When most of us were growing up, there were a handful of basic life skills that just about everybody learned. They were simple, useful abilities, like changing a tire, making a dress from a pattern, ...

If you've just bought a sewing machine, you'll need to learn the key sewing stitches – and this video guide is the perfect accompaniment! We'll cover the basic stitches you will find on your domestic ...

I cherish my sewing machine – in fact, cannot imagine a life without it. But however much I like my sewing machine, even I know it cannot do everything in a sewing project -I need my hand sewing ...

Picking up where we left off a few months ago, we’ll learn an additional basic hand sewing stitch- the blanket stitch. This stitch can be applied to previous projects, for example, how to hem and how ...

Maybe those sewing skills your grandmother had skipped a generation or so, but what happens when you pop a button or your step through the hem in your pants? In my grandma’s era, it was common for ...

Crooked seam lines — even experienced sewists dread them. Tools like a magnetic seam guide can help you stitch perfectly straight lines every time. Read on to know about all the other hacks you can ...