7 Sewing Mistakes I Wish I Knew Before Starting: A Must-Watch for Every Beginner!

Wonderful advice. We really have to think about how we live and sew for our real lives rather than imaginary lives - I have too many fancy fabrics when I wear jeans, t-shirts, cardigans and so forth most of the time. I would have bought better fabric for the final garment, sewed toiles more often, and not bought so many patterns and fabric without really having the time and energy to make everything - it's easy to buy something; much harder to actually make the item! Worst of all for me is having spent time, energy and money to make something I never wore, or wore only once - however, we need to be gentle with ourselves about this, since most of us have also purchased ready-to-wear items that we did not actually wear that often, and thrift stores often have items with the tags still attached, so it happens to a lot of us. Bottom line is we are usually better off with quality over quantity but it can take time to come to that realization.

The last one, really speakes volume. I always follow my own path, I sew things that I love to wear & are useful to me, & I don't want to sew everything, but I want to learn to sew everything, that means I don't mind buying other items instead of sewing them, even if I can make my own.

I will be interested in mentorship. I enjoy your videos very much. I always learn. Cheers and greetings from Beer Sheva, Israel

I will be interested in learning to sew better.

I’ve been sewing for over 50 years! I could not agree with you more! You’re someone I follow. You’re reliable, accurate. In fact, I ordered a light after seeing your video for the first time. I found one for less than the exact lamp you have. I love this thank you! Also just today I decided to make my own kaftan/coat rather than use a pattern of which none of the patterns would complement the dress I made, that I intend to wear with this light weight coat! Keep writing please!

Hi, I am so glad to find this vlog. I wish to learn sewing , pattern cutting everything about a garment construction with great finish. I love the idea of mentor. I am in searching my mentor who has all skills gained from years of experience.
Thanks

I'm just dipping my toe back into sewing - having to relearn everything after 25 years away. Luckily, there are tons of online resources now - I have learned more in the last week than I knew when I quit.

Is, Singer machines are junk, one of these tips.

Hi I'm new to your Chanel. It's so true what u are saying. I can truelly relate to it.. I've spent money unnecessarily with sewing. Watching from South Africa.. God bless u.

This video was Extremely helpful Thank you! I have been sewing since I was 10 years old....now 69years old .....and a lot of these, are faults that have often made me stop sewing for long periods of time even though in my mind I was creating things and getting depressed because I did not follow through . I will make make a point of watching this video regularly as a reminder to stay on track with what really makes me happy. Thank you So much again!

Your a real inspiration ❤I'm 😊 thank you.

It's a great idea!

I would love to participate too in any class you are teaching. I work in adaptations in Florida. I'll love these Juliha because I'm also learning english and I can understand you very well❤

Dear Julija, thank you so very much, by your complete honesty, I am able to give myself permission to mess up or sew beautifully, it won't kill me, wonderful

I'm just starting sewing again after 3 years of not doing. I love how you described the way about it happened to you as it's similar to mine. I know I have to start slow and get back the feeling sewing gave to me. I'm happy I stepped on your chanel 🙂

Your videos are great I would love to have you as a teacher

I agree 100 % about Comparing myself to others who seem to be doing exorbitant things and that did make me feel inadequate. I had to change my mindset and refocus on what I'm most happy doing. So you are ao right about that point

Thank you for your cooperation
Your videos are wonderful and you are a great sewer
For me I recently found your videos
For me when i watch yours i get two benefits
The first i learn more techniques about sewing
Second i learn English your language is very clear . Calm and easy

Great content!

If I was to start over. I would discover you sooner 😅

Sorry I am listening and adding comments as you go. I sew or cross stitch 20 minutes a day. Non negotiable. Of course I miss days but I always aim for it. Thursdays is my day off for studying but other than that I am a stickler to my routine, I deserve it 😊. It keeps my brain happy.

I love your dress ❤

Are you going to do the group mentors. Would they be through zoom or teams. I am in Australia and I really would love to join your group. I just love listening to you and your advice is non judgemental and sound.

Your perspectives and advice at the end were so great and relevant to me. Actually, the whole video was helpful, done well, and you are pleasant to listen to and watch. I'm not sure on content, but I'll think on it. Thank you for the video! 😊😊

Julija, thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom. I learn so much from you!

I'm new at sewing and all these things are true. I have stopped tryng to reach tha vloggers perfection and sew MY perfect and I've just made my first wearable garment. Thank you

Hi, I just discovered you this week and so far I have watched a few of your videos as they came in a time where I need answers to my questions. Technics as much as your tricks and reflecting on sewing is really resonating with me. Thank you for putting out great topics with such quality in your teaching. Now I feel more like sewing.

