Starting your sewing journey can feel overwhelming, but you are more capable than you think. Cooking, baking, woodworking and gardening also takes time to master—but so rewarding skills to have in our everyday lifes. The key is to start small, enjoy the process, and embrace the learning curve. Every stitch is progress. Perfection isn’t the goal—learning is.
Advice for beginners
Choose a beginner-friendly pattern such as Favorite Pants Mini or Family Apron.
Keep in mind that the fabric choice significantly impacts the difficulty of the project. Make you first project in a medium weight cotton fabrics like poplin.
Break down the project into sections. Print—Prepare the fabric—Cut—Sew.
Begin with kids clothes. The result is always cute and we are less critical.
Wash your fabric before sewing to avoid shrinkage. Iron it well.
Using a PDF pattern
You need to print a number of A4 pages and glue them together. Again, kids' patterns have less pages—yet another argument for sewing a kids' garment first. Here's to important things to keep in mind:
Advice for beginners
Choose a beginner-friendly pattern such as Favorite Pants Mini or Family Apron.
Keep in mind that the fabric choice significantly impacts the difficulty of the project. Make you first project in a medium weight cotton fabrics like poplin.
Break down the project into sections. Print—Prepare the fabric—Cut—Sew.
Begin with kids clothes. The result is always cute and we are less critical.
Wash your fabric before sewing to avoid shrinkage. Iron it well.
Using a PDF pattern
You need to print a number of A4 pages and glue them together. Again, kids' patterns have less pages—yet another argument for sewing a kids' garment first. Here's to important things to keep in mind:
