{"id":2190,"date":"2015-10-06T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:53:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:53:51","slug":"sewing-beginner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=2190","title":{"rendered":"Sewing without Knowing (beginner)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are so many things I wish I knew when I Started Sewing<\/a>\u00a0without knowing as a beginner. \u00a0I had sewn before, quite a lot. \u00a0But the brain forgets in 30 years all the things you once knew, or at least some of them. So, essentially, I was once again a beginner. At least I remembered a few things like pressing <\/a>while sewing. I actually did a blog on this. Here are some more articles you may find helpful:\u00a0This<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0this one<\/a>, too! The following things I really did not know or did not believe were a factor for me.<\/p>\n

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  1. RELAX- sewing while rushing or tired makes things take longer.<\/li>\n
  2. READ- reading the manual is more important than anyone wants to admit. \u00a0I didn’t read mine. \u00a0Then I was totally excited to find my second machine had a thread cutter on the side! Guess what, so did my first one, I just didn’t know about it. The manual has more information than the internet or someone else’s experience. \u00a0It’s about YOUR machine. \u00a0Invaluable.<\/li>\n
  3. TOOLS- I promise, it’s not necessary to break both arms at the same time to buy a cutting mat and rotary cutter. I never would have tried this method until the broken arm incident. \u00a0I love the sound of the scissors and fabric together. \u00a0But, honestly, the mat and cutter make cutting patterns more professional.<\/li>\n
  4. SEW- If you do not actually get in there and fight that beast of a machine, you’ll never learn anything. \u00a0So what if you mess up? That’s what the seam ripper is made for. The first dress I sewed after 30 years took me forever. \u00a0I was terrified. \u00a0Why? \u00a0I hadn’t tried it before and I only had three days to finish. \u00a0I was going to a funeral and owned not one single black dress! The compliments were worth the time.<\/li>\n
  5. CONCENTRATE- this is the hardest part for me, I want to second guess the pattern instructions. \u00a0Please follow their instructions, it’s a huge time saver. \u00a0They are professional and know what to do to get the same results they did. I believe I spend more time thinking about the garment than I do sewing it. \u00a0I roll over and over in my head how I’m going to make it look. It’s helpful, but not productive. \u00a0Thinking doesn’t make it happen. \u00a0You have to actually do something to make it happen.<\/li>\n
  6. KEEP TRYING- It’s okay to mess up. That’s what the seam ripper is for. \u00a0It’s okay if you sew something perfect and then it doesn’t fit. \u00a0I’ve done this. \u00a0It only makes the next one easier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most of all ENJOY!<\/p>\n

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    RELAX- sewing while rushing or tired makes things take longer.
    \nREAD- reading the manual is more important than anyone wants to admit. I didn’t read mine. Then I was totally excited to find my second machine had a thread cutter on the side! Guess what, so did my first one, I just didn’t know about it. The manual has more information than the internet or someone else’s experience. It’s about YOUR machine. Invaluable.
    \nTOOLS- I promise, it’s not necessary to break both arms at the same time to buy a cutting mat and rotary cutter. I never would have tried this method until the broken arm incident. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,13,5,42,9,64],"tags":[372,179,15,373,71,374],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}