It's Fun to Sew with a Sewing Machine
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About This Book
"It’s Fun to Sew with a Sewing Machine" by Hildegarde Struefert is a comprehensive guide for beginners who want to learn how to sew using a sewing machine. The book is part of the Cooperative Extension Service at Oregon State University's 4-H Club Series L-85. It covers the basics of sewing with a machine, including tools, organization, measuring, cutting fabric, and stitching seams. Readers are encouraged to develop good sewing habits and start sewing by making practical projects like a shears case, barbecue placemats, and a traveling kit. The book promotes cleanliness, posture, and organizat...
Chapters (65)
- IT’S FUN TO SEW with a sewing machine
- PHASE 1
- Your guide for the project
- What you will learn
- What articles you will make
- Start your record book
- Learn to give a demonstration
- Plan your project
- Become acquainted with your sewing tools
- Measuring tools
- Cutting tools
- Sewing tools
- Needles
- Pins
- Pincushion
- Thimble
- Organize a box or basket for tools and supplies
- Learn to use mother’s sewing machine
- Parts of the sewing machine
- Types of control levers
- How to use the sewing machine
- Is your chair the right height?
- How to start and stop the machine
- How to speed up and slow down
- How to stitch correctly
- How to use the stitch regulator
- How to practice stitching
- How to thread the machine
- Stitching with a threaded machine
- Enjoy good sewing habits
- Hint number 1
- Hint number 2
- Hint number 3
- Start to sew
- A shears case
- What you will learn
- What you will do first
- How to make the shears case
- Make a paper pattern
- Mark the fabric; follow the illustration
- Cut the fabric
- Mark the hem on section A
- Shape the flap of section B
- Mark the pocket on section A
- Get the pocket ready to stitch
- Machine stitch the pocket
- Sew sections A and B together
- Change the top of section B into a flap
- How to make your case colorful
- Barbecue placemats or traveling kit
- Barbecue placemats
- Traveling kit
- What you will learn
- What you will do first
- Start with the washcloth
- Get the towels ready
- Sew the washcloth and towel together
- Sew pockets into the washcloth
- Attach the tie to the towel
- Finish your project
- Complete your record book
- Show others what you have learned
- Displays
- Demonstrations
- Are you ready for the next project?
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