OK so basically for both non stretchy and stretchy fabrics, you use the same technique but with different stitches
Like for sturdier fabric you fold it and ensure the raw edge is inside BUT you use a straight stitch
And then for stretchy fabric, you do the same but use zizag
Dk why I was complicating the process but yup think I figured it out.. right?
Ok so Ive been procrastinating making the cuffs bc I'm worried I will mess it up and people have given me tips in a previous post but I just want to make sure so I can do it tmr without second guessing
So first I would Iron the inside out fabric so it's nice and flat, then I would create a cuff by ensuring the raw edge is inside it and then sew a zizag/stretch stitch with backstitches (since this is a stretchy fabric) and then that's it?
Someone did say I should first do a stretch stitch/zizag on the raw edge and then do the cuffs but idk I mean since the raw edge will be inside the cuffs anyway, I feel like that would be kinda unnecessary?
And ik some people use overlock/serger but I don't have that.
Anyway idk that's the plan, is the plan okay?
OK so I hand sewed some buttons, I was planning on using a sewing machine but then it got jammed and I got annoyed so tried hand sewing and ik it doesn't look the best but I'm just worried its going to fall apart 😭😭
Now ik the thread is all over the place and they should just be in the button holes but idk what I was thinking (I started off with the red one and I didn't want to start again so did the same thing with all of em 💀)
OK so I did this again and it's the same thing, it stays secure towards the middle and end but towards the front, it doesn't and I'm not sure what to do
In the manual it says smth ab folding it twice but ughhhhh it's confusing
And also I feel like it might be coz I'm placing the needle in the wrong place but idk coz it does seem pretty secure when I pull it towards the end and middle area
Ive been placing the needle close to the raw edge in hopes that it will catch on the fabric but clearly that's wrong and I'm not sure how far apart I should place it before it's too much. I don't want to keep doing this coz that's just wasting thread and I really need to figure this out coz Im trying to alter something that has this exact fabric
I'm confused, I've been seeing people use a striaght stitch to do the hem? Where the fold the edge of the fabric twice so the raw edge is inside the two folds?
But what ab zigzag stitches? Mine has one specifically for hems so now I'm confused
And plus I've been seeing zigzag ones inside t-shirts
Ps - I'm trying to practice how to hem and now I'm confused how to do that since all the vids that I've seen use the folded twice method, I haven't even started practicing coz I'm confused
I'm confused, I've been seeing people use a striaght stitch to do the hem? Where they fold the edge of the fabric twice so the raw edge is inside the two folds?
But what ab zigzag stitches? Mine has one specifically for hems so now I'm confused
And plus I've been seeing zigzag ones inside t-shirts
Ps - I'm trying to practice how to hem and now I'm confused how to do that since all the vids that I've seen use the folded twice method, I haven't even started practicing coz I'm confused on which one to use and how to do em
OK so I've been trying to practice sewing curves and as you can see, I haven't been doing well
Ik that ur supposed to pivot the fabric gently during the curves but I can never seem to do it, I just don't get how people do it when the presser foot keeps the fabric in place so when I try it doesn't exactly move.
And Sometimes when I do somehow move it, it just goes past the fabric but that's obviously my fault, maybe I'm going too fast
Im gonna keep trying tmr but yeah this is what its been looking like
In hindsight I feel like the light blue and the beige doesn't look too bad but I cant seem to replicate it again
OK so basically I use the handwheel to keep the needle in the fabric whilst moving the presser foot into a position that matches the curved line drawn and repeat
Idk if I'm doing it right tho
OK so I've noticed my stitches looking wonkier and wonkier as time have passed and I think it's coz of how I'm using the foot pedel
So at the start I would press it using my toes and the ball of my feet, the other end of my foot would do nothing and the stitches were in line with the drawn line
But gradually I began to overthink it ig and now I'm worried I'm doing it all wrong and that I need to engage all my feet? Idk but that wouldn't make sense since most people's feet are bigger than the pedel itself anyway so I must have been right all along... right?
Idk I guess I need some reassurance 😭😭
I'm practicing straight stitches and reverse/back stitches using a sewing machine
I do wanna make shorts and take the Inseams of my tops so I think my plan is to first learn how to do the basics like learning straight stitches, back stitches, curves, how to hem using zigzag and folded hem AND finally learn to sew two fabrics together.
I feel they should cover pretty much everything? Idk, if there's smth missing then let me know pls
But yeah ig what I'm asking is, is my plan good? Do I need to add anything else AND do the stitches look good?
Okay so I always told myself that shorts would be my first project and so this is it, I do want to make this low rise hence the clips at the top and added buttons since the shorts are kinda boring on its own and I do kinda like it but idk
Guess I need some reassurance