Beginners Sewing Class - Lesson 1 - Setting Up

[@whowantstoknow2617]

Very happy to see tutorials from another Kiwi Gal ;) Thank you!

[@TrishNewberyDesign]

More to come!

[@mycats7321]

Thank you! When I took home economics 30+ years ago the sewing machine (yeah, class only had 1) was already set up & didn't have a lot of fancy features. We didn't learn how to do any of this. The automatic threader will help me a lot since I need a magnifying glass to see anything. I know you said the side wheel for making it sew manually is only supposed to be turned in one direction. What happens if you turn it in the opposite direction? Is it bad to always sew on slow speed? LOL. I think I will probably be doing slow speed when I first start out.

[@TrishNewberyDesign]

You know what? I really feel sewing machines have too many stitches on them now - most I never use - this machine shown has I think 5 buttonholes and I only use the 1 plus one keyhole (maybe used once in 5 years?) and I've used the eyelet function a couple of times - all you really need is a straight stitch, zig zag and buttonhole (and lightning bolt is handy). and yes, I use the automatic threader a lot. The fly wheel turns towards you, if you turn it away from you it locks the machine up - you can do a half turn back eg to raise the needle - without any problems though, and you can manually stitch forward by rotating the wheel towards you for specific placement of the needle, - the effect of rotating it the other way will differ from machine to machine. Yes, It is absolutely fine to sew on slow speed, IMO though, you can get straighter lines if you go faster - it's just whatever you feel comfortable with. I do have a few more videos in this series coming up soon that may help also.

[@mycats7321]

@@TrishNewberyDesign I agree on the number of stitches. I was showing machines to my mother to ask her opinion and she was saying I should go for one with more stitches & I'm thinking "I would never use all of those!" It's like my satellite TV service- way more channels than I ever use. Plan came with like 120 stations and I've watched maybe 10 of them. I was more interested in the number of feet that came with the machine. LOL. Although, I don't think I would ever use that many feet. I'm looking forward to the other videos in the series.