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Sewing, embroidery, and serging tips and tricks for beginners that will help teach you to sew, embroider, and serge.

Machine Embroidery Hooping Tutorial (Tips & Tricks)

Machine Embroidery Hooping Tutorial (Tips & Tricks)

Learning how to hoop fabric correctly when machine embroidering is one of the most important aspects of ensuring professional results.  Unfortunately, it’s one of the things that embroidery machine user manuals don’t do justice!  And, it’s something that many new embroidery enthusiasts don’t master until they’ve messed up several projects thanks to improper hooping. Hooping…

How to Thread a Singer Sewing Machine Easily (Pics+Video)

How to Thread a Singer Sewing Machine Easily (Pics+Video)

Learning how to thread a Singer sewing machine can be complicated, especially if you’re a beginner. While you can find Singer sewing machine threading instructions in the machine’s instruction manual, quick-start guide, or even on the sewing machine body, diagrams are sometimes confusing. Plus, it’s often easier to learn from pictures of an actual sewing…

8 Essential Machine Embroidery Supplies (List for Beginners)

8 Essential Machine Embroidery Supplies (List for Beginners)

Before using your new embroidery machine, you’ll need to purchase basic embroidery supplies such as stabilizer, embroidery thread, and embroidery needles. However, beginners might not know where to start when determining the rest of the must-have machine embroidery supplies. I know I was a little confused at first! So, for newbies, let’s talk about what…