Any kind of velvet needs extra special handling that’s going to up your time to get through any seam. Do yourself a solid and pick a really simple pattern. Princess seams are … See more

Now that you’ve cut and marked everything, it’s time to sew. You’ll find that stretch velvet will want to slip on you, but it’s a weird slipping. It’s more like a shifting as the layer… See more

If you’re wanting to learn to sew and looking for an online class that combines a lot of the ways of learning we’ve been talking about here, Self-Reliant Sewingmight be for you. I creat… See more

Pressing velvet can lead to you permanently flattening the nap. The safest way to press any kind of velvet is on a velvet board, but those guys are expensive. Like $150 e… See more