Complete beginner
Learn the essential tools, machine controls, stitches and sewing words without feeling overwhelmed.
Follow the beginner path →Beginner sewing made friendly
Sewing made simple, one stitch at a time.
Clear guides, easy projects and practical tools to help you start sewing, solve common problems and enjoy every project.
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Your sewing toolkit
- Choose your first project
- Understand patterns
- Fix stitching problems
- Build confidence
Start with confidence
Everything a new sewer needs in one place
Easy first projects
Find manageable ideas based on your confidence, available time and what you want to create.
Find your project →Machine problems
Work through thread breaks, skipped stitches, puckering, tangles and other common problems.
Diagnose a problem →A simple learning path
From switching on your machine to finishing your first project
There is no need to learn everything at once. Start with the basics, practise on spare fabric and move forward one small skill at a time.
Open Start Sewing- 1Get readyMachine, thread, needles and fabric.
- 2Learn controlThreading, straight stitches and seam allowance.
- 3Make somethingChoose a realistic first project.
- 4Fix and improveUse the Fix Wizard when something goes wrong.
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