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eSewingWorkshop News
Wednesday 30th of December 2009
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Learn two different ways of inserting (sewing) fly zippers.
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Duration: 144 mins |
Friday 30th of October 2009
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Give new life to an old In these video lessons you will learn how to remodel (alter) a sweater, including fitting, marking new seam lines, adding seam allowances, cutting and constructing. You will also learn how to finish the fitted sweater with a binded boat neckline style from an existing turtleneck sweater. |
Duration: 153 mins |
Tuesday 30th of June 2009
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Learn how to sew a dress by using the bodice and straight skirt block patterns we drafted in previous video lessons or store bought (ready made) patterns. Part A: Styling the patterns for the dress we are going to sew, including the lengthwise grain and fold lines. Drafting the facing patterns, adding seam allowances, calculating the fabric for the knife pleated skirt, spaghetti straps and piping. Part B: Cutting the fabric for the dress, calculating the pleat measurements for the skirt, sewing the seams, cutting biased strips for the piping and spaghettis straps, sewing the piping and spaghetti straps and doing the first fitting. Part C: Sewing the top section seams, inserting the invisible zipper, basting the piping to the top and lower hipline, joining the spaghetti straps, basting the facing and the pleated skirt to the dress and doing the second fitting. Part D: Sewing the piping, facing and skirt to the dress by machine, hemming the skirt and pressing the finished dress. |
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Saturday 30th of May 2009
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Learn how to make (draft) bodice block patterns using the Nehzat Houshan method. You will learn how to do measurements, calculating dart intakes and drafting front and back bodice patterns. Before cutting and sewing your fabric, we recommend testing your pattern on muslin fabric, to make sure your pattern fits you. |
Duration: 68 mins |
Monday 2nd of March 2009
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Learn to sew a skirt with lining from a pattern we drafted in another video course or a purchased pattern. Part A: Modify a tapered skirt pattern we drafted in a previous lesson including how to draft a waistband pattern. Learn how to add two more darts to the front and back to making it fall nicely on the body. How to use a pattern to make a pattern for the lining. How to square and press the fabric, laying out the pattern on the fabric, cutting the fabric, lining and interfacing, and how to fuse the interfacing to the fabric. Part B: Learn how to transfer the darts, hemline and center back seams from the pattern to the fabric and lining using tailor tacks and loose basting, machine basting and the steps to construct a skirt with lining, a waistband, an abutted slit, how to do the first fitting and inserting a standard zipper at the center back using the centered style. Part C: Learn how to do the second fitting, sewing the waistband, join the lining to the zipper and slit, hemming, finishing, sewing a button hole and a button on the waistband and press the skirt at different stages as we sew.
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Duration: 306 mins |
