I only tend to sew with jersey fabrics, because I'm a fairly new beginner and, as you said, the patterns are far simpler. I'm a bit frightened to try woven patterns as the patterns seem far more complicated! One tip I have found that helps with thin and slippery stretch fabric is to lay tissue paper underneath the fabric and on top of the feed dogs to stop the fabric from being chewed by the feed dogs. Then when I have finished sewing, I just tear the tissue paper away! Hope that help someone! Have a lovely break away and TFS xx

At first, I was thinking, oh, my, this is basically a lecture video without any hands-on learning, but I was patient and listened to your entire video, and I can’t tell you enough, just how valuable your video was, I don’t care to use Jersey knit much for the simple reason I wasn’t comfortable with it. I now have a new fabric that I feel comfortable with, and I am very appreciative for the time you took to make this video. Cheers.

Thank you so so much for this. I've been a seamstress for years, but the one thing that always fills me with dread is when customers ask for something in stretch fabric! You've made everything so much clearer. Thank you again!

I’ve been sewing for over 30 years and never understood jersey. This is a fantastic tutorial, thank you!

I've been sewing since I was a teenager,; learning on the pedal Singer in 1964 from my grandmother. I'm so glad I picked your site to learn to sew with something other than wovens. I'm going to make my hubby a tee and I can't wait to try the walking foot.👍

Extremely useful tips! Thank you very much! I have not sewn with knit fabric for about 40 years, so these up-to-date tips will help me a lot.

Just want to say a huge thank you! Your video was so helpful I've just finished a pair of jersey trousers with pockets and a fancy tie! First time I've ever sewn with stretch fabric! I didn't have a clue before I watched your video and they're gorgeous, my granddaughter's thrilled Thanks

Thank you so much! Just watched this after chucking in "sewing with jersey" onto google. So pleased I've found you :) Feeling a little more inspired to try my first Jersey pattern :) Very engaging - I personally loved the talk! I'll be watching more!

The Gutterman thread is the absolute best!!! Been seeing for 3 years now and just switching the thread made me a much better sewer! Thank you for the tips

This is brilliant! Taking up the hem on a jersey type dress, I've always had to use hand stitching before, but it's perfect with the tiny zig zag method. Thank you!

Lovely video, i did a dressmaking level 1 course 2 yrs ago and been mainly sewing quilts and small gifts, now im thinking of embarking on making clothes, found your video very helpful thankyou.

Really enjoyed your vlog. Would love to see a video on overlocker tips and favourite jersey patterns,

Have only recently started following you and I'm totally addicted, I find your vlogs really helpful and totally inspiring with all your lovely makes and fabric ideas 👍

Thank you for this video! I’m relatively new to sewing & I’ve only sewn woven fabrics to date, so I was really confused about why I couldn’t find any information about how to finish seams on jersey/stretch fabric if you don’t have an overlocker 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ now I know it’s because you don’t need to finish them! Very helpful tips 👍

Thank you for this very useful video- and a thank you to all the viewers who added their helpful tips. I have a rotary cutter but I cannot seem to master it. I can just about manage a straight(ish) line using a ruler but going around a curve accurately is beyond me. Purely selfishly I would love to see a video on tips and tricks for using the cutter.

Feared this blog would repeat others I've watched on sewing with knits but I very much appreciated the rationale you provided and background information. Plus I learned information that I didn't know. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the great info. I had no idea you didn't need to finish the seams - hooray! I've just booked a workshop on stretch fabrics so this will be good prep. I'm going to be such a girly swot and have a go using all your tips ahead of time. 😄

New subbie. I ordered my walking foot after watching this video. Looking forward to sewing those knit fabrics. Thx so much!

Great video! Great tips! I'd never tried my triple stitch, had always used my lightening stitch. I think this will be great for simple hemming.

Learnt a lot from this video. Have ordered a walking foot for my machine and I am looking forward to working with the jersey fabric I’ve brought.

About to sew a bunch of mittens in jersey and this was so helpful, thank you!!

this is such a great video. I have some altering to do on knit shirts and have never really sewn knits and this fills me with confidence!

Thank you so much Sheona, I really really enjoyed watching this. I’m going to try Jersey and this has been really really helpful and useful too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

Your tips are great, especially about the walking foot. Definitely makes a difference. I use a Pfaff machine which comes with the walking foot already built in. It's really handy because you just tap the little arm and it's in place. I recommend this if you do a lot of garment sewing. It's the main reason I bought the Pfaff.

Thanks Sheona. I’m much less scared now and ready to give jersey a go!

great tips Shona. I;ve just got an overlocker and would you to do a tutorial on them hope your throat gets better and have a good holiday x

Thank you for this video :) I'm about to sew wih jersey fabric for the first time & this has really helped!!!

Really useful, thanks! I’ve been staying away from jersey but will be more keen to try.

X excellent video on sewing with jersey -as a first timer using this type of fabric it was so helpful and clear.

I’m learning to sew with a machine and this video helped me so much! Thank you!

