hi i'm Shen and welcome back to my
channel at mama banana where share
hacks and tips around home and family
life today i have a sewing
tutorial for you i'm going to share with
you my top
beginner's sewing tips. i'm going to show
you how to sew on the line
so that your pattern will follow the
template exactly
particularly for a little sewing projects like
this cloth sanitary pad that
requires
turning. i have sewn a lot of these
and i've managed to get them all to be
identical to the template
by sewing on the line. so i'm going to
share
my sewing on the line tips and tricks with you right now
so let's get straight into today's
.tutorial
in my previous video i shared with you
how i attached
a gusset to my jujube brb bag
and within that video i've had some
requests to share
how i made a gusset this is the gusset
that i made.
so in today's video on the top tips on
how to make
a turning sewing project for beginners
i'm going to kill two birds with one
stone
so i'm going to show you how to make a
miniature version of this if you want
the actual dimensions and all of the
full gusset i will include that
in the video description box down below
so as with any sewing project it all
starts with the pattern if you're
drawing out your own
i have a tip for you and this is tip
number one
if there is a straight line on the outer
edge of your pattern
then line that up with the edge of your
piece of paper so that just gives you
that bit less cutting
an angled ruler is a great tool to have
so i just marked
the center of my line when i drew it and
now i'm going
to line this up with the edge of the
paper and draw a line all the way
up
tip number two is when cutting out your
pattern
i use a ruler to tear off any of the
straight lines it just makes it
quicker to cut out your pattern so a
line
i have a nice sharp metal ruler here i
just lined the edge of it up with the
edge of the straight lines and
i grabbed a piece of paper
nice firm grip and i start
tearing now make sure to have even
pressure down on the ruler
number three when drawing out your
pattern right
um i like to mark out where i'm going to
turn it
so that i will remember to mark it on
the fabric the best place to turn your
project would be somewhere along a
straight line so that you can fold the
fabric in iron it down and then
follow that line stitch along so i
am going to mark it here i want to leave
that bit
open for that fit in between here open
for turning
so here are the two pieces of fabric
that i will be using for this project
everything for today's video i've chosen
and the colors of pens fabric tread etc
so that it will be the most visible and
clear to you
okay so what i'm going to do
is i'm going to grab the lightest piece
of fabric
and draw on the wrong side okay so i'm
going to place my template on top i'm
going to get my fabric marker
and i'm going to trace the outline of my
template
directly onto the fabric
and that's where i'm going to sew so
when you're
placing your template onto the fabric
you want to make sure you have enough
seam allowance around
okay so ideally leave at least half
an inch of fabric around
so you want to make sure you have drawn
the outline of the pattern onto the
wrong side of the fabric okay
so now we're going to line our two
pieces of fabric right sides together
okay now to start what you want to make
sure your fabric is
nicely ironed flat that is key to
successful
with many of our sewing projects in
general so i'm just going to trim off
the excess fabric to make it easier to
work with
now i am going to clip the fabric
together
so something i forgot to do and when i
drew out the template was i actually
forgot to draw
on the marks for the turning point so i
just added that on there
i draw it directly onto the fabric so
that i don't forget
not to sew over this area i'm just going
to bring this straight over the sewing
machine
sew together and come right back so i'm
just back from my sewing machine and i'm
going to share
some more tips here with you here okay
so i started
on the point where i marked here for
turning
and you can see here i've back stitched
around
five six times i highly recommend that
for any project
where there is turning required at the
start and end
of your stitch mark make sure you
backstitch around three
five six times okay so that will just
strengthen the area
especially if your fabric or whatever
you're turning is quite large or stiff
it just makes it a bit easier
any of the corners okay and you would
back stitch there as well because you
will be
poking that out so back stitching in
these
corners will reduce the chances of your
stick poking true
and also if you reduce your stitch
length
it just makes it so much easier to
increase the accuracy of your stitching
especially
if you are a beginner now we are ready
to cut
out the excess fabric so what i'm going
to start with i'm going to cut a
straight line
up to the turning points either side
here
and when you're going to cut close to a
stitch all right what i always do
is i place the tip of the scissor
down onto the fabric and then i cut
that way it makes sure the tip ends
exactly where i want it to
and this is particularly useful when
you're clipping out the
corners so all these corners you want to
cut
on the fabric as close to the stitch as
possible without actually cutting the
stitch
okay
that's probably one of the best tips i
can give you is when you get
anywhere that you need cut close to the
stitch push the fabric
up to the scissor so you know exactly
where it is going to cut down obviously
make sure you move your finger out of
the way when
you are cutting
something i forgot to mention earlier is
if you're
going to be stitching on the line like i
did here for this project
then it is very handy to get a clear
foot i got this
in a set of amazon i'll include the
links in the
description box down below but anyway so
if you have pinking shears
now is the time to use it so i will be
cutting a straight line
here okay in the turning fabric and
leaving enough for
seam allowance
and then i'm just going to cut off the
excess fabric all around
anywhere that's close to a turning point
i kind of cut out an angle
trying to get rid of as much fabric as
possible so that when this fabric is
turned inside out there'll be less
fabric again stuck
in here so that you have a nice crisp
corner
if your project is something kind of
long or bulky or complicated you will go
from the first and
turn that point inside out and push
from the far point over to the opening
and another tip is for any of these
corners if you think you'll have any
difficulty in turning it when it's
um on the right side i would start
turning poking
inside out from the side first
that helps to have a really um
clean point so now
i'm going to turn in the seam allowance
here at my turning point
fold it in
and then iron everything down before top
stitching
the turning point closed and all the way
all around so i've just ironed this flat
and once you've ironed it you get rid of
that poofiness so it instantly looks a
bit more professional
and when i when you get to iron it down
before sewing the
opening closed and it means you can line
it and manipulate the fabric whatever
way so that
the fold will fall um perfectly
so i'm going to go over to the sewing
machine now and top stitch this close
and complete that all the way around so
that looks nice and neat and then i'll
be right back
since this is a gusset what i'm going to
do is i need to sew a seam on in the
middle here
so this is the outer part of fabric and
this is the lining so i'm going to
fold it this way so that the lining is
facing out and then i am going to stitch
a seam all down here at the edge
and because this is quite bulky rather
than starting off
at the edge over here i'm going to start
in the center
go down to the end back stitch and then
cut the tread and then start the needle
over here
and then sew to the end and back stitch
sometimes um a lot of times i find that
it's easier if you start
away from the edge especially it has a
beginner
and you can either reverse stitch up to
the beginning again or
turn the fabric and sew in the other
direction
and this is the finished product i got
this line to be perfectly straight
by using this overcast foot over here
oops okay and it's so handy
that is the finished product okay
um if you have any questions at all
please do ask me down in the comment
section down below
and if you have any hacks tips
suggestions yourself on turning
sewing for beginners please do share
with the rest of us down in comment
section down below
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