Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I don't want to embarrass you by gushing, but am making my first dress and I've struggled to cut fabric properly. My cutting is so jagged the fabric ends up looking like it's been nibbled by a shark. I couldn't find a video to help me and you're explanations are so clear. I am very grateful. Maybe my next dress will not be quite so wonky...lol.
You are the absolute best! You are literally intelligent enough to know the details are important to include in your instructions for not just absolute beginners, but anyone who has never learned correctly. Thank you! What an amazing teacher!
Thank you so much! I thought I was just rubbish at cutting. No matter how careful I was it was NEVER EVER straight. I didn’t know I needed to keep the scissors ON the table. Thank you!!!!
You are the best thank you so much for this video!!! my first project was a bit of a mess because of the wonky cutting, now with your advice the next one is going to be way better!! Again, thank you !!!
Thank you for all the time and effort to make these videos for us. I appreciate your tips and instructions and want to be courteous and let you know it.
Chris and I were talking just the other day about how supportive you've been Cynthia. Your support certainly hasn't gone unnoticed by us, and hopefully is helping the algorithyms. Thanks again for all your comments 🤗
@@ChristinesHomeAffairs It is my pleasure. I enjoy both of your channels and it only takes a second to at least say thank you. Sometimes I even have something more to say LOL
Thanks for sharing. I have also seen people use a suction handle on the wide rulers which I imagine makes cutting straight lines with a rotary cutter easier and safer.
This is incredibly helpful. I made my first sewing project today and it was rather disastrous. I made pretty much all the mistakes possible. I made a pillow case and I've chosen some of the worst fabrics to work with. Cutting a decent, square rectangle with only tape measure, blunt scissors and chalk is rather impossible. Just trying to square the fabric was incredibly hard. Trying to sew 2 pieces of fabric that are different dimensions but were supposed to be equal was... challenging. To make matters worse it was nearly impossible to get a pin through one of the fabrics I was using so pinning layers together was a no go. In the end I used little klips and I probably did the ugliest, most patchy job imaginable. I had to go through some places twice because I was using very fur-like fabric that was very slippery and the layers would just get skewed. I'll be honest, it was incredibly disheartening for my first project but hopefully I'll learn enough at some point that I'll be able to make some simple clothes for myself. That's the goal I had in mind. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it turned out so bad since I'm a guy that was never taught these things (I was also using sewing machine for the first time). The up side is that for as unforgiving as that furry fabric was to work with it hides loads of mistakes luckily. For reference I used a very fluffy long haired material for one side (that was the slippery one) and a pretty dense (I think it's called minky...?) polar (that was the one that was impossible to pin, I broke pins on it). I got both for pretty cheap and they looked really nice and I did not think about the difficulties.
Oh my. I've been sewing most of my life, and won't go near that fabric again. I made a panda costume years ago for my son, and had hairy bits all over the place. 😁
Thank you so much for this! I'm an absolute beginner at sewing so it was very disheartening when I already started having problems at cutting my fabrics. This gave me new confidence!
I’m left handed and have used right handed scissors all my life and always had some trouble with cutting paper etc. when left handed scissors came out, I couldn’t get used to them, my cuts were bad. Then when I started sewing, my fabric cuts were terrible. So I bought a rotary cutter and haven’t used scissors since. I use draw straight lines and or curves and cut free hand and it works great for me. I use different rotary cutters and blades for cutting paper, fabric, and a pair for anything other.
Thank you so much for this video! I have been sewing off and on for over 20 years. But I never knew you needed to keep the scissor's blade on the table. And I'm not looking at the top of the scissor blade either. I guess it's similar to driving (look forward and not right at the bumper/line directly in front of you). I also see that sometimes I lift the fabric thinking that I've pinned it, so it should be ok? My scissors seem to be cutting straight, but the finished cut edge seems to be a bit jagged. So showing how to cut a bit by bit- keeping the tip up and going slowly will help solve that issue. I use a tub suction bar for my acrylic rulers, but maybe I'm gripping too hard because sometimes the ruler still moves slightly. And I am taking too large of a swipe when using a rotary blade. My finished cut edges are either a bit jagged or wonky. I do iron my fabric before cutting. I am mostly using woven fabrics for bag-making. Ty again for a no-nonsense video showing us what to do safely and effectively. :)
Thank you for this, I’m so discouraged from sewing because idk how to cut properly but I see that my hand shouldn’t be in the air but on the table & I need to look at the end of the scissors
OK so we've got the right tools and they're in good shape. 👍My problem though, is where to start when I need to cut certain size or sizes out of a nice new large piece of fabric so that they're nice and straight so that I don't waste more than I have to. This stage of any 'make' always holds me up for ages!! Would really appreciate some guidance. 😊
Hello! How could I go about cutting non stretchy, regular fabric from the INSIDE of the edges?? See, I’m working on implementing and IDEA I have and I want to use beautiful fabric and cut into it letters which will be seen through the cut out fabric from behind using I’m not sure yet. LOL! IDK…maybe it’s easier to just cut the letters out of whatever and then adhere them to the fabric. Yet thats not the look I want! Anyway, is there a way to cut fabric from within? Please share! Thanks so much!!
Yes Monica. It's best to trace the pattern. Once you're more confident, and get to know the fabric and patterns, you could try without on smaller projects😁
I'm totally new to sewing but, I'm old and need hobbies. I just want to make covers for my appliances. I got a Brother MZ53 machine at walmart. Do you know of a place that sells left over fabrics? Thanks for the video!
