Sewing Tips for Beginners & Pros

With so much excitement about learning to sew, improving skills and the new Sew Crazy Monthly Challenges, I thought it would be a good time to pull together a list of all sorts of sewing tips for beginners, pros and everyone in between. Let’s face it, probably almost all of us have things to learn and things to work on in our sewing, so today I’ve got a list of 50 Sewing Tips, Tricks and Techniques to help you in your projects. Sewing Tips for Beginners and Pros: Here we go! Getting Started: Understanding Your Sewing Machine Sewing Dictionary-Sewing Terms Defined What Supplies Will I Need to Start Sewing? The Sewing Pledge Basics/Beginners: How to Sew a Straight Line The ZigZag Stitch Winding and Threading Bobbin Simple Steps to Improve Your Skills Basting 101 Technique: How to Sew Piping Turning and Top Stitching Adding Elastic in a Casing How to Sew Ruffles How to Insert a Zipper How to Sew Buttonholes How to Applique Shirring/Smocking with Elastic Thread Clipping and Notching Curves Using a Stretch Stitch

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Welcome to Ornamentea.com!!! Ornamentea is your home for fine craft ingredients and inspiration. We strive to offer the most interesting 'parts' for your creations and we do it in an environment that is welcoming and encouraging. Our 'real' store is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and our virtual store is open 24 hours a day on your screen. You can visit us by sitting at our work table, joining us early on a Friday morning for Breakfast & Beads, coming to a class or by downloading one of our free jewelry making and beading tutorials any time. Ornamentea began as Bedizen Ornaments jewelry design, started by Cynthia Deis in the kitchen of a tiny pink house in Raleigh, North Carolina. The studio space was on a busy downtown street in an area that was undergoing a renaissance. Ornamentea moved to the current location in 2002. It has indeed filled up; with beads, ribbon, metals, jewelry making supplies and more. Ornamentea has a focus on local and artist-made work.