Thank you. I have been trying to learn to sew. I am now finally retired and ready to put my focus on a new skill. Maybe now I can start sewing and stop just buying fabric. Have a nice day everyone. Thank you, again.
I am in the same situation! Bought my sewing machine 4 years ago, then got intimidated. Yesterday I finally threaded the machine and filled the bobbin! Did some practice stitches, and now feel I can move forward! Lots of videos to help us out! Best of luck and enjoy!👍😊
Thanks so much! I will refer to this instructional video over and over. I have been tailoring and upcycling for a few years now, but I am so intimidated by patterns that I haven’t even attempted to look at them. Now I will try!
Great refresher! I had to teach myself to sew, beginning with reading a pattern. My mom was an extraordinary seamstress & a terrible teacher. After years of half-finished garments I'd given up on (to my mom's disgust), I decided to treat a sewing pattern like a model plane kit. This worked! Thanks for your channel, Mary.
Thank you very much. They are confusing - so much information and a lot of small print ;-) My sewing mistakes almost always come from not reading the instructions - I look at the illustration or I assume something - and then I'm reaching for the seam ripper
I don't think they were simpler. I think your mom, like mine and myself, were taught what it all means through repeat exposure and practice - like how my mom always had me make the salad for dinner. I make a mean salad now - no recipe needed ;-)
I purchsed a pattern that I'm hoping to use multiple sizes. Do u have a recommendation for copying a pattern in a particular size rather than cutting the original? I have 4 daughters. 🤣
I like to place the paper pattern underneath the Pellon 830 Easy Pattern interfacing, or the Pellon Tru Grid. Then I'll trace out the size I want, include all the markings and notes. Then I cut it out of the interfacing, and it leaves the paper pattern intact in case I need to use it again for a different size. This will also make your pattern pieces last so much longer. Hope this helps!
I and a lot of other people, trace patterns to keep all the sizes. I buy a roll of tracing paper 18” - 24” wide. Sometimes I use medical exam paper. (The roll of paper used at doctors offices on the exam table). It’s cheaper than tracing paper but also cheaper in quality. Roll the tracing paper over the pattern tissue and trace. Be sure to copy any marks you need and label the pieces.
@@elizabetholsson3549 I do this as well for patterns I know I want to make more than one of. My t-shirt pattern for example. I like it so much better than tracing paper.
Thank you. I have been trying to learn to sew. I am now finally retired and ready to put my focus on a new skill. Maybe now I can start sewing and stop just buying fabric. Have a nice day everyone. Thank you, again.
Ha! I have to stop buying fabric too 😉
I am in the same situation! Bought my sewing machine 4 years ago, then got intimidated. Yesterday I finally threaded the machine and filled the bobbin! Did some practice stitches, and now feel I can move forward! Lots of videos to help us out! Best of luck and enjoy!👍😊
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Thanks so much! I will refer to this instructional video over and over. I have been tailoring and upcycling for a few years now, but I am so intimidated by patterns that I haven’t even attempted to look at them. Now I will try!
Patterns can be intimidating but if you're already familiar with sewing basics you won't have any trouble.
Great refresher! I had to teach myself to sew, beginning with reading a pattern. My mom was an extraordinary seamstress & a terrible teacher. After years of half-finished garments I'd given up on (to my mom's disgust), I decided to treat a sewing pattern like a model plane kit. This worked! Thanks for your channel, Mary.
Thanks. Patterns really are like model plane kits. Just go step by step - and ask anyone when you get stuck ;-)
OMG I wish I had this video when I started! Patterns are so confusing. Great video
Thank you very much. They are confusing - so much information and a lot of small print ;-) My sewing mistakes almost always come from not reading the instructions - I look at the illustration or I assume something - and then I'm reaching for the seam ripper
Thank you!👏👏😊had to subscribe! Great info!😊
@@cyndy338 thanks for watching the video
I hadn't realized what all that stuff was. I guess my Mom knew how to navigate pretty well, but it makes me wonder if old patterns were simpler.
I don't think they were simpler. I think your mom, like mine and myself, were taught what it all means through repeat exposure and practice - like how my mom always had me make the salad for dinner. I make a mean salad now - no recipe needed ;-)
I purchsed a pattern that I'm hoping to use multiple sizes. Do u have a recommendation for copying a pattern in a particular size rather than cutting the original? I have 4 daughters. 🤣
I like to place the paper pattern underneath the Pellon 830 Easy Pattern interfacing, or the Pellon Tru Grid. Then I'll trace out the size I want, include all the markings and notes. Then I cut it out of the interfacing, and it leaves the paper pattern intact in case I need to use it again for a different size. This will also make your pattern pieces last so much longer. Hope this helps!
I and a lot of other people, trace patterns to keep all the sizes. I buy a roll of tracing paper 18” - 24” wide. Sometimes I use medical exam paper. (The roll of paper used at doctors offices on the exam table). It’s cheaper than tracing paper but also cheaper in quality. Roll the tracing paper over the pattern tissue and trace. Be sure to copy any marks you need and label the pieces.
@@elizabetholsson3549 I do this as well for patterns I know I want to make more than one of. My t-shirt pattern for example. I like it so much better than tracing paper.