Try making Straight Stitches first.

 

Even though people have been sewing since Paleolithic times, sewing can still seem like a daunting job, especially if you don't have a clue or how to use thread and needle.

Immediately, here's a sewing tutorial for beginners;

Method 1

Sewing Basics

 Iron or wash the fabric to be sewn. If your fabric tends to wrinkle, try ironing or washing it first. Do this well before you start sewing the fabric should be completely dry.

Follow the washing instructions for the specific fabric. Whether you use the washing machine, hand wash, or hang dry, let's follow the instructions we've provided.

If you tumble dry your fabric and the result is a little wrinkle, iron it. This will make it easier for you when sewing.

Insert the thread into the eye of the needle. Regarding the length of thread to be used, the longer the better. Cut the thread twice as long as you actually need. Holding one end with your thumb and forefinger, insert it through the eye of the needle. Then, slide the needle toward the center so that it divides the thread into two equal length strands. After that, knot the two ends of the thread.

To make it easier for you to thread the thread through the eye of the needle, cut the thread with sharp scissors and lick the end of the thread. If you don't, the thread may be too thick or your needle is too small.

Method 2

Try making Straight Stitches first. 

That is, stick the needle from the side that people won't see. Pull the needle out (you may need a bit of force), followed by the thread, until your thread pull is stopped by the knot. If the knot doesn't stick to the fabric, make a bigger knot.

The reason you start from the back side of the fabric is so that the knot isn't on the front (visible part) of the garment or fabric.

If your knot is going through the fabric, there could be several reasons for this.

you may need to make a bigger knot.

Your needle may be too large, puncturing the fabric the same size as or larger than the knot, allowing the knot to penetrate the fabric.

You may be tapping the thread too hard once the knot is stuck under the fabric.

Insert the needle from the front side of the fabric. Insert the needle back into the back side, near your first stitch just now. Pull the entire length of the yarn and keep pulling until you feel the yarn hold. You've just made your first stitch on the front side of the fabric.

The stitches should be tight enough to keep the fabric flat, but not too tight as this will cause the fabric to wrinkle under the stitches.

Repeat these two steps. Keeping each stitch close to the previous stitch, insert the needle from the back side again.

In general, sewing should be a straight line, more or less like this computerized version.

The stitches, having a distance between each stitch, are called twill stitches. These stitches are usually used to unite fabrics or unite pieces of fabric.

Finish by stabbing from the front side. The needle and thread should now be on the back side, where you can end it by making another knot. You can poke the needle into the front side, but do not pull the thread too hard, so that you make a circle of thread on the back side. Then, prick the needle back to the back side, and again close to the prick you made earlier. Pull hard so that a circle does not form on the front side, but keep the circle on the back side intact. Now, insert the needle through the circle and pull the thread to tighten it, removing the circle. The loop serves to hold the thread on the fabric. Re -insert the needle through the seam twice to strengthen it.

Method 3

•  Mastering Other Stitches

Practice tighter stitches. The basting stitch, as described above, is a good way to start. The greater the stitch spacing, the more likely it is to tear or unravel.

Bare stitches have a long stitch distance while stronger stitches have short or medium stitches. Therefore, when viewed from the front side, the next stitch should be as close as possible to the previous stitch.

Start practicing the zig zag stitch (winding). This is a back-and-forth stitch and is used when straight stitches are not possible, such as reinforcing buttons or sewing with stretchable fabric. This stitch can also be used to temporarily hold two pieces of fabric sewn together at the edges. This stitch looks like a winding road (as the name implies) and also the stitch distance consists of short, medium, and long distances.

The blind stitch is a variant of the zigzag stitch. This stitch is also known as a "blind hem." This stitch is very similar to the zigzag stitch, except that it has a few straight stitches. It can be said to be invisible because the bends are not on the front side of the fabric. With a small number of crooked stitches on the front of the fabric, it will make the stitches less visible.

Sew two pieces of fabric together. When you've progressed to this point, stack the two pieces of fabric together with the back of each piece facing out (and the front of each piece of fabric facing each other. Smooth the edges of the fabric where you want the two fabrics together. Sew. follow the outline of the fabric.

When you're done, pull the two pieces of fabric in opposite directions. The two will stick together in the hem you just sewed, but the thread will be almost invisible. Anyway, a better way to do it is with the soom stitch.

Patch the hole in the fabric. Sewing perforated or torn fabric is not that difficult. Simply pinch the edges of the holes together, towards the inside of the fabric (back side of the fabric). Sew the edges together in a single hem. Use short stitches (nearly no gaps between stitches) so that the torn part doesn't open.

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