You don't need to press the invisible zipper coils flat. You can follow the instructions on the Fly Zipper Sewing Video Lesson. This way everything will work out well.
Welcome to eSewingWorkshop. Right now we have a lesson that shows how to prepare the pattern for facing, then cut and fuse interfacing to it and sew it to the top of a dress.
If you watch the Dress Sewing Video Lesson, especially the chapters below, you will learn a lot about how to prepare the facing before joining it to your garment.
Most of the time we fuse interfacing to the facing. If you cut your facing larger than the pattern, then fuse interfacing to it, then lay the pattern on it and trim away the excess fabric you will not have a small facing. There is always some shrinkage when we fuse interfacing to the facing because of the heat and steam of the iron. By doing this you can avoid this problem. This is assuming that you are fusing interfacing to the facing
I will add your suggestion to my list for up coming lessons.
Welcome to our site. We will be releasing a video lesson on how to draft a sleeve block pattern shortly. Latter we will use it to sew a garment and show how to set the sleeve in.
The shoulder dart on the back pattern should be closed when you do this. The new shoulder seam line that is on the front pattern is correct, the only thing that you need to do is copy it on the back pattern.
Since you fold the back shoulder slope, you now need to fold the front shoulder slope instead to be able to copy the new shoulder slope to the back pattern. Use the same pin method I showed. But insert the pin where the new shoulder slope crosses the front armhole line, instead of the back.
Yes the side bust dart is essential on the pattern, but you can transfer it to other darts, gathering or pleating and cut lines. This is depending on the style of the garment you want to sew
If we ignore the bust dart the front of the garment will be pulling up, and be tight around the bust area. The side bust dart creates room for the bust. In garments where the bust dart is ignored, the fit is not right.
For example If it is done as a dart in can be transferred to the front shoulder, to the front armhole, go towards the bust point from the waistline side seam, upper hipline side seams, lower hipline side seam or anywhere in above or below these areas. Its' intake can also be transferred to the waist dart going to the bust point. It can also be transferred to where the center front line and waistline cross.
It can be transformed to a gathering or pleating as well, some examples are at the front shoulder seam, if there is a cut line above or below the bust point it can be transferred there.
Here is an example where there is no side bust dart, so I transferred it to a gathering around the neckline: T-Shirt Remodelling
It can be transferred to a cut line as well, for example a cut line that starts at the shoulder, neckline or armhole that pass the bust point or a horizontal cut line that passes the bust point.
Here is an example, where we transferred the side bust dart to a cut line starting above the bust point going down to the top of the pleated skirt: 4.Styling the Front Dress Pattern
There are still more ways to transfer this dart, the above are just few examples.
You can only keep the side bust closed as you mentioned, if we transfer it to other darts, cut lines or gathering, otherwise you will not be able to lay the pattern flat on the fabric.
The fabric was a animal print in beige, teal, and brown. Chair was trimmed in Beige gimp before adding the nailheads, and buttons were covered in same fabric.
Yes Chrissie, I have a Singer Quantum XL 6000, it works very well on flat items and continuous embroidery. I had to buy a Baby-Lock Embroidery Plus to do purses, jackets, and hard to reach items. You would enjoy either one of these.
Thank you Nehzat...I discovered the dress sewing video lesson after I posted the above. I thank you for your response. I am loving this site! I am gaining confidence and I'm actually starting to believe that "I can do it!"
Welcome to our site. Right now we have the dress sewing video lesson where I show how to style the bodice and skirt block patterns. In the future plan to make more video lessons showing how to style the bodice block pattern and sew tops with ease added as well.
I must say I can't live without my serger. I use it all the time. Especially if you sew knits, like t-shirts, cut and sew, you can sew whole garments with only serger if you choose.
If you are scared of serger, just try using with old T-shirts you are ready to trash. Knits are forgiving fabric, too. I learned a lot from books. There are some good serger books out there. I recommend borrowing some from the library, and if you like one, buy it to keep at your hand for a reference.