I really enjoyed your video. I’m hoping this is going to change my skipped stitches on my machine.

Thank you so much! I'm a total beginner and my clothes are looking amazing, but, I have no idea what I'm really doing. This helps!

Thanks for the video! Very useful! I have a big issue my machine skips some sticth! I have no idea why..I changed tention up and down no difference..any tip for me please?

Thank you Sheona, very helpful! Your suggested Vlogs would be great.... love the Freddie’s Flowers by the way, I have the same on my dining room table 😊

The best description and tips for sewing jersey on KZfaq! Brilliant and easy to understand. For beginners to aged sewits! ! Thank you.

Thank you for the sewing tips! Yes would love serger tips! Very nice video. Curious for settings for the triple stitch and lightning bolt???

Fab video thank you. I can't decide whether to get an overlocker or not, struggling with Jersey, but will give these things a go first. Thanks for spending the time to share your tips. A xxx

Thank you. Just bought a Elna (Janome). Love it but I need instruction and your video was so helpful.

New to Jersey and sewing with it and found your video and yourself very informative thank you

This is such a great help. I have a walking foot I bought for my Janome. Also I have those stitches on it that you mentioned on my machine, so lots of options. The garment I was making is a Ponte Roma and even though I used a zig zag Stitch, it still skipped stitches, so I will buy the gutermann thread and see if that helps. Great tips, thank you so much.

I hope 5 years later you will see my thank you. I saved your video to my sewing playlist. My first attempt at alterations on my 12-year-old Wal-Mart Brother's quilting machine today was a shirt made with jersey material. The needle type, thread type, walking foot, and stitch type would have all been messed up, as I would have used an all-purpose thread with a straight stitch and standard foot. Jersey doesn't even seem complicated with your fantastic advice. Thank you! (PS...I now love my shirt with a more flattering hemline. I'm not fond of hemlines that start at the hip and curve down in the front and back. I chopped it off and sewed a straight hemline. I definitely see myself wearing the shirt in my regular rotation now.).

Thank you for taking the time to post another video. I have been sewing for a long time but there's always something new to learn. P.S. It amazes me that there are people who will make personal criticisms in their comment. It's so rude! You are to be commended for continuing to vlog in spite of your throat condition.

Your video is so informative. Thank you. It has been helpful. I've not sewn many k its. I've shyed away. I'm going to try it more

I’ve just been battling my machine to sew some spandex jersey, quite thick, suitable for swim and leisure wear. 280gsm. Anyway, I couldn’t get a stitch to form and was sure I wasn’t doing anything wrong. Followed your advice! But what I thought was Gutermann’s was actually Moons. The fluffiness of the thread delays the needle’s ability to pierce the fabric just long enough to throw the timing out and skip the stitch. It’s ok turning by hand, but not when powered. So I checked the thread, changed it to ‘definitely Gutermann’ and it’s a lot better. Still missing some zigs and zags, but much better I’ve got a jersey needle in, and I’ve sent off for stretch, with the higher eye. Hoping that will pick off the last missed sts. Crazy, detail matters

Very useful vlog, thank you. Overlooker tips would really be appreciated, thinking of investing in one.

Great vlog, very useful tips. I’m about to cut out my Kielo wrap dress, this is my first jersey make 🤞🏻 You did mention I think on instagram stories that you would do a vlog on how to do the bodice on the Tilly and the buttons Joni dress. I would find that useful as that will be my next make. Hope you’ve had a great break in France and are feeling refreshed. Thanks again x

Thank you for the tips. Im new to sewing and just wanted to ask. Can you use the walking foot whilst doing zig zag or lightning stitch?

Thank you for this. I had a horrendous time sewing a jersey fabric that kept getting eaten by my sewing machine. I do have a walking foot so will buy some special needles and try again!

Thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful and reassured me!

Thank you for the video it was great. Do i have to use zigzag stitch with the walking foot?

this was so helpful! I bet needles and thread I was using was my problem!

Excellent and helpful! Only just found this having bought an overlocker which is worrying me! I would love to have more help like this with using it please. Thank you so much, ‘Scilla.

well, you popped up in my search, sewing tshirt material... and Im definitely subscribing... BRILLIANT LOVE!!!! I learned more in this vid, than i did my entire life of sewing... goodness. Thank you.

Great vlog, as always! Really grateful for your useful tips ;) I'm a newbie of knits...so fingers crossed :) Cheers from Italy!

I’m a beginner and have just seen this video on sewing with jersey. I have subscribed and would love to learn more about understanding simple patterns as at the moment they might as well be written in Japanese! I would also love a lesson on how to use an overlocker. I haven’t got one yet as I haven’t got a clue about them. I have a basic Janome CXL301 machine and I’m still very much learning how to use it. I’m a complete novice and don’t know about different needles and foots. A beginners lesson would be fabulous! Thank you so much. 😊

So incredibly helpful, thankyou!!

YES - do an overlocker/serger video and a Cover Stitch one as well (if you have one)! Hope you also take pictures of your trip to France! Woo hoo - what fun for you.

