Learn to use a sewing machine

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What You'll Learn

  • 01 Meet the teacher

    • 1 Meet the teacher

  • 02 What you will learn and what you will need

    • 2 What you will learn
    • 3 Things you will need
    • 4 Why the quality of your ingredients matters

  • 03 choosing a sewing machine

    • 5 Choosing a sewing machine

  • 04 What do all the the dials etc do?

    • 6 Tour of the sewing machine

  • 05 Set up and thread up

    • 7 Wind the bobbin up
    • 8 Thread up the machine

  • 06 Getting started on the machine

    • 9 Where to put your hands, chair, machine etc.
    • 10 How to start and stop sewing
    • 11 Using the pedal correctly

  • 07 Sew the line (and corners and curves too)

    • 12 How to sew in a straight line
    • 13 How to sew curves
    • 14 How to sew corners
    • 15 Creating seams
    • 16 Making hems
    • 17 Fixing mistakes

  • 08 Tension (and how is a stitch made)

    • 18 Tension – what is it and what to do when it’s off

  • 09 Pressing matters

    • 19 Pressing matters

  • 010 Look after your sewing machine

    • 20 How to look after your sewing machine

  • 011 What have we learnt?

    • 21 What have we learnt?