40 Techniques Every Sewer Should Know

Meet Gail, your instructor, and work with your iron to get amazing pressing results with woven fabrics and knits in a variety of ways.

In this lesson, Gail walks you step by step through staystitching, understitching, and topstitching techniques.

Learn efficient ways to sew, grade, clip, and press tricky curves and corners.

Choose the best interfacing for your garment, fuse full pattern pieces, learn block fusing, and reinforce shoulder seams.

Learn about bindings and facings; cut, join and attach binding strips; and create perfect inside and outside curves.

Discover excellent gathering tips and construction methods for flat-constructed and set-in sleeves.

Finish off your garments expertly as Gail shares tips for zipper installation, automatic buttonholes, bound buttonholes (even faux ones!), and making your custom covered buttons.

In this bonus tip, Gail shows you how to sew small circles and steep curves with ease!