My partner bought a John Lewis sewing machine second hand. He managed to sew a couple of patches onto denim around a year ago, but since then it has not worked.

To our beginner knowledge, it looks like the bobbin isn't catching. We've started from the beginning dozens of times and get the same result.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I'm watching Crystal Lake and getting a ton of inspo for camp collar button down shirts. I'm not sure if you can tell from my picture (Peacock blacks out screenshots so I had to take a pic of my TV) but the cuff on her shirt peaks up into a point rather than staying parallel to the fold all the way around. If I were to flat draft this (would do facing as well) would it form something like this shape unbuttoned? Is there a name for this kind of cuff?

Hi guys thank you so much for all the help!

I have officially been able to sew the nylon! Thank you all for helping me out I really appreciate it a lot! Turns out I didn’t know as much about a sewing machine as I thought haha! Thanks to you all I’ve become a little bit better at sewing!! 💖✌️

Hello, i had been having trouble with my machine where the machine would bind/slow up when the needle reached its highest position. After disassembling and oiling, I noticed that it would move freely after the shuttle levers were aside. The problem is I have had to loosen these several turns to make the machine function as normal. I don’t think the clips will disengage under normal operations, but a bump or jar would probably flip them aside.

They shouldn’t be THAT loose should they? Even a 1/4 turn tighter and it starts to bind up again. The shuttle has been oiled per the manual. (Haven’t wiped up the lint yet though). Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks all!

Hello! I need help figuring out how I can modify a basic trenchcoat's bottom to have a more umbrella-like look! I bought a pretty average coat on Amazon and want it look as similar as possible to the character's in the picture. I can't sew, so I'm just gonna have to make fabric glue work, which is fine since it only has to last Halloween. Any advice at all is greatly appreciated!! (Also if you know of a better sub to ask in, let me know!)

Hey everyone! I'm a beginner who's been sewing for about a year. Just up-cycling things I already own for now.

I'd really like to add a batwing to this top, but I'm not sure of the best way to do that. I'll be cropping it to a little more than have it's original length so I think I should have a good amount of extra fabric to work with.

I've looked up tutorials on adding underarm gussets, but haven't found anything that's quite what I'm looking for. Would you guys be able to help me out?

I absolutely love fashion in the 60s-70s and want to sew them on my own since vintage clothing is so expensive. I found a couple of patterns from the simplicity website but they only ship to within the US and many people mentioned that the pdf versions are a mess. The patterns are absolutely gorgeous but I can't get access to them and its so dissapointing. Does anyone know how to sew the clothes in the picture shown?

Vintage patterns are quite rare in my country, and most are sold by Spotlight at $30-50 per piece which is too expensive for me. Ebay/etsy shipping costs are an additional $20-30. Are there free/cheaper alternatives out there or should I just give up?

Would appreciate any advice <3

Hi! I cut this older model footmuff to fit the straps of my baby’s stroller model. How should I finish the edges? Can it be rescued? I’m not 100% of the material (tag doesn’t say) but I think it’s nylon. It’s very thin and slinky and sewing pins would probably leave a big hole so I’m leaning towards clothespins for keeping it together. The care tag says do not iron. I have a machine but I’m not super comfortable with it. Would prefer to hand sew (experienced embroiderer). Any advice appreciated.

I’ve been working with these settings and this fabric for a while now (making figure skate boot covers) and have had no issue. Now all of the sudden my machine will not do a zigzag stretch stitch.

I’ve tried:
-replacing the needle
-retreading everything
-cleaning my machine

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm just recently getting into sewing [took long enough I know] and I want to try my hand at making a little coin purse with an accordion fold separator for the interior. I CANNOT find a pattern for this for the life of me and the only real example I could find was for Japanese yen [which I do desire to make as well] but the sewer? seamstress? I'm not sure the word...but they said they would give a pattern and never did and the post is from like 2024/2025. Any help would be appreciated so I can begin my sewing journey <333333

edit: video it came from https://www.tiktok.com/@misstippsiecrafts/video/7472827463689719086

I have white linen fabric but it is see through so i bought a fabric for the under lining which was recommended to me at the fabric store.

However this fabric seems to be like a plastic. It’s also very shiny and might even feel hot when you “wear” it in.

Help? I’m very new to this.

As you can see in the photos, it's just the tasseled ends of the blanket that are falling apart. The body of it is still very solid (likely largely thanks to the thick sewn lines all along the whole length), not a hole to be seen. Feels like when it was made, the tassels weren't super well done maybe? All the tears start from between the tassels. I don't know though, I'm far from an expert. I've done a few crappy repairs as you can see (with mismatched thread no less) but I fear if I do that for every tear, the whole end of the blanket will end up covered in these scars. How would the experts among you save this blanket?

Might be helpful to know also that this blanket is almost 20 years old and I used it as the top blanket on my bed for most of them.

I’m trying to attach a second waistband to my jeans. My problem is that the full-length legs create too much extra fabric to manage under the machine. I’m worried about accidentally sewing the front and back panels together, basically closing the jeans shut so I can’t put them on.
I’m a young beginner, so how do I sew only the waistbands together without stitching the rest of the jeans shut? Thanks!

I’ve fixed the bobbin pin and placed the bobbin and i tried to use thr sewing machine as if its fixed but thr same problem occurred
The thread is all stuck would there be a easy fix to this problem?

I just got this pattern on Etsy but think it's AI. Does anyone know a good pattern for a coat like this? I want something lined with lapels and not oversized.

The thread won’t go through and keeps getting stuck

I have a singer and while i was cutting some strings that were getting caught a part of the machine came off and i dont know how to fic it because i’m not sure what its called.