this list that is worthy of hitting that "subscribe" button. Before we get to these top sewing YouTube channels according to us editors here at AllFreeSewing, did you know that we have videos, too? Check out our original sewing videos here. Watch our useful video right below and then keep scrolling down to get to our awesome list of sewing YouTube channels we love. If you like them, be sure to subscribe to take advantage of all the free tutorials, tips, tricks, and projects they all have to offer every week! Sign Up For More Free Patterns >>>
Guys, I’m not gonna lie, this was one project where I bit off more than I could chew. Every fit revisions has so much nuance that it’s going to be a lot to cover. Way back in January I wrote about how to determine the right bicep for your arm. Since it’s now many months later, I figured it would be a good thing to
Leather is very likely the first material used by humans for sewing. How difficult can it be to sew leather? At a first glance – very difficult, or at least that’s what I thought before actually doing it. But after I finished my first serious project I realized that sewing leather is not more complicated than sewing denim for example. On the contrary, because leather doesn’t fray, doesn’t need washing, pressing, doesn’t shrink etc. I made quite a few projects with leather, made some mistakes during the process and discovered so much by trial and error that now I can share with you some tips on how to sew leather.
Today is the fourth installment in the Blackwood Cardigan Sewalong! We are going to wrap up the adjustments portion of the process today with narrow and broad shoulder adjustments. Tomorrow we will ... Read More
Gathering on a Serger To speed up gathering on a sewing project, I simply change the settings on my Janome 1100D Professional Serg...
So continuing off of the Ascension Day Apron post, I figured I might as well make the rest of the outfit to go with the nifty new apron.
http://handwork-art.tumblr.com 1. The template for marking seam 2. How to align the bottom without assistance. 3. To facilitate the stitching on the thick parts to put cardboard under the back part...
Earlier this year I got a chance to help out Hayley of Mouse House Creations with her Ladies Caroline Dress. Hayley herself is petite with average proportions. So when her testers with larger bus…
"I like contouring because it’s easy and it can save you a whole load of construction trouble if you do it right. I’ve had times when I haven’t contoured and I’m left with a whole load of excess fabric that I can’t get rid of, rendering the garment unwearable and it’s annoying! This tutorial will probably make a lot more sense if you watch my more in-depth tutorial on contouring! It’s not a prerequisite, but it will help."
DIY Neck Warmers (Button Tricks!): Neck warmers are one of the things I can't live without during the winters! It's funny how I've never tried to sew a neck warmer until now, really, instructables is inspiring me to make things everyday! I made 4 neck warmers with 4 different pattern…
It's time for my quilt group summer dinner party. Every summer and at Christmas we have a dinner party. It's a great evening...full of food, chatting, games and prizes.
You might be making one or more of these Sewing Mistakes. Learn how to fix them quickly and what to do instead.
You need to be careful when oiling your precious sewing machine because too much application could attract dust and lint, gumming up the machine and even rendering it dysfunctional. Get familiar with sewing machine oil ingredients, minerals, and lubricants with this post and keep your machine at its best level!
9 Must have sewing notions that you didn't know you needed! What tools do beginning sewers need? Our recommended sewing notions & tools.
I don't know about you but there are times I get sick of continuously threading needles. Like, when I am tacking a quilt or sewing paper piecing shapes by hand. Then I saw some one with a continuous thread needle...
You need to be careful when oiling your precious sewing machine because too much application could attract dust and lint, gumming up the machine and even rendering it dysfunctional. Get familiar with sewing machine oil ingredients, minerals, and lubricants with this post and keep your machine at its best level!
New to the world of overlockers and sergers? Understanding your serger will help you feel comfortable and confident while using your machine.
