How to sew with a needle and thread manually?

Sewing is a very useful hobby. It helps not only to have an interesting time, but also to create beautiful and useful things with your own hands in the process: clothes, home textiles, toys and much more. The basis of all sewing craft are hand seams. All novice needlewomen are recommended to begin acquaintance with this craft directly from the development of such seams. In the article we will tell you how to make different stitches.

Sewing Preparation

All necessary tools and materials should be prepared in advance.

These include:

  • needles and needle box;
  • threads
  • the cloth;
  • thimble;
  • sharp scissors;
  • tape measure;
  • tailor pins;
  • tailor's chalk;
  • Steam iron.

Iron the fabric

Before sewing, the prepared fabric must be ironed on the wrong side with a hot iron. This is especially true for fabrics with a tendency to shrink, since this method will help to plant it. In addition, it is much easier to work with ironed fabric.

Insert the needle into the thread

The end of the thread should be threaded into the eye of the needle. If this is difficult to implement, it is recommended to purchase a special auxiliary device that significantly simplifies the task for people with low vision.

Manual seams can be made with either a single thread or a double thread. If you plan to sew with a single thread, thread the needle into the needle so that one tip of the thread is longer. Then you should cut the required length and tie a knot at the tip of a long thread. After that, you can start sewing.

Advice! To make a knot, the thread should be wound on a finger until a loop is formed. Then you need to roll the coils with your thumb and pull the end of the thread.

If the seams need to be done with a double thread, it is necessary to pass it into the needle so that both ends of the thread have the same length. Then you need to tie a common knot and start sewing.

How to make the 1st stitch?

It is necessary to insert the needle from the inside of the material and pull it out from the front. Then you should insert the needle into the material near the original puncture site and completely pull it along with the thread to the wrong side. The first stitch is ready.

Important! The stitch needs to be made tight enough so that it can lie flat on the fabric, but at the same time it does not pull the fabric excessively.

Straight stitch

Such a stitch is performed by repeating the two steps used for the first stitch. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the stitches have the same length and are located close to each other.

The last stitch must be finished by piercing the fabric with a needle from the front side and tying the fastening knot as close to the fabric as possible so that the stitch does not shift and does not stretch.

Other stitches

There are several basic options for hand seams. The ability to perform such seams will certainly be useful to any needlewoman more than once.

Notched stitch

It is used for tightening the fabric, laying pinches, darnes and seams that are not experiencing stress. To make such a seam, it is necessary to make several stitches forward, evenly introducing the needle into the fabric, and leading to the surface before stretching the thread.

The number of stitches directly depends on the thickness of the fabric. The length of the stitches and the distance between them are affected by the place of application of the seam.

Zigzag stitch

In this case, the stitches are made from side to side. This line is used when working with elastic fabric or to strengthen button loops.

To lay it, you first need to fold the fabric in half and fix it with a pin. Then you need to open the edge and stick the needle so that it comes out from the front side. Then you need to make a vertical stitch up and return the needle to the starting point.

Then, lay the diagonal stitch to the left and return the needle to the front side under the end point of the diagonal stitch. These steps must be repeated until the very end of the seam, which must be completed with a vertical stitch.

Countersunk stitch

It is used for the most invisible fixation of the tucked edges of the fabric, attaching the lining and pockets.

In the process of making a blind seam, the needle must be punctured from right to left, capturing no more than one thread of the upper fabric, and then capturing the fabric of the upper fold of the hem. You do not need to pull the thread strongly.

Important! A blind seam should be made with a thread matching the color of the main fabric.

How to sew 2 parts?

It is necessary to attach two parts with the front sides to each other. The edges along which they need to be fastened must be aligned and stitched along a line repeating the contours of the edge.

Sewing 2 pieces of wool

After completing the part, you need to pull it slightly to the sides and make sure that the completed seam holds them together well, and the thread is barely noticeable.

How to patch a hole?

Covering holes is pretty simple. The edges of the formed hole must be connected in the direction to each other and fastened with a seam. It is recommended to make the most frequent stitches in the process for more tight bonding.

Tips and tricks for beginners

For those who are just starting to learn how to sew with a needle and thread, it will be useful to familiarize themselves with the following recommendations:

  1. It is better to purchase exclusively high-quality needles for hand seams from manufacturers who have already managed to prove themselves well. It is recommended to give preference to needles with a "golden eye", on which a special coating is applied. Such a coating provides easy threading of the thread into the needle and easy sliding of the needle through the fabric.
  2. It is necessary that the needle matches the thickness of the thread selected for sewing. The greater the thickness of the needle, the more effort you will have to exert when moving it through the fabric. For this reason, it is not recommended to choose a thick needle for sewing with a thin thread manually.
  3. Curved, blunt and rusty hand needles are unsuitable for use. In addition, embroidery needles with a blunt tip cannot be used for manual sewing. Such needles are used exclusively for cross-stitching on the canvas.
  4. When performing manual seams, it is recommended to use a thimble. This will help protect your fingers and nails from accidental damage and significantly speed up the process.

Hand stitches and seams in most cases are used for embroidery and needlework. But sometimes they are used even when sewing clothes on a sewing machine. In addition, such seams cannot be dispensed with when trying on and knitting clothing parts.