9 BEST Time-Saving Sewing Tips & Hacks

Battery operated seam ripper. Use one of those little hair trimmers. Works well on serged seams.

Great tips!

I batch stitch everything. I have a 4 year old and an infant and whenever i have a couple free minutes i will cut out a few pattern pieces, later pin everything together, and finally when i have a few more minutes sew sew sew as many pieces as I can before i get interrupted

Brilliant ideas thanks for sharing 😁😁😁😁😁

Great tips...thx

I have previously seen a tip for top stitching you wind 2 bobbins and use one on top and one on the bottom so that you can tell when the bottom bobbin is going to run out

Really helpful thank u

I love to put my notes of settings and samples inside a plastic sleeve inside my needlework file. Love your tips! Thank you

This is for baby beginners.

I do seam setting notes for every project, especially, if I am going to repeat the project more than once.

I NEVER remove my Paper pattern piece from the fabric until I go to sew.
Make a habit of folding each cut pattern piece In a neat stack and stack the others on top of the last.
Keep large zip bags handy and slip the pieces into the bag with the envelope and any special trim, etc...
You speak a lot about knits...Knits are en vogue...

Thank you for these time saving tips! Here is an idea I use. I have a clipboard with notes, diagrams and examples of infrequently used techniques. For instance, I rarely do welt pockets. But when I sewed some a couple of years ago, I also wrote down how I did it and sewed an example pocket with notes on the pieces. As a visual learner these make trying to remember the process Much easier. And saves a lot of time and frustration next time I need to make a welt pocket.👍👍

Thanks for sharing. Great tips! Having two bobbins were my absolute favourite 😉

very nice hanks sis..

I’ve been sewing for 50 years, but still learned a few things from this video. I love the freezer tape idea and the idea of marking the fabric with soap. I do a lot of sewing with knits so in the future, I’ll run a soap line along the fabric before I even cut it out. Brilliant!

I like the soap trick. I will use a straight pin on the right side, or front of the garment, depending on the need. Soap marking seems better.

I used one of your tips! Can't remember which video it was on. I put two threads into my needle when I was top stitching jeans. Brilliant! Thank you. (I was altering a pair of waterproof, anti-abrasion motorcycle jeans for a friend. It was the most horrible job. One broken needle and broken threads in spite of using a jeanamajig)

Thank you Johanna for these great tips, I’m just learning how to use the overlocker (watched many tutorials on this) bc I don’t tend to sew too much atm I’ve been recording my settings on paper and what is really helpful for me is to sew an example and attach the settings with the sample to make it easier to remember. Ps I just got your book on cover stitching and I’m happy that I bought it , lots of great pictures and steps on how to use the coverstitch machine. Cheers from Australia

Pattern weights! And cut notches as snips.

Nice video. Also, I do multiple projects together that take the same color thread, then do as many of one machine as I can before moving to another. For example on tees, sew shoulder seams, side seams, and sleeve seams (when I set them in) all on serger before going to regular machine to sew V-neck and then back to serger for setting in sleeves, then to cover hem (I have separate machine but sometimes use the same 3 cones of serger thread), then (if desired) finish with topstitching neck seam on regular machine. done. etc. etc.