Steps to Sewing

Steps to machine sewing:

1. Wind a bobbin

2. Thread the machine

   1. Make sure presser foot is up for threading

3. Select stitch

4. Set stitch width

5. Set stitch length 

6. Set stitch tension

7. Sew tester on the same or similar fabric before sewing on your project in order to check your tension and make sure everything is threaded correctly

   1. Line up the fabric under the presser foot along the correct seam allowance line

   2. Lower the presser foot

   3. Sew for several inches

   4. Check for balanced seam

8. Pin your project (if needed)

9. Line up the fabric under the presser foot along the correct seam allowance line

10. Lower the presser foot

11. Sew, backstitching at the beginning and end of seam

12.  Remove the pins as you go

    1. DON’T SEW OVER PINS