06 tips & tricks for sewing machine beginners

I've listed underneath a couple of tips and tricks from my very own experience that are anything but difficult to apply and will guarantee you get the best out of your sewing machine. 

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Let's get started! 

1) Choose the right machine 

Clearly if you effectively possess a sewing machine, you can avoid this (and manage with what you have). In any case if you still need to get one, there are sewing machines best suited to beginners to browse. 

2) Use matching threads 

The easiest method to match threads is to start each project with an empty bobbin and fill it from the spool. If you often utilize a similar spool, feel free to fill a few bobbins without a moment's delay to evade re-threading your machine inevitably. Just make a point to monitor where they originated from! (mark every bobbin or store it with its spool). 

3) Keep your lines straight and your bends neat 

This can appear to be hard if you've never utilized a sewing machine, but dread not it's actually quite basic (although you'll definitely require some practice). 

Go gradually at first then increment your speed as you gain certainty. Continuously center around the alignment, not the needle or the stitching: they move too fast for your eyes to pursue in addition to it prevents you from seeing the master plan. 

To make a smooth bend, stitch gradually while rotating the texture utilizing both hands. Do this in a steady, continuous movement if you can, and if you can't (or if you have to make a sharp turn) consistently stop with the needle down into the texture. This enables you to pivot the texture around the last stitch guaranteeing a neat bend. 

4) Keep hold of the threads' tails at the start 

The threads' tails are free before you make the first stitches. This can make them get tangled in the machine's component and even force the texture in with them (particularly light thin textures). 

To maintain a strategic distance from this wreckage (and conceivably cutting a gap in your texture to fathom it), generally hold the threads' tails with your left hand while making the first stitches. 

5) Flatten your textures before sewing them 

Maintain a strategic distance from the warped stitches that originate from sewing scrunched up texture by flattening it previously. Basically utilize your hands if that's sufficient to smooth out every one of the lines (even the neat collapsing ones) or iron it if required. 

It's a bit of extra work to start with, but at last it will make your life simpler. 

6) Practice, practice, practice 

Practice makes perfect, and that's what you want your work to look like right? 

I realize it's tempting to bounce right in and get going. But know that each type of texture, thread and stitch has its own characteristics. Different threads need different tensions; thin texture can be delicate though thick texture requires a thick, strong needle; stitches come in all shapes and sizes; etc. 

By taking two or three minutes to practice on a spare bit of texture, you can make adjustments without demolishing your work. Clearly you have to recreate your project's circumstances for this to bode well. So make certain to utilize a similar texture (and a similar number of layers), thread and machine configuration for your test and your project. 

Complete beginners can likewise practice on printed paper first to get its hang. There are heaps of free patterns on the web (lines, bends, even drawings) that you can print at home and exercise with.