Welcome to Week One of my free online eight week course on Learning to Sew – Sewing with Stacey Lee!
This week is all about getting started which includes threading your sewing machine, testing your stitches, learning to sew a straight line, and your first project – a pocket tissue holder!
I can’t wait to get started – so let’s go!
Below are the topics for this week. Each topic contains notes and a YouTube video where I go over everything step by step.
Please click on the headings for more instructions and the YouTube video for each of the steps.
1. HOW TO THREAD A SEWING MACHINE
- Thread for your sewing machine
- Winding a bobbin
- Threading your sewing machine
- Test your stitches
2. HOW TO SEW A STRAIGHT LINE
- Use a guide to sew along
- Top tips for sewing a straight line
- Practice
3. HOW TO SEW A POCKET TISSUE HOLDER
- Creating a template
- Cutting your fabric
- How to sew a pocket tissue holder
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will be making a scrunchie. This is another great simple and easy project for beginners. The supplies required for this project can be found here.