{"id":2037,"date":"2021-08-11T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2021-08-11T10:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:55:48","slug":"top-sewing-tips-for-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/top-sewing-tips-for-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Top sewing tips for August"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our latest roundup of all things sewing!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Some how-tos from all over the place this month! They cover all sorts of things from lace and heirloom sewing right through to sewing wonderful hats.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We normally aim for a &#8220;top ten&#8221; but this month we&#8217;ve sneaked an extra one on for you. Just the sort of thing to share with your best friend. <em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellysews.com\/button-front-dress-with-pockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Button front dress with pockets: sewing pattern hack to turn a shirt into a dress.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sewsweetness.com\/2020\/12\/video-how-to-use-the-seam-guide-for-accurate-seam-allowances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: how to use the seam guide for accurate seam allowances.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fabrics-store.com\/2018\/07\/10\/sewing-glossary-three-ways-to-sew-elastic-waistband-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sewing a perfectly encased elastic waistband three different ways.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewhistorically.com\/6-ways-how-to-insert-lace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn 6 different vintage ways to insert lace and improve your heirloom sewing skills!<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collectivegen.com\/2020\/05\/diy-linen-robe-dress-sewing-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY linen robe sewing tutorial.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grainlinestudio.com\/blogs\/blog\/sewing-tutorial-french-all-your-seams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sewing tutorial &#8211; French all your seams.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesprucecrafts.com\/how-to-make-hats-2978100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13 hat sewing patterns and tutorials.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/1125947\/how-sew-leather-hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An expert&#8217;s guide on how to sew leather by hand.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/straight-grain.com\/2016\/12\/01\/tips-tricks-for-piping-perfectionists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sewing with piping: top tips and tricks (tutorial).<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarkirsten.com\/blog\/2018\/9\/22\/omuy047cpuvy6vy86m9e83caymfyae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to sew a lined vest &#8211; two easy methods.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makesomething.dritz.com\/2018\/08\/09\/sewing-tutorial-how-pick-right-elastics-sewing-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sewing tutorial: how to pick the right elastic for your sewing projects.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2039\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Brother-Innovis-NV1100-from-GUR-Sewing-Machines.jpg\" alt=\"The Brother Innovis NV1100 from GUR Sewing Machines\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Brother-Innovis-NV1100-from-GUR-Sewing-Machines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Brother-Innovis-NV1100-from-GUR-Sewing-Machines-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Brother-Innovis-NV1100-from-GUR-Sewing-Machines-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Brother Innovis NV1100 from GUR Sewing Machines<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Featured sewing machine &#8211; the wonderful\u00a0Brother Innovis NV1100<\/h3>\n<p>The Brother Innov Is NV1100 is a top loading computerised machine, which can handle all types of materials from silk to denim and soft leather materials. This machine is well balanced for every type of sewer, whether you\u2019re a beginner or experienced.<\/p>\n<p>The Brother NV1100 has 140 built in quilting, utility and decorative stitches and 10 automatic one step buttonholes for creative projects. You\u2019ll love the smooth, accurate feed from Brother&#8217;s advanced Square Feed Drive System.<\/p>\n<p><em>Now you can safely save your own decorative stitches to the machine memory and with Direct Stitch Selection you can simply key in the stitch number you need.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/brother-innovis-nv1100-sewing-machine-36751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy the Innovis NV100 \u00bb<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>GUR \u2013 your sewing machine superstore!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking to start the noble art for the first time, or have decided that it\u2019s time to go for something a little more awe-inspiring, <a class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewingmachines\">GUR\u2019s sewing machine range<\/a> will\u00a0present\u00a0you with some very impressive options.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out GUR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing-spares-accessories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spares and accessories store<\/a> \u2013 everything you could want for your trusty sewing machine!<\/p>\n<h2>Telephone\u00a00121 359 5335 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/top-sewing-tips-that-you-might-just-find-to-be-really-useful\/info@gursewingmachines.com?customize_changeset_uuid=077a080a-ffb7-4b5b-8e7a-b23b4add69c8&amp;customize_messenger_channel=preview-1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> GUR Sewing Machines now!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest roundup of all things sewing! Some how-tos from all over the place this month! They cover all sorts of things from lace and heirloom sewing right through to sewing wonderful hats. We normally aim for a &#8220;top ten&#8221; but this month we&#8217;ve sneaked an extra one on for you. Just the sort of [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223,101,85,1],"tags":[160,39,86],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brother-sewing-machines","category-quilting-tips","category-sewing-tutorial","category-tutorial-room","tag-brother-sewing-machine","tag-gur-sewing-machines","tag-sewing-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}