Buying our 1st sewing machine

Mojisola

chrisfreelander54 wrote: »

We have had a look for local sewing classes, but only found these to be for adults, and as far is my DD is aware they dont do sewing lessons at high school (didnt in year 7 and nothing in her planner for Year 8 so far either) maybe I will contact the school to confirm if this is on the curriculum or not in the future.

If the school isn't going to provide lessons, ask your local WI if any of their members would do some lessons.

hardpressed

Make sure you have plenty of needles. She will also need different needles for different fabrics and do buy good quality steel pins. Do tell her to keep her fingers well away from the needle when machining. I have machined through, yes through my finger on 3 occasions and I was a professional! When I learned to use an electric sewing machine at school 55 years ago we started by sewing down the lines on lined paper without any cotton, once we could sew straight we were allowed to use fabric and cotton.