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15 Sewing Tricks Your Grandma Should Have Showed You

March 9, 2016 by Donella Crigger

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If you’ve been sewing for a while, odds are you’ve picked up a few tricks along the way. But for those of us starting out, we tend to do things the hard way, usually because no one taught us sewing tricks that could make the job a little easier. So for both the experienced and amateur, here are 15 sewing tricks your grandma should have taught you. (You’ll kick yourself because some of them are so obviously simple.)

15 Sewing Tricks Your Grandma Should Have Taught You

Sewing Tricks Every Crafter Needs to Know

Fill a pincushion with steel wool to make your own needle-sharpening pincushion.

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Washi tape is invaluable in the sewing room! Mark fabric, use it to make bias binding, mark out seams, etc. It’s 1/4″ wide, so it’s a handy seam measuring tool!

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Create gathers in fabric using the cheating method (aka the corded zig zag method). Simply sew a large zig zag stitch over a piece of yarn, and use the yarn to gather the fabric before using a straight stitch to sew the gathers in place.

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Tired of pinning fabrics? Make your own heavy duty fabric weights using washers and a hot glue gun. Genius!

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Create your own hemline tool out of cardstock. It’ll help you iron perfectly straight hemlines and folds every time.

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After sewing buttons on, cover them with a coat of clear nail polish to keep the thread from unraveling and to hold the button in place longer. (We have more nail polish hacks!)

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Use binder clips as an extra set of hands when quilting. They’re perfect for holding your binding in place or making a quilt sandwich. (More binder clip tips here!)

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Slide a pin across the end of a buttonhole before ripping the stitches to ensure that you don’t go too far.

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Speaking of buttonholes, do you find sewing them to be intimidating? Check out this tutorial on sewing one-step buttonholes.

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Put dull, stubborn straight pins in a piece of bar soap to help them go through fabric much easier. (And see our post on uses for bar soap while you’re at it!)


Rubber band two pencils together to easily create a seam allowance anytime you need one. The pencils will be about 8 mm apart.

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Keep your filled bobbins together by storing them in a foam toe separator for pedicures.

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You can’t pin leather; any holes made in the fabric will remain. Instead, use paperclips to keep pieces of leather together. (Check out even more ways to use paperclips.)

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Fabric must be cut along the lengthwise grain in order to drape properly. If you’re not sure how to find the lengthwise grain, use this technique to find the crosswise grain. You’ll then cut the fabric in the opposite (perpendicular) direction.

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Use a bodkin to draw elastic out of a waistband. You can also use it to find missing cords in drawstring pants and hoodies.

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via Make Something

If you liked these sewing tricks, you should check out:

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  • Beginning Sewing Projects for Kids
  • Simple Sewing for Baby: 25 Free Patterns and Tutorials

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15 sewing tricks that even Grandma would love.

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