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Looking for critique on sewing blog for beginners

Hello everyone!

I decided to make a blog with some sewing lessons for beginners. I got the inspiration from

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because alot of the people there are just beginning to sew and don't know how yet. I know how hard it is to teach yourself and thought I would offer what little I could.

Now I am asking the experts to review it and critique it! If there is anything I missed, anything that is explained poorly, anything at all that could be better I would love to hear! Keeping in mind that I only have 3 pages of about 14 planned pages up, I don't want to get too far ahead only to have to change everything. The first few pages are explanitory, then they will go on to reading patterns, measuring, altering and a few projects (including a thong if anyone is interested check back in about a week or two!!!) using wovens and knits, which needles and finishes and etc. pants, bias cutting and more! finishing off with my favorite thing, drafting and sewing a christening gown!

I am hoping to make it easy enough that if a beginner starts from the first page they will feel comfortable in their progression to the last page without struggling.

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Thanks everyone!

Michelle Giordano

P.s. in the beggining I am not using correct terms for the parts of the machine, using things like round disc, pointy end, etc etc, because I had problems knowing what the pieces are called. That knowledge will come later in the blog.

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Doug&Michelle
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Hi Michelle: So far it looks really good, but I have a couple of little caveats. One page 1, you say to oil your machine often. One of mine came pre-oiled from the factory, and the manual has lots of awful warnings in it about NEVER USE OIL. (My engineer dh says it is probably made with one of those fancy modern forms of steel which have some form of built-in lubrication)

On page 2, you have instructions for winding the bobbin, but they do not apply to my machines. First of all, my favorite machine has a horizontal spool pin, not a vertical one, and the thread path on my machines are both very different. It might be better just to tell people to follow the instructions in the manual, and to be careful to go fairly slowly rather than winding the bobbin as fast as the machine will do it.

Other than those two minor quibbles, it looks good. Keep up the good work, gal.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

Thanks! Maybe I should put alot of emphasis in a phrase like "this doesn't apply to all machines, read your manual" in bright red letters. I do have one machine too that doesn't get oiled.

For the bobbin winding I will do the same thing, big red letters saying something.

I was trying to research on craftster what kind of machines most of these people have, and it seems like there are alot of new walmart brand brothers, simplicity, singers, etc. But also alot of older 1970's/80's singers, kenmores. I will have to expand that page to include some tips I think.

Thanks Olwyn Mary!

I was starting to think my post was lost in cyber space!

Michelle Giordano

p.s. first project will up today, just have to fix spelling mistakes and add pics, the project is a headband that takes just a few minutes for a noobie to make.

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Doug&Michelle

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Seems good and readable to me Michelle. My Bernina has a separate motor for winding the bobbin so I do agree with Olwynmary's comments about your bobbin page. When you get more time and have done all your pages, it might be an idea to put pictures of the sewing stages of your projects along side the instructions, it helps to make things more understandable for absolute beginners. That is the area you are aiming the bog at I think. Good work so far , well done Claire in Montréal, France.

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