Easy Sewing for Beginners Podcast: Learn to Sew Online; Tips and Techniques; Easy Sewing Projects; Resource Recommendations

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In this Easy Sewing for Beginners Podcast I chat to Emily Thompson from Nap-Time Creations all about sewing with knit fabrics!

You can also listen to this podcast through iTunes!

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What We Talked About in the Show:

• How knit fabric is different to other fabrics
• The best needle to use when sewing with knit fabrics and the difference it can make to your sewing
• Which presser foot to use when sewing with knit fabrics
• The different stitches to use when sewing with knit fabrics and why you shouldn’t use a regular old straight stitch!
• A great tip for getting starting for knit fabric
• Do you need to prewash knit fabrics?
• Sewing hems on knit fabrics with a regular sewing machine – twin needles (and yes you can get a twin stretch needle) and woolly nylon
• Emily’s Facebook sewing group Nap-Time creations Sewing Group
• See the Facebook video where Emily sews a pair of pyjamas from start to finish....and her daughter in the background is just the cutest!
• Emily’s Pattern shop where you can find her patterns and here you can find her FREE ones
• Emily’s sewing story
• Rose’s adoption story

Resource Recommendations

Emily’s Recommendations

• Woolly nylon
• Serger/overlockers for sewing knit clothing

Domenica’s Recommendations

• Clear elastic

Sewing Pinspiration

Emily’s Pinspiration

• Sew Can Do’s Ways to sew knits without a serger
• Craftsy’s Sewing durable seams on knit fabrics

Domenica’s Pinspiration

• Pop up fabric container
• Casserole carrier

The best place to find Emily is Nap-Time Creations or her Facebook group.

Happy listening everyone!

Domenica

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In This Episode

• A new easy sewing project from me
• A softie sew along from Abby Glassenberg with a cool prize
• A recommended resource for one of my favourite magazines
• An update on my sewing machine buying guide
• A recommended sewing podcast that you should listen to

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Links to Things Talked About in the Podcast

A New Easy Sewing Project

My new easy sewing project along with the video tutorial and downloadable PDF can be found here.

Send me photos people!

Softie Sew a Long

Hosted by Abby Glassendberg. You can read more about Abby here.

You can find the blog where Abby talks about the sew along here.

Find the pattern for the Peanut Baby here.

Upload your photo to Abby’s Facebook Page to enter the competition.

You can see Abby’s awesome softie patterns here.

Here are my peanut babies!

My Magazine Recommendation: Sew-It Today Magazine

Find the subscription details for this magazine here.

An Update for the Sewing Machine Buying Guide

Find the downloadable buying guide and more in depth details on this blog post.

A Recommended Sewing Podcast

You can check out the Modern Sewciety website here.

Find the podcast on iTunes here.

And More Great News!

My podcast will be available in iTunes and other podcast directories very soon. Yay! I’ll let you know when that all happens.

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Until next time, happy listening to podcasts while sewing

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The second podcast is here! This is the place to find all the notes and links from the episode.

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

In This Episode

What to consider when buying your first sewing machine – features to look out for
Podcast recommendation – about sewing, of course!
An easy sewing project for you
Quick sewing tip
Resource recommendation – my favourite sewing foot attachment that I wouldn’t live without
Links to Topics in the Podcast

Download the printable Guide to Buying Your First Sewing Machine with features to look for and questions to ask when buying your first sewing machine.

Find the easy sewing project mentioned in this podcast, How to Sew a Lanyard, here.

My sewing podcast recommendation – American Patchwork and Quilting Podcast

A quick sewing tip from my blog – An inexpensive solution for storing your bobbins and thread

My resource recommendation – the walking foot and see the comparison video here

If you have a feature or question that you think should be added to the sewing machine buyers guide, or if you have any other questions or comments, then you can leave it in the comments section below or contact me here.

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Until next time, happy listening to podcasts while sewing

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I love sewing books! They offer so much in the way of inspiration for the next sewing project and are even lovely just to browse through. I recently ran a kids sewing workshop and found a whole stack of books with sewing projects for kids. I was especially interested in the books that also teach kids how to sew in the form of built in lessons. There are so many out there! I narrowed the collection down to 6 (hard task!) based on the layout, lessons, use of photo illustrations and the kids sewing projects provided in the books.

I’ve chosen books that any child could pick up and follow by themselves (depending on reading and comprehension skills, of course), but these books would be perfect for any parent wanting to teach their child to sew and are wanting a little bit of guidance. So let’s check them out!

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My Top 6 Books With Sewing Projects for Kids Along with Great Lessons to Learn How to Sew

1. Sewing School by Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle

My personal favourite! Sewing School is the first book from Amie and Andria (you can check out their blog here) and it has a focus on teaching children to hand sew. The book offers twelve lessons to work through that teaches skills from threading a needle to stuffing a softie and there’s even a little pop quiz at the end of the sewing lessons. The step by step photo illustrations are really well set out and easy to follow. The book is bright and enticing for young readers and offers 21 sewing projects to try out some of the new skills learnt in the lessons. There’s a good range of sewing projects that include things to hug, hold, give, wear and recycle or repair. I love the Take-It-With-You Project. It’s a cute little cozy blanket with a little softie pocket pal. Awww! The pattern templates are stored in a pouch at the back of the book and do not require any enlarging. A big tick from me!

So this would be the first book to check out if your child is showing an interest in learning to sew. You can take a look inside the book on Amazon here.

2. Sewing School 2: Lessons in Machine Sewing by Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle

Sewing School 2 focuses on teaching children to sew with a sewing machine. The layout and structure is very similar to the first book with thirteen lessons for children to learn the essential skills needed for using a sewing machine. I even reviewed the sewing machine that they used in this book! It really is a cool little machine. If you’re looking for videos to learn how to use a sewing machine I’ve put together a mini video course here. There are 20 projects to try in this book ranging in projects to keep in the bedroom, bags and pouches, games and things to take and use outside. The wall pocket project would have to be my favourite from the book. It might help the kids keep their rooms a bit tidier! Boys or girls would both love the project ideas in this book. Again, the pattern templates are provided in a little pouch at the end of the book.

This book is a great book to progress to if your child loves the first book or wants to move straight onto learning how to use a sewing machine.