Let me share with you my top 10 tips for taking your sewing skills from the beginner or intermediate stages to a more professional level. Some of these you may have heard before, but I hope my little demonstrations help you understand the WHY as well as the HOW. From getting a good fit, to trimming curves and clipping corners, understitching, topstitching, pressing, serging, and easing, and even what to do when you don’t know what to do!

Here are my first 10 tips, for beginners:    • 10 Essential Sewing Skills for Absolu...  

MY FAVE SEWING TOOLS: My sewing machine - Babylock Sofia 2
My serger - an old Kenmore
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Get a Good Fit
2:53 Trimming and Clipping
4:14 Understitching
6:16 Topstitching
8:32 Press as you go
11:21 Keep seams as you pressed
12:08 Serge Front up, Good side up
13:02 Understanding Ease
15:42 Avoid Roping
17:23 When you don’t know what to do…