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rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] sewing2010-02-16 05:31 pm

Online resources for sewing n00bs?

Okay, I'm not a complete n00b -- I've been making and mending things on and off for a while -- but I know very few stitches, have no clue what they're called, and have a tendency to slip from one to another in mid-hem.

(Possibly the appropriate term would be "feral seamstress".)

Are there any good websites (or YouTube videos, even) showing different stitches and techniques?

[personal profile] piscinarii 2010-02-16 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hand sewing stitches or sewing machine stitches?

I found a few that had good diagrams...
http://www.alternative-windows.com/stitches.htm
http://sewing.about.com/od/techniques/tp/handsewing.htm (links to different ones if you scroll down)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sewing_stitches (this one has pics but no how-to's, mostly sewing machine stuff)