Love point number 7

I will be so happy to participate and learn from the beginning all about sewing!!!!I had a bad experience with sewing in my early childhood, so I never did, until now. My daughter introduced me to your videos...loved them. Thanks

i think it is a lovely idea of having a mentor, even though i sew i do get nervous to try something different.

Yes. I will be interested in group learning

WOULD LOVE TO LEARN SOME TECHNIQUES FROM YOU , I AM SELF TAUGHT AS WELL I HAVE BEEN SEWING A LONG TIME AND STILL STRUGGLES WITH DONIG BUTTON HOLES , LINING, ZIPPERS ETC. HAPPY SEWING

Hi Julija, I just discovered you and think you're great. You seem very insightful, intelligent and you are easy to understand. I mean the way you formulate your thoughts before speaking AND that your English is very good. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us through video. I know the effort it takes to make a video and I appreciate it very much as I'm sure so many people do. I would love to participate in any mentoring class that you may lead. I'm just beginning to learn how to sew, but I've been around long enough to know that I could save myself a lot of trouble by learning from experienced people.

I felt the same way , when I first started I thought everything I would sew had to be high quality and trust me it wasn't , I'm self taught and it's taken me awhile to get to the level I'm at , but I still make mistakes so my moto is it perfectly imperfect lolol and that's ok for me now I don't feel bad anymore bc I look back at the photos from the beginning and I have improved so much and I'm very happy with that and I use to beat myself up that it wasn't perfect and it wasn't fun sewing, so I had to rethink and change my mindset and now I'm happy even though my items aren't perfect 💜💜💜💜

Yes I would love to learn sewing basics especially pattern making for yourself

My sewing journey has been similar to yours and the seven points of advice you give are so important to consider. This was the first video of yours I have watched and I’ve now subscribed. Thank you for this sound advice!

Thank you for this. I would LOVE if you offered classes, I was looking for any near me but there’s not much available. I’ve been following sew a longs for patterns that I’ve purchased online. I started sewing a few months ago and have a sewing machine and bought a serger, literally yesterday. I’m struggling with gauging how a pattern will ultimately look on me, and what I need to adjust before hand (or not buy it at all if it’s not for me). I’ve sewn a few items that I feel great in, but also have an equal amount of tops that I do not like. Seeing a picture that looks great and ending up with a garment that doesn’t fit or flow right on my body is very disappointing. I made a top yesterday, looked great on the hanger, but not flattering on me at all, the drape of the fabric it terrible for that pattern and I also did a terrible job at hemming which didn’t help. Now I need to find how to rip the serger seam and add a waistband instead. I think that’ll save it. I mostly sew knits and don’t like how my hems turn out with my sewing machine. I like the look of the triple stitch as a hem but it tends to either eat up the fabric or get all loopy on one side, tension issues I bet but can’t get it right. Funny, I was thinking earlier today that I need to take pictures to remember the pattern, adjustments, etc that I made for the items I do like. Anywho, I appreciate the advice! You now have a new follower 😊.

I look forward to watching your video's. I'm just getting back into sewing and really want to make all of my own clothing and do some things for the home. One thing I've had to learn was many people who have video's live in bigger cities and different climates from where I'm living. So my sewing has had to be for what works here for me. I'm from the US but I'm living in the North of Norway summers are very short here and only a few days of very warm weather so having a big wardrobe of nice summer clothes isn't practical for me. I can actually wear my summer clothes year after year and never wear out, but Autumn and Winter warmer things I have to wear most of the year. The same goes for shoes, nice dress shoes are only worn a few times a year. You cannot wear a high heeled shoe on a dirt street, without breaking your leg. So I think we all have to wear clothes that works for us and for our lifestyle. I would love to maybe take a class with you to learn more.

Thank you for your time sharing your sewing experiences. This kind of content is interesting so keep doing this. Greetings from the Netherlands!

Your honesty is refreshing! Thanks

I would love to participate in any type of class you’re teaching! I’m learning to sew on my own, and recently came across your videos. I could use all the help I could get lol! I have 3 young daughters that I’d love to be able to sew clothes for. ❤

This was really helpful, especially your tip to record my makes! I´m not a beginner anymore, but needed to hear this nevertheless, thank you😊

I wish someone had told me all these back in 2013... All sewers should see this video as well as all the instagram users ;) I relate to almost everything you said, especially to "sewing machine expectations" and letting experienced bloggers made me feel very poor at sewing. That's another great video - I love your content ❤️

I so enjoy hearing your perspective Julie. I also participated in many sewing challenges in the past, just for the community aspect, but hardly wore the items afterwards. I focus on my own sewing path now, not being so distracted by IG challenges or others and their sewing goals. I still like to hear what (some of) my sewing friends aspire to do, but it doesn’t weigh me down or make me feel guilty that I’m not doing the same. We all have limited time to sew, no sense wasting it on things that we don’t really want to make.