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Garment Sewing Techniques
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Curated by Creativebug
Total Time: 2 hours 31 mins 9 secs
Total Time: 2 hours 31 mins 9 secs
Curated by Creativebug
Open the door to a library of garment sewing techniques and the joy of making your own clothing. Begin with basics like sewing curved seams and darts, adding different kinds of zippers, finishing hems, and working with knit fabrics. Then, delve into design-specific details like straps, skirt vents, and professional looking collars. With this toolkit of skills, you can confidently create and customize your one-of-a-kind wardrobe from start to finish.
Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Beyond a Straight Stitch
Amanda Todaro of Ditto
When you make your own clothing, there are so many decisions to make along the way - you choose the fabrics, style details, and how each garment fits. Amanda Todaro, a sewing educator from Ditto patterns, has been sewing clothing for herself and others for over 20 years and helps simplify some of these choices for you. In this class, Amanda will show you some fundamental garment sewing techniques - how to sew and press curved seams, sew darts, set in a sleeve, make in-seam pockets, and sew a flat-felled seam - empowering you to make the wardrobe you are proud to wear.
Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Zippers
Amanda Todaro of Ditto
Zippers are a common way to close garments, but sewing them can sometimes seem tricky. Amanda Todaro is a sewing educator from Ditto patterns and has been sewing clothing for herself and others for over 20 years. She demonstrates three of the most common types of zippers for garments: lapped zippers, invisible zippers, and fly front zippers. With a little practice, you'll be able to sew any of these zippers with ease.
Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Finishings and Hems
Amanda Todaro of Ditto
For professional-looking garments, you'll want the inside to look as fabulous as the outside. Amanda Todaro, a sewing educator from Ditto patterns, teaches you how to finish your seams with a sewing machine or a serger as well as four ways to sew hems, including making and applying your own bias tape. Not only will your projects look neat and tidy, but you'll also be giving them greater durability and longevity.
Garment Sewing with Knits: An Introduction
Amanda Todaro of Ditto
Sewing with stretchy knit fabrics is a bit different than sewing with wovens. Amanda Todaro, a sewing educator from Ditto patterns, gives you an introduction to creating garments with knits, beginning with learning about the different stretches in fabrics, sewing your projects, setting in a shirt sleeve, finishing hems with mock cover stitch, and adding a finished neckband. And while a serger is a knit garment's best friend, learn how you can create most knit garments using only your sewing machine.
Garment Sewing: Design Details
Amanda Todaro of Ditto
Once you're comfortable with the basics of garment sewing, it's time to explore design details. Amanda Todaro, a sewing educator with Ditto patterns, demonstrates an array of techniques to add to your clothes-making toolkit: making straps, sewing facings, sewing buttonholes and buttons, creating skirt vents, attaching a lining to a zipper, sewing swing tacks, and making shirt collars. Feel confident about implementing these skills when you come across them in sewing patterns, and consider how to use them creatively to make your garments unique to you.
