Burda Style For people who sew

Hello,
I’m actually starting to sew now. I teach myself over the Internet. I have an old Singer sewing machine only sews a straight stitch. Would love to get recommendations on free online video tutorials how to sew and how to create drawings for sewing.
Thanks, Topaz.

Oct 30, 2010, 10.42 AM by sealtopaz

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  Oct 30, 2010, 10.43 AMby sealtopaz

  Hello, I’m actually starting to sew now. I teach myself over the Internet. I have an old Singer sewing machine only sews a straight stitch. Would love to get recommendations on free online video tutorials how to sew and how to create drawings for sewing. Thanks, Topaz.

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    Nov 4, 2010, 11.13 AMby Angela Kane

    Hi Topaz, There are a lot of great videos for techniques contributed here on BurdaStyle of course. The Learning tab and then select the Videos tab.

    Am I allowed to say please have a look at mine? There are more on my YouTube channel AngelaKaneTV

    And my website angelakane.com

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  Oct 31, 2010, 11.55 AMby gwynhug

  Hi Topaz, I searched for some videos and found these links:

  http://video.about.com/diyfashion/How-to-Sew-a-Simple-Skirt.htm

  http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-sew-zipper-220387/

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2801212318631807681#

  http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Sew-a-Dress-Part-1-Cutting-the-Pieces-40206944

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25mY1kPfIUg&feature=channel

  I haven’t watched them myself, so I don’t know how good they are. But hopefully they will get you started. Good luck! :)

  All the best, Gwen

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    Nov 3, 2010, 10.34 AMby sealtopaz

    Hello Gwen,
    Many thanks for reference and information.
    I’ll check it immediately.
    Thanks again Have a lovely day,
    Topaz.

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  Nov 15, 2010, 08.01 PMby latulipenoire

  Hello Topaz, I would recommend getting a nice comprehensive sewing book. A couple I would recommend would be The Vogue Sewing Book (quite affordable in vintage copies on amazon) or the Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing.

  Also, I have a sewing blog where I post about projects and answer questions. If you ever want to know how to do something, you can send a comment to the blog and I can put together a quick tutorial. http://afewthreadsloose.blogspot.com/

  Good luck and have fun!