The way I learned to sew was using a technique called "paper stitching", where you don't actually thread the machine, but try to "sew" along a series of lines. This teaches material control better than anything I've ever tried.
So do this: Take two sheets of paper and a thick pencil or marker. On one, use a ruler to draw a series of straight lines, then draw some regular and irregular wavy lines, and some boxy "square wave" style lines, almost like a Greek key pattern. On the second sheet of paper, draw a spiral, and a squared-off spiral. Photocopy these probably ten times each.
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The way I learned to sew was using a technique called "paper stitching", where you don't actually thread the machine, but try to "sew" along a series of lines. This teaches material control better than anything I've ever tried.
So do this: Take two sheets of paper and a thick pencil or marker. On one, use a ruler to draw a series of straight lines, then draw some regular and irregular wavy lines, and some boxy "square wave" style lines, almost like a Greek key pattern. On the second sheet of paper, draw a spiral, and a squared-off spiral. Photocopy these probably ten times each.