It's entirely free and the teacher is lovely. She shows you how to sew a regular zipper, an invisible zipper and a lapped zipper over the course of several short lessons. Watch them all, or just the ones you are interested in. Then you will be well prepared when it comes to sewing ...
Instead of forcing the needle to be right next to the zipper, stitch slowly, as close to the zipper as you can. Then, sew down the remainder of your garment.16 Press to finish!Put your new skills to the test. Try sewing: Practice sewing a invisible zipper with the Patsy skirt. ...
Learning to slip stitch is a little complicated, but it's a wonderful stitch to learn to finish your projects. Invisible stitches are the best! Slip stitching is a great way to finish small projects or project that really need to look finished and flawless. :D There are other ways, of c...
How to Sew an Exposed Zipper Step 2 Using a regular straight stitch and the zipper foot, the next step is to sew 1/4 inch from the edge down the length of the zipper. Stop before you get to the zipper pull, put the needle down and raise the presser foot. Swing the fabric out and...
The ladder stitch is also called theslip stitchor theinvisible stitch. If you don’t have a lot ofhand sewing experience, getting out the ol’ needle and thread can be a bit daunting. But I’ve gota few tips to make things a little easierfor you!
How to Sew a Slip Stitch This invisible stitch technique is great for closing hems and finishing linings, and you can accomplish it in a few easy steps. Thread your needle and tie a knot at the end of the thread. Take the needle from the underside edge of the fabric and come up ...
2. For this clutch, we opted for one piece of fabric (brown corduroy) to run the full length of the bottom all the way around. So Julia connected the top side pieces to the brown bottom piece with a straight stitch to form one long rectangle. ...
Hand Sewing an Opening with a Slip Stitch (Ladder Stitch) When do you use a slip stitch? Use a slip stitch to sew up openings in fabric when you don’t want your stitches to show. Slip Stitch (Ladder Stitch) Steps: Fold the raw edges of your fabric inside the piece you’re working...
Another technique that is used by a lot of home spandex sewers is the "stretch the straight stitch" method. This means you use your regular straight stitch like you would on a non-stretch fabric, but as you sew you stretch the spandex. You need to use both hands to do this, with one...
If you plan tohand-stitch the binding, start from the front. You'll sew the front by machine and then handstitch to the back. If you're going tomachine-stitch the binding- this is how I'll do it here - you'll start on the back side and then fold it towards the front side of...