Learning To Sew: New Article Series

Coming soon to Lizzsews blog will be an article series, it will be called, learning to sew!

This series is going to be geared towards any sewers who are brand new, just starting out, getting back into or even just sewers wanting to go back to the basics! This series is suited for anyone with an interest in sewing and all ages!

I’ll point out keywords you’ll want to know and I’ll explain everything!

These articles will contain tons of information and some will be how-to articles!!

Make sure that you have a sewing machine and all the supplies you’ll need and get started! If you’re not sure what you’ll need, head on over to this article, 10 things you’ll need to start sewing!

Throughout the series, the list below will continuously be updated as I post new articles and think of new ideas!

Articles in the series:

- Learning To Sew: Sewing On Paper Part One No Thread

- Learning To Sew: Getting The Machine Ready To Sew

- Learning To Sew: Sewing On Paper Part Two With Thread

- Learning To Sew: What You Need To Know About Sewing On Fabric

- Learning To Sew: Sewing A Straight Line On Fabric

- Learning To Sew: Sewing On Fabric With Pivots And Curves

- How to sew a pillowcase

Be sure to like and leave a comment letting me know what you think of this article series! Let me know if there are any specific articles you would like to see in this series!

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10 Things You Need To Start Machine Embroidery Today

How to start machine embroidery! Here’s everything that you need to get started with machine embroidery! Without spending too much! Are you interested in sewing? Here's an article for 10 things you'll need to start sewing! 1. You are going to need an embroidery machine! You can use any embroidery machine you want! Here are a couple examples: The Brother se600 This machine can do both sewing and embroidery, and is the best budget embroidery machine! I highly suggest this machine. The brother pe550D! This is an embroidery only machine, with awesome Disney embroidery designs! 2. You are going to need somewhere to get your embroidery designs from! You can find some in my Etsy shop here ! I also suggest Creative Fabrica ! This site also has tons of embroidery designs ! For now, you can even just use the designs built into your machine! Read how to transfer the designs you purchase onto your machine here . This photo is from a design in my Etsy shop.

Why Bobbin Thread Is Showing On The Top Of Your Embroidery Design

Almost all of us have been there! Having bobbin thread show through on the top of your embroidery project is so annoying, especially when you don't know why! Here’s a list of questions to ask yourself and how to fix them so you can prevent your bobbin thread from showing on top! Have you cleaned the race? The other day, my bobbin thread was showing on top! And I went through all of the questions from this article and fixed them, but nothing would work! Before I adjusted my tension (I always suggest to do whatever you can to fix the problem before adjusting tension) I tried this neat trick (I just added this to the other article!), and surprisingly enough, it worked! Here’s what you do: Take a business card and use it to get the lint out from where the bobbin thread goes. You don’t want to use anything that with scratch your bobbin case. Here’s a picture to show you how: Is your bobbin upside down? Make sure that you haven’t put your bobbin in upsi

How To Transfer Embroidery Designs To USB Stick To Embroidery Machine

Ever bought a machine embroidery design from somewhere like Etsy or Creative Fabrica and not know how to transfer that to your embroidery machine? Or have you just purchased a design and don't know how to now transfer that design to your embroidery machine? Either way, here's how! After you have purchased an embroidery design, you will most likely get a zip file. First, you want to unzip the file. On a Chromebook you will double-tap the file, on windows, you will want to right-click the file and on a Mac, you will right-click on the file and click into services, from there you will want to click unzip. Yay! Now you have successfully unzipped the file! After that, you will want to drag the format that your machine uses (for example Brother is PES) to where the USB is in files. Or you can click the format, click CTRL+C and click into the USB in files, and click CTRL+V. We're almost done! You now have your embroidery design on your USB, all you ha

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