Old Sewing Patterns

old sewing patterns

i have never used a sewing machine before can some one help me?

OK my mom has a old sewing machine and has lost the manual and i do not know how to use it i have hand sew things like holes but nothing big and i have a sewing pattern and i am lost so some one help me

What’s the make and model of your machine? Many old sewing machine manuals are available on the net, quite often for free. That’s the first thing you need. When you get it, sit down with the manual and work through everything… threading, changing needles, changing presser feet, how to clean and oil the machine properly. When you’ve got that worked through, the next job you have is learning to sew with the machine. When you can stitch straight lines and curves accurately, then you are ready to start sewing something “for real”. Here are a couple of patterns I often start beginners with:

http://www.mckennalinn.com/Tote.pdf

http://www.sewing.org/files/project/tool_wrap.pdf

An earlier answer I wrote to a similar question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100515155047AA0YaoU

And a pretty good series Threads is starting to do:

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/teach-yourself-to-sew

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