Virtual Sewing Online Lessons
Virtual sewing with online lessons is ideal for many individuals who have always wanted to learn to sew, but haven't, due to cost or time commitment. Online instruction allows people to learn at their own pace, in the comfort of their home. Many of these classes are available through free membership to particular websites, while others offer videos and blogs on amateur sewing sites.
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Professional Instruction Videos
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One of the easiest ways to learn sewing via virtual instruction is with online streaming videos. Destinations such as eSewing Workshop provide beginning sewers with an online video training library geared specifically at different sewing-related skill sets. A free membership will get you started, and an annual subscription of $99 (as of 2010) will grant you access to all videos on the site. Universal Class also offers an online virtual sewing class, complete with streaming instruction videos. The price (as of 2010) is $100 for a 6-month membership; you also receive a certificate and course credit transferable to some schools.
Blog Learning
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Another way to enjoy virtual sewing lessons is by visiting websites and blogs with different lessons posted in text and photo form. Many of the sewing blogs are "amateur" but are loaded with ample information and can teach a great deal. Sew-Stitch-Learn.com is one example of such a blog that teaches basics and provides patterns without ever requiring you to learn face-to-face. Those with a bit more experience will glean helpful tips and lessons off Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing.
Online Magazines
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Taking a technological approach to a popular magazine can be helpful when you would like to learn to sew virtually. Threads Magazine, a prolific sewing publication, offers videos, patterns and instructional write-ups. Sew News and Martha Stewart Living are other options when you'd like to take your online learning cue from a publication already successful and established in print.
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