Does your mom (or maybe grandma, sister, daughter, wife, friend) love to sew? Try to get her something nice and useful that has to do with sewing. There are so many really great gift ideas for people who sew.
Here are some of my favorites.
In this video sewing tutorial I will show you how to sew a face mask (actually, two of them) and you can download a free printable face mask template PDF to make your own DIY mask. This project is easy even for a beginner but you still need to have some sewing skills.
This video sewing tutorial will take you, step-by-step, through the process of making two easy to sew tops that fit you perfectly and look great too. This simple top sewing pattern is easy to draft and you can make these easy to sew tops fast. Learn how to sew with knits, learn to use your serger, learn to draft your own patterns with your own measurements. Easy sewing projects even for a beginner.
This is a step-by-step tutorial for sewing a beach dress (cover-up) with a simple free sewing pattern you can draw right on your fabric.
While we always remember to put on sunscreen for protection from the sun’s harmful effects, sometimes we forget that clothes can shield the body from the mighty rays also. Here are some protective dresses that will help you stay covered and stylish at the same time. And best of all – you can sew them yourself in no time at all from the fabric of your choice and they can be not only sun-protective but also bright, fashionable and fun.
I have decided to write about fusible interfacing for masks because it seems the new “normal” from now on will be that we will need to wear a face mask at least for some activities. I am not sure if this is good or bad, but frankly would you want a person sneezing on your vegetables in a supermarket, even if he/she is not really sick with the Covid-19 virus? I would not, even the common cold is bad enough. So perhaps it is not really bad that we are becoming a little more careful with the way we spread germs around.
If you are anything like me, you love using a serger, but find the threading process tedious and frustrating. If you relate, you’ll be ecstatic to know that there is such a thing as a self-threading serger. Yes, it’s as wonderful as it sounds.
However, this technology is fairly new, and different brands define “self-threading” differently. In this post I’ll explain what the types of self-threading overlockers are, which brands have them, and what machines I recommend if you are eager to add one to your collection (as I was!).