Sewing is a fun and creative way to keep you entertained and relaxed. Sewing has great benefits that go from making and mending your own clothes to helping cloth the kids' dolls. This is a very cost effective exercise as clothes are becoming ever more expensive. When sewing you want a straight line, the way to achieve that is with a seam guide.
The guide allows you to line up your fabric and run a straight line while sewing. If you do not have one, you will find it is very easy to zigzag across the material. You often only notice this once you've finished sewing your master piece. Just about all sewing machines have one, but if yours does not, you can make your own.
The seam is ever so important in making clothing. If you r pants seam was not straight they would sit funny, you probably wouldn't be able to get your leg trough them. Your pockets would be off and wouldn't be of any use either. The seams are an important thing!
As mentioned, if your sewing machine does not have one you can make one by measuring from the tip of the needle out to the left or right, depending on the side you will be working on. You can use some craft tape to make the mark, unless you want a permanent one, make sure the tape you use is not super sticky!
Once you have yours set up, homemade or factory supplied you can start working. Remember to keep an eye on the marking, you have chosen, while you sew. If you take your eyes off the marking then chances are you will go skew. When you are done you can either remove your home made one, or leave it in place for future use. It may be a good idea to write the measurement on the tape.
When you use it for the first time it may be a little bit daunting. Keep up the effort, it will soon pay off and become a lot easier to follow. Some machines come with a plastic attachment which can be clipped into place so you not watching the thin line so intensely. Just remember that, even with this attachment, material can be very soft and pliable.
This means that your material can quite easily squish against it and even lift up against it. This will cause you to think you going straight but actually go just as skew as before. If you remember to hold your material firmly and keep an eye on it, you should have no problems sewing straight and beautifully.
This goes without saying, that even with a guide you need to be careful with what you are doing. You need to always pay attention. The last thing you want is to sew your fingers by accident, because you weren't paying attention. Accidents happen quickly, so make use of yours, and remember to be alert.
The guide allows you to line up your fabric and run a straight line while sewing. If you do not have one, you will find it is very easy to zigzag across the material. You often only notice this once you've finished sewing your master piece. Just about all sewing machines have one, but if yours does not, you can make your own.
The seam is ever so important in making clothing. If you r pants seam was not straight they would sit funny, you probably wouldn't be able to get your leg trough them. Your pockets would be off and wouldn't be of any use either. The seams are an important thing!
As mentioned, if your sewing machine does not have one you can make one by measuring from the tip of the needle out to the left or right, depending on the side you will be working on. You can use some craft tape to make the mark, unless you want a permanent one, make sure the tape you use is not super sticky!
Once you have yours set up, homemade or factory supplied you can start working. Remember to keep an eye on the marking, you have chosen, while you sew. If you take your eyes off the marking then chances are you will go skew. When you are done you can either remove your home made one, or leave it in place for future use. It may be a good idea to write the measurement on the tape.
When you use it for the first time it may be a little bit daunting. Keep up the effort, it will soon pay off and become a lot easier to follow. Some machines come with a plastic attachment which can be clipped into place so you not watching the thin line so intensely. Just remember that, even with this attachment, material can be very soft and pliable.
This means that your material can quite easily squish against it and even lift up against it. This will cause you to think you going straight but actually go just as skew as before. If you remember to hold your material firmly and keep an eye on it, you should have no problems sewing straight and beautifully.
This goes without saying, that even with a guide you need to be careful with what you are doing. You need to always pay attention. The last thing you want is to sew your fingers by accident, because you weren't paying attention. Accidents happen quickly, so make use of yours, and remember to be alert.
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