I think we all aim to sew high quality, well made professional-looking garments. So what are the biggest mistakes we make as beginner sewists that make our clothes look homemade?
0:00 Intro
2:52 Top stitching over under stitching
4:16 Not pressing
5:24 Machine stitching instead of hand finishing
6:26 Seam finishes
8:01 Using the wrong interfacing, or not interfacing
9:35 My thoughts
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