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Pin the seam you are going to sew.
Sew a scrap of the fabric you are sewing. Refer to your sewing machine manual if the stitches are puckered or the stitching does not appear correct.
Place the end of the seam under the presser foot of your sewing machine, leaving enough fabric behind the needle for a few stitches. Place the raw edge of the seam allowance on your seam guide. How to Set a Sewing Machine Seam Guide for Accurate Seam Allowances
Lower the presser foot.
Backstitching to Start Sewing a Seam
Backstitching locks the stitches, preventing them from coming loose.
Stitch in reverse to the end of the fabric. Stop and sew forward keeping the raw edge of the seam allowance at your seam guide.
If your fabric jams at the end of the seam, be sure to read Stop End of Seam Thread Jams.
Sewing a Straight Seam
A straight seam is the easiest seam to learn control of the sewing machine. Concentrate on watching the fabric at the seam guide not the needle.
Keep the fabric lined up with the edge of the seam guide as you sew. A perfectly straight seam will be the result if you watch the guide and keep the fabric straight to the guide.
Sewing a curved seam requires you to know the exact point of the seam guide that is even with the sewing needle. Setting Your Seam Guide explains how to find this mark.
A curved seam requires you to have control of the fabric as it feeds under the presser foot. As you sew the curve keep the edge of the seam allowance lined up with the mark that is even with the machine needle. Sew slowly and allow yourself the time to control the fabric.
At the end of the seam, sew to the end of the fabric and sew in reverse for a few stitches.
Raise the presser foot and remove the fabric from the machine.
Trim your threads and remove the straight pins. Follow the pattern directions to press the seam open or press it to one side.
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