Affordable

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A stands for Affordable

In this part of the site I will help you find deals on all kinds of things you will need for your sewing projects. How to obtain, where to look, other sites, coupons, and many other places you haven’t even thought of, all of them saving you money and helping you build you sewing stash.

Start your sewing adventure for FREE

This is a list of everything you will need to start your sewing journey. As you look at the list I am sure $ signs are coming up everywhere. I have a way that you can get all or some of the things on the list for FREE.

Let me tell you a story of how things used to work back in my day and the day of the other people helping with the site. Our grandmothers, aunts, mothers, friends, etc. would all start someone out with their sewing journey with a few of the necessities out of their own sewing stash. I got my first sewing machine from my grandmother, at age 12. Everyone in my family chipped in something that I needed and I was off running!

That was the day when most people sewed. Now everyone feels they must buy everything from the local fabric store, No you Don’t. It could cost you thousands and you may decide you hate it (come back to the site for EASY tips and you won’t hate it) and you will have wasted all of that money.

Enlist your contacts.

We have social media now, put the list on you social media site and ask family and friends to help you get started in your new adventure. If there is an older person that doesn’t have a computer or smart phone that may have a sewing machine or some of the other items, give them a call. You will be surprised at the response you will get fulfilling your sewing list.

1. Sewing machine
2. sewing machine needles
3. sewing machine bobbins
4. scissors
5. seam ripper
6. tape measure
7. pins
8. pin cushion
9. thread
10. cutting board *
11. fabric*
12. patterns*
13. elastic *
14. buttons*
15. zippers*
16. trim, ribbon, rick rack, bias tape, etc*
17. snaps*
18. hooks and eyes*
19. tracing paper and wheel*
20. storage containers*

*is optional but nice to have,  and while your asking for the basics you might as well see what else is available.   If no one has a sewing machine (not probable) or the one they have is really old and does not work, call around to the different sewing machine repair shops in your area, mine gives you a free quote on how much to clean and fix your machine, it may be worth it, or it might not.

If the older machine is all metal it might be worth fixing, if it doesn’t need parts. Sometimes a good cleaning is all they need. The reason I said call around is the costs vary a lot, I got quoted up to $200 for just a basic cleaning and tune up. I landed up paying $80 for everything needed and they even delivered it to me.

The sewing machine repair shop I go to also, sells refurbished machines starting at $50 and up. This might even be a better way for you to get started, this would be a very basic (easy to use) machine, you would know it works, etc. They also, carry bobbins and needles at wholesale prices. Huge savings

HAVE FUN GET STARTED TODAY