Beginner sewing tips | Dress By Amy

Aug 304 min read

How to Prepare Your Fabric for Dressmaking

One of the first steps in the dressmaking process, after you have chosen and bought your fabric, is to pre-wash it. Pre-washing your...

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Aug 23 min read

Seven Ways to Use Up Your Fabric Scraps

Anyone who sews, especially dressmakers, will know that its very rarely possible to use 100% of the piece of fabric that you have bought...

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Apr 53 min read

How to Sew a Seam

Now that we have wound our bobbin and threaded our needle, we are ready to sew a seam! This is actually more straightforward than you...

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Mar 232 min read

How to Thread Your Sewing Machine

I’ve previously written about how to wind your bobbin and the next step in setting up your sewing machine is threading. So in this post...

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Jan 223 min read

Five Most Useful Presser Feet for your Sewing Machine - Beginner's Guide

In last week's post I went through the key parts of the sewing machine that you need to get familiar with as a beginner sewist. See that...

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Jan 153 min read

Beginner's Guide to Parts of the Sewing Machine

If you are new to sewing and have just bought a sewing machine, you might be wondering what all of the different parts are and what they...

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Jan 15 min read

Beginner's Guide to Sewing Machine Needles

Having already done a post about thread, its only right that I now talk about needles! There are many different types of needles for...

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Nov 26, 20234 min read

Beginner's Guide to Thread for your Sewing Machine

Thread is one of the most fundamental parts of sewing but its often given the least thought! When you first start sewing, you usually...

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