You Can Do It! Quick Links To The Best Of The Basics
Knowing the 'tricks of the trade' helps smooth out the bumps when you're learning to sew. After you get rollin', these tips and techniques are what make projects go faster and easier. They are also the secrets to having things turn out prettier and more professional in the end. There's a whole category of Tips & Resources to browse through here at Sew4Home, but in the interest of making things easy on you, we've pulled together NINETY of our most helpful tutorials. Yep... 90! That's a whole lot of knowledge just waiting for you to drink it all in.
Our goal is to give you the tools to make sewing easier, which will make it more fun, which will make it something you want to do more often, which will make you want to come back to Sew4Home more often to get more great project ideas.... bringing along all your friends because you're so excited to share your mad skills.
So, bookmark this page and spend a little quality time boning up on the Best of the Basics.
Coming soon is our brand new Sew4Home Index! We're putting the finishing touches on a new section that will allow you to more quickly find all your favorite S4H projects, tips and more. We have so much much share, and we want you to be able to find it all!
Stitches
Hand Sewing: Thread the Needle & Tie the Knot
Mistakes Happen: How to Rip Out a Seam
Decorative Stitches: Love Them! Use Them!
Decorative Stitches: Part Deux
How to Make a Blind Hem Stitch
How To Make A Rolled Hem With Your Sewing Machine
Basic Heirloom Stitching By Machine
Straight Line Quilting with Heather Jones
Basic Techniques
Invisible Zippers Are Your Friends
How to Make Faux Mitered Corners
How To Fussy Cut Fabric Motifs & More
Quarter Inch Double-Turn Clean Finished Corner
Quilting Basics Part 1: Tools, Cutting & Piecing
Are You Stitching & Clipping Corners Correctly?
Intermediate Techniques
How To Sew A Corner (aka Mitered) Hem
How to Make a Border with Mitered Corners
Rotary Cutting Large Panels in One Fell Swoop
Bias Binding: Figuring Yardage, Cutting, Making, Attaching
How To Make Continuous Bias Binding
How To Make and Attach Piping For Pillows & More
A Complete Step-by-Step For Binding Quilts & Throws
How To Make A Box Pleat Or Inverted Box Pleat
Specialty Techniques
How to Measure for a Round Tablecloth
Successful Sewing With Laminated Cottons (And Other Sticky Stuff)
DIY Covered Buttons (No Kit Required)
Sewing Room Safety: What Could Go Wrong?
Tool Tips
Top 12 Tools For Pillow Projects
Five Essential Cutting Tools for Home Decor Sewing
Nine Essential Home Decor Measuring & Marking Tools
Deciphering The Marks on a Measuring Tape
Tiny Tube Turning With A Hemostat
How To Attach Metal Rivets On Sewing Projects
How to Apply Metal Snaps to Fabric
Fabric & Trim Tips
Checklist: Before You Cut Your Fabric
How To Find & Work With Design Repeats
Make A Perfect Match When A Seam Goes Through A Design
Joining Fabric Widths to Make an Extra Wide Panel
How To Tell If Your Fabric Is "On Grain"
Tips for Storing and Managing Your Fabric Stash
Adding Metal Trims To Sewing Projects
How to Mix and Match Designer Fabric Collections
Machine Tips
Selecting Machine Stitch Length
Sewing Machine Tension Control
Finishing Raw Seams: Part One - Sewing Machine Finishes
How to Sew on Buttons by Machine
Choosing The Right Needle For The Job
Sewing With A Twin or Double Needle
Care & Feeding of Your Sewing Machine
Identifying the Basic Parts of a Sewing Machine
Using the Right Presser Foot for the Job
Specialty Feet And Tools For Working With Trims
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Parabéns!
RAchel, Brasil
I found your site a few months ago and I absolutly love it! All the techniques explained and all the wonderful projects! I just want to say thank you so, so much for sharing all that with us.
Love, from Portugal
Wow, this is amazing! Thank you so much!
This is truly what you do the BEST! Love the information, tips, instructions and ideas for inspiration and creativity. Love, love, love!
Just received my faux fur fabric from Fabric.Com to try out one of your postings on the faux fur afaghan you had made. Can't wait to began! I have enjoyed using your site so much and have learned how to make so many wonderful things, my home is now truly busting with my personality instead of what is avablible in box stores! Thanks to all of you who make it so we can learn new things without having to drive somewhere to take classes!
I justbrecently found your site through (through Fabric.com) and I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this site!!!
The perfect example of just what is so great about Sew4Home is today's post about Tips & Techniques. Your Projects, tip, techniques and tutorials are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us. I have A LOT of reading to do and a A LOT to learn, but you have provided us with an amazing resource!
Thank you!
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