Just found your flog. Very interesting and good points made. Look forward to finding other vlogs from you..

10:56 🤦🏻‍♀️ I found this video because I’ve been having so much trouble with sewing the neckband onto the knit top I’ve been making. This makes so much sense as to why I’ve been having so many difficulties now. (I’m starting to see again for the first time since I was a teenager (in my early 30s now) and am having relearn all of the tricks I used to know.)

Great video! I have another trick up my sleeve that I use when sewing knits and that is using woolly nylon thread. Total game changer for me! I would love a video on your favourite jersey patterns! If you could pair it with fabric recommendations it’d be great. I’m only learning about fabric and even though you usually have suggestions in your pattern it’d be great to see the fabric. Ps: I really enjoy listening to your voice. You sound slightly ‘bad ass’ which is very attractive.

Great video! Great teacher!

Great explanations and very helpful. Thanks!

Great tips thank you I would like an overlocker video. 🤗

could you share the pattern for your knit top you wore on the video? It is so cute!!! thank you for the tips

Please explain how to identify "quality" thread. I have no idea how to differentiate it and your description was vague. Thanks.

Thanks,really helpful to have everything in one place

If you want to finish the seams on the inside, what stitch would you recommend on a regular sewing machine?

Thank you so much for this advice, I prefer to wear jersey as my top and bottom don’t fit a standard pattern and jersey fits better but I’ve been reluctant to sew with it. This video has encouraged me to start. I do have an overlocker but I’m terrified of it so a video on using overlockers would be great, also the pattern advice you spoke about would be good. Hopefully a whole new wardrobe of comfortable dresses will emerge! Look forward to the next video.

Great video, thank you. I have just invested in an overlocker as my sewing machine, an Elna, was so old there is no compatible walking foot (I tried 4). The overlocker is a fantastic machine - it's a different dimension of sewing and I am now tackling knits. So YES PLEASE for your favourite jersey patterns. Yes please to Stevie pattern for next video and maybe some fabrics. Fabric selection is where I am making my worst mistakes - two write offs. Very frustrating. The fabrics which don't seem to work for me are polyesters which shred at the seems and are so slippy. 😒 choosing the right material

Very informative. Great presentation.

Very useful Sheona. For your next vlog perhaps combine the two and do a review of Stevie plus fabric suggestions from your shop for sewing Stevie up in, looks like you can use a variety of fabric types...

That was really helpful, thank you.

Love in U.S. How do I buy your patterns. Love the t-shirts

Thank you so much xx a very helpful vlog

Brilliant tips, thank you. Maybe a vlog on how to cut jersey with a rotary cutter as well as favourite jersey patterns would be great. Hope your throat feels better soon.

Thank you Shona. This is very helpful

Thankyou you made my day.😊

Hi, I just wanted to say I really liked your tips for sewing jersey and would like to see a tutorial for sewing on strecth fabrics. I have a babylock sewing machine and a brother serger.Is it easier to sew strech fabric with a serger? Ive never sewn on strech fabrics and would like to learn.I live in the US in Florida.I dont know if the sewing techniiques are different here.I am trying to find a pattern for a jersey skirt.Ive purchased the jersey needles and am going to read the settings for strech on my machine.Id really like your help on this. Thanks

Good video. How do you keep Jersey knits from curling at edges when trying to iron or sew?

Had to subscribe, your video is so informative. Thank you.

This was very helpful for me! Great video, new subscriber :) thanks!!

Yay! So glad I’ve found this channel!

Brilliant video really helpful. Thanks.

Excellent tips!! TY

In Isewlation (COVID 19)and just discovered your channel so binge watching. Fantastic, thank you. Love your striped top. Especially wider neck band - pattern?

I love sewing on Jersey. I have bit of problem with ITY knit. It's kind of slippery. I tend to stay away.. if u have ideas on how to sew on it. .. I would appreciate

Yes please for the overlocker video! :)

Thank you for your video. Can I ask you one thing? What about the tension. Does it have to adjusted?

Great tips, thank you so much

Thank you for going through everything on the video.

Thanks so much. Great and helpful info!

Thanks for this, I was wondering if I should use my walking foot for this. Now I know 😊

thank you very much for the tips! much appreciated!

Needle and thread info 06:42

Hi Shoena, I just made a light knit wrap sweater and it sewed up pretty easy using my walking foot. The problem I had was actually cutting out the pattern. I feel like the rotary cutter doesn't provide me much precision and i don't think I'm good at using it, and scissors aren't very easy either as it doesn't feel like I can come up right against he edge. Any tips would be appreciated, thank you.

Excellent advice, thank you x

I like the look of that shirt you’re wearing! Just wondered if you made it and what the pattern is?

Hi 👋🏻, great video thanks. Love your top 😘

I really need a stretchy straight stitch. How can I do this on a regular sewing machine? I need a single stitch not a triple. If This can only be achieved on a certain machine what is this machine called? I've tried slightly pulling on the fabric as it feeds under the presser foot but this produces pickers. Thanks.

Love this thank you 😍