Learn To Sew Online


by Basya Speshel - Date: 2007-04-13 - Word Count: 376 Share This!

Learning to sew is neither overly simple, nor is it rocket science. There are principles to learn, good habits to create, bad habits to avoid, tricks that make all the difference in the world, and new terminology to understand. With cooking, a cookbook won't help if you don't know what baste, broil, or saute mean. With sewing, you need to know what baste, stitch, hem, and topstitch are, among other things, to successfully follow sewing directions.

Today you can use the internet to learn all the definitions you need. Make your life easy and use Google.com and type in "definition seam", without the quotes. When you use the word "definition" in front of the term you need, Google will try to give you web definitions.

Free stuff

You can search for free stuff online and find tons of information and recommendations. There are even free sewing patterns online, just search for them! You can even find free video tutorials of how to thread your sewing machine or insert your bobbin on Google Video.

As with many free things, you may find that after a day or so, you've found all the useful information that's free. What you get is often worth what you've paid for it.

Ebooks

Ebooks and online courses are often not free. The price is still usually less than a hardback book, you can immediately download the ebook, and often you get some great free bonuses like useful newsletters, free patterns, or online email support.

What should you look for before spending money on an eBook?

See if you can sign up for a free newsletter first from the eBook author. You'll get a very good idea from the newsletter whether the author's writing style is to your liking, and whether they offer useful information on a regular basis. Look for a money back guarantee just in case the eBook is really not to your liking. Never return something that you really use.

Between free information available on the internet and great priced ebooks and courses, you can probably get just about all the information you need to start sewing. Then you just need to start. Once you start, you'll see where you need more practice, and where you're already successful. Then search again for what you need for your next project!


Related Tags: ebooks, sewing, learn to sew, diy sewing, online sewing courses

About the author: Basya Speshel writes for http://www.sewmodestclothing.com. The site reviews patterns, especially those available online. Basya made a page reviewing some sewing eBooks on http://www.sewmodestclothing.com/sewingcourses.shtml. Visit for her opinion on what looks good for learning to sew.

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