Sewing Inspo

After  I got my first embroidery machine, I was mostly winging it testing designs, getting frustrated when things puckered. And wondering why my stitches didn’t look as “filled in” as the pretty samples online. One day, I downloaded a floral design that looked gorgeous on screen, but when I stitched it out? It looked patchy,…

When I switched to machine stitch, I thought there weren’t many options to explore. What & how can a machine let me do embroidery like hand stitch, right? But well………. I’m wrong. There are actually 29+ types of stitching on a sewing machine. Yes, you heard it right. You must have heard the common ones…

Let’s talk about something that confuses many beginners. What’s the real difference between a serger vs sewing machine stitch? When I first started sewing, I kept hearing people say, “You need a serger for clean edges!” or “You can fake it on your sewing machine!” And I was like… Wait, what? Aren’t they both just…

Ever since I experimented with the overlock stitch on a Brother sewing machine, my inbox has not been quiet. 😅 People loved the demo, but they also came back with more questions, additional requests, and a significantly larger number of machines. “Can you try this on a Singer?”“How about Janome?”And most recently,“Can the Juki blind…

You know what I’ve learned while sewing? Old machines have a special kind of charm. One of the coolest old-school tools I’ve used is a vintage chain stitch sewing machine. I found mine at a secondhand market. It looked a little old and dusty. But something about it caught my eye. After cleaning it up…

After demonstrating the overlock stitch on my sewing machine, I received a flood of comments. Some of you were super impressed (thank you!), while others were still a bit confused. A few even asked me about specific machines, especially Brother sewing machines. 😑 One question kept popping up more than anything else: “How do I…