I just bought my first sewing machine! I’m an absolute beginner, the most sewing I’ve done is hand-repairing holes in clothes. Do you all have any recommendations for good video tutorial series or channels to watch? Any general advice for a newbie?

My first goal is to make a set of curtains for my living room and bedroom, but I’m interested in sewing some clothes eventually.

  • PutItOutWithYourBootsTed@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    I know this is going to sound like a cop out, but read your sewing machine’s manual. That helped me so much. I had the fortune of having my mom
    Show me some things but she’s not the best teacher and I feel like I learned a great deal from that.

  • kruffa@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    10 days ago

    I’m in favour of https://freesewing.org/ as part of a future rabbit hole for sewing clothes as the whole process to take all the measures and reading the rest of the material is really good info and provided me with an understanding I didn’t have before.

    Also the license!

    • xylem@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I’ve been watching that site for a while, it’s been part of my inspiration to try making clothes!

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
    3·
    11 days ago

    Funny enough, I do not sew but I’m longtime friends of the family that runs this business out of Florence OR:

    https://www.sewsteady.com/

    Great info on the site, but be warned you will eventually start picking up accessories to scratch that itch.

  • porkchop@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    10 days ago

    When I started, I just bought a really easy pattern and a bedsheet from a thrift store that I could make mistakes on. When I got turned around in the pattern or didn’t understand something, I looked it up on Google or YouTube. Sewing is a hands-on activity, that’s how you learn it too! Curtains are pretty easy, but you need to be able to sew a straight seam for a while. That’s a great thing to practice to start on!