Improving Your Sewing 200%!

Besides seeing all the surprising things that my students do, one of the most interesting parts of working with sewers is seeing that, no matter how experienced you are, you'll have a few blind spots, or places where you can improve. So here are many tips I think most people can benefit from.

1. Mark all things that matter.

It's crucial to mark center front. Thread-trace lines that need to be seen on the right side (pocket placement). Also remembe rto color-code your markings -- how can you tell a large dot from a small dot if you've tailor-tacked them in the same thread color? This will definately save a lot of time.

2. Keep in mind that shoulders move.

If your garment has shoulder pads, you'll definately need to stitch some mobility into the points of the shoulder pads. Working from the right side, sew a small backstitch in the ditch of the shoulder seams to attach shoulder pads from sleeve to neck, catching just the pad cover, and use small swing tacks on the inside to anchor the points of the pads to the armhole seam allowances.

3. Keep check of your sewing supply How annoying is it when you just need that one button, and you search your sewing supply and can't find it. Or you need a particular needle, and it's not in the sewing supply. Keep check of your sewing supply will save a lot of time and frustration.

4. Learn to understand fabric Almost all sewing is done on fabric. Understanding fabric and the parts of fabric will help your creativity blossom! This also comes back to your sewing supply, keep check! Keep a range of fabrics in your sewing supply!

5. Keep at it! Practice, experiment, research! You can learn anything! Just imagine yourself sewing the most complicated designs, if you can see it, it can happen. Sometimes it may take a lot of work, but once you master it, you'll be amazingly satisfied!

Ok that's my top tips for improving your sewing. The biggest one is to just stick at it. The rest will follow. If you do this, you will become very good. Take my tips into consideration, all it could take is an alter to your sewing supply, or marking your sewing better, that could improve you 200%! If you are interested in further improving your sewing, check out http://sewing.cncboards.com/ for pleanty more designs, tips, patterns and more!