love your video! thanks for speaking clearly and not having any background noise! ❤great stuff

i have subscribed, love the way you explain everything. Newbie here….

I'm a fifty five year old man who has never sewn before. I'm building a nook to have my breakfast in the morning. I'm wanting box cushions to cover the seats in the nook. I can also never get the curtains I like. I've got very wide windows. So I've decided to buy a sewing machine. I'm considering a Brother SE700. I've also been looking at large fabric cutting tables. Eventually, I want to be able to make duvet covers, etc. I'd love some advice if you can. Thanks in advance.

Boy here. I wanted one of these magnetic seam guides and my mum told me this: It's like your archery, look at the target not your arrow tip. I did get one, but that was after I could sew straight on my own. Just because it was a cheap and cool toy, I bought it. 😁

Best video I’ve seen on this subject

great instructions. Love that you get right to the point and don't spend 5 minutes introducing yourself and talking!

I went nuts playing with the tension on my machine because I kept getting loops underneath and fabric would hang up around the needle. Discovered by accident that there was a tiny burr on the needle plate that was catching on everything. I filed it down with a little metal nail file and it works perfectly now! So if adjusting the tension doesn't help, take that needle plate off and hold it up to the light; it doesn't take a very big burr to ruin your sewing fun. Hope this helped someone 😘

This is the best explanation of how tension works on a sewing machine! Thank you! ❤

Oh my goodness 😮your visual aid is AWESOME!! Best explanation I’ve ever seen!! Thank you so much!! Your videos are sooo good!!

I LOVE 💗 your speaking cadence/rhythm. Clear. A bit slower than normal conversation. PERFECT for instruction. I commented on a different video and had to comment here also! Great tip on the tape. My first sewing machine is ordered but not here. Learning all I can before it comes (and after since you are so great!) Thank you!😊

I just bought my first sewing machine. I used my mom’s once years ago with her guidance to make curtains for my husband’s bunk in berthing on Navy Air Craft Carrier. Yep! That is the extent of my knowledge/experience. So your videos are PERFECT for me!! I never knew why they were called ‘fat quarters OR about cutting fabric off a bolt in general. (Though I have hand sewn A LOT in my life and purchased cut fabric several times). Your visual aid of the miniature bolt was genius!! Thank you so much!!!☺️

Great explanations and visual aids! Thank you!

So helpful!!🎉

This was a great video Sara, thank you so much

solid tips, ty ma'am!

Thank you

I love using the washy tape...

Really well explained, I was looking for this answer. Also tell us which type of fabric needs what level of tension (if it is related to fabric type). Thanks a lot.

nice tips and I love your crazy hairstyle 🌸

I have mastered EVERYTHING except for the back... it's puckery

Very nicely explained 😊

Got my sub

How did you know what my seams looked like 🫣

God answered my prayers. My goal for 2025 was to sew straight. He sent me this youtube link in my google discover articles today. ❤❤👍🏻👍🏻

I bought a new Elnita EF 72 a year ago from a credible dealer. The top thread looping under the fabric during the first 4-5 stitches started to occur a month after I brought it home. I brought it back to the dealer twice and they suggested putting manual tension on the top and bottom thread as you have and told me to stop using the automatic thread cutter. The convenience of the thread cutter was one of the major reasons I bought the machine in the first place. I find it ridiculous that a person can spend $1700 on a sewing machine and have this 'known' problem. The dealer didn't seem to think that anything could be done about it and they didn't warn me about this issue during the purchase of course. I have decided to continue using the thread cutter and run scrap fabric under the needle before I sew my quilt item. It's just aggravating that I am left dealing with this.. I plan to stop by my local Bernina/Pfaff/Juki/Brother/Janome etc. sewing machine retailer and ask if they have a machine brand for sale that doesn't do this. I just want to know. How much do I have to spend to find a sewing machine that has solved this problem.. BTW thanks for doing what you do. Your honesty and articulation of this issue is refreshing.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love everything about this post, sooooo helpful!

A smart lady you are. It isn't magic, or rocket science. Think what are we doing here, and how does each component effect what we are doing. An old mans philosophy of how things work.

Huge thanks, I'm so much more prepared now :) God Bless!

I've been sewing since I was eight so… for 62 years. I've used the tape system etc, but with a magnetic seam guide-which is easier to move around than tape (and other guides I've made that don't exist commercially), I am able to sew at top speed, especially for attaching bias edging and the like which is pretty much a mechanical action. I don't know anyone who has sewn for even a short while wiggle their seam all over the place like a drunk driver, so… maybe the advice should be, don't drink while sewing (or sew while drinking).

As an training expert, I give this video very high marks. Excellent job.

This is sooooo helpful!!!! Tyty!!!

Thank you for the suggestions. I found them very helpful. Do you have similar advice for serging in a straight line?

I wish you were around when i first started quilting!! This was SO HELPFUL!!! I like the analogy of the car, its plain & simple. Youre a great teacher! ❤❤❤

Thank you for posting this! Learning how to sew, and I’ve learned I make way too many micro adjustments 😅😊 I’ll definitely try the washi tape trick!

Thanks for the tape tip, I'll be sure to adopt that technique. However, when my BabyLock machine stops it automatically ends with the needle in the lowered position.

I've been around an industrial machine sewing team that stitched leather automotive seats and some of those machines and operators ran scary fast.

Excellent video!

Great tips

Are the 3 bee pieces appliqués?

I always cut right on the fold but I still get that little kink. I don't understand why I can't get them straight no matter how I do it.

Thank you

Thank you so much for this video. I’m a newbie and this video has definitely helped me understand tension - the cereal box is a fantastic visual aid. Off to watch your other videos now

very informative and helpful thanks

Last but not least, practice, practice, practice......

Thank you so much I quit making half square triangles because I could never get them done accurately.you are a master for sure. Thanks a hundred times.

I just used your tips and they've made such a difference already! Thank you :)

Such a great video, now I understand what's going on! Thank you for that very clever shoelace demonstration!

I have seen 4 of your videos, and all of them are perfect. You explain the problem clearly and solve it in zn easy way. Thank you very much ❤️❤️

This is the only video I have ever seen that has helped me how to understand how a swing machine works