A serger, like a sewing machine, beside the construction, can do a lot of decorative stitches. I wish I have a 5 thread machine with chain stitch, and cover stitch. Mine doesn't. But I still enjoy my serger.
In case you want to hem knit fabric like ready-made, but don't have cover stitch, you can try twin needle, and sew straight stitches, or experiment with other stitches (like feather stiches, blind hem stiches, etc.) with twin needle. They make a nice stiches, and cover the raw edges nicely wrong side.
I just joined up and was looking through the videos on drafting. I am not a great sewer but hope to be one day and I know that this site will certainly help me.
My question is that once the pattern bodice is drafted, what then? Will there be a video showing how to make a top with ease and style from the drafted bodice pattern? In others words, will there be a video to guide us (me!) on how to use this drafted bodice?
Thanks and I'm really excited about learning as much as I can.
I recently bought a dress form here, http://myworld.ebay.com/dressformmall/ on e-bay. This is a company which makes manequin and dress forms for major department. These are not adjustable dress form like Dritz makes. But you know so many people complain about those adjustable dress forms not stable, or easy to break!
I think this dress form company is great. They have oh so many kinds of dress forms. Just be careful to find the ones pinnable. Some of them are for display only. I believe many professionals use the one size smaller dress forms, and adjust the shape by padding, etc. to custermize.
I paid only less than $80 including shipping, and I've got the dress form with hips and thighs to fit for pants. It also has the hanger at the neck, so I can hang if I choose.
I do hope these instructions become part of the sewing library. Don't need it now, but sure see myself doing this in the future. Love having access to all this help.
Dear Veronica,
You don't need to press the invisible zipper coils flat. You can follow the instructions on the Fly Zipper Sewing Video Lesson. This way everything will work out well.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear 1Gleda,
Welcome to the site, I hope you benefit from the video lessons.
Right now we don't have a video lesson on sewing lining in a dress, but I will add you suggestion to my list for future lessons.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Thank you Nehzat for your information, maybe it will be easier now.
Will you be teaching the drafting and sewing of a blouse in a near future?
Why don't the pattern companies tell us stuff like this?
I'm learning so much already!
Thanks
I would really love a video on draping. Pattern making is great but I think making a garment from draping would be much better for me.
Thank You, Nehzat, I'm so excited
Dear nicgirl,
Welcome to eSewingWorkshop. Right now we have a lesson that shows how to prepare the pattern for facing, then cut and fuse interfacing to it and sew it to the top of a dress.
If you watch the Dress Sewing Video Lesson, especially the chapters below, you will learn a lot about how to prepare the facing before joining it to your garment.
8. Drafting the Front and Back Facing Patterns
9. Adding Seam Allowances to the Patterns
11. Cutting out the Pattern
15. Fusing the Interfacing to the Facing
16. Transferring the Marks from the Pattern to the Fabric
39. Basting the Facing Pieces in Place
42. Sewing the Facing by Machine
Most of the time we fuse interfacing to the facing. If you cut your facing larger than the pattern, then fuse interfacing to it, then lay the pattern on it and trim away the excess fabric you will not have a small facing. There is always some shrinkage when we fuse interfacing to the facing because of the heat and steam of the iron. By doing this you can avoid this problem. This is assuming that you are fusing interfacing to the facing
I will add your suggestion to my list for up coming lessons.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Reginabelle,
Welcome to our site. We will be releasing a video lesson on how to draft a sleeve block pattern shortly. Latter we will use it to sew a garment and show how to set the sleeve in.
In the mean time you can watch the: Jacket & Coat Alteration: Shoulder Shortening & Shoulder Pad Video Lessons
You can also watch: Sweater Remodelling (Pullover Alteration) Sewing Video Lessons
Both of these lessons show how to set in the sleeves to the armholes.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Nehzat...your explanation is very clear. Thank you so much!
Kim
Dear Kim,
The shoulder dart on the back pattern should be closed when you do this. The new shoulder seam line that is on the front pattern is correct, the only thing that you need to do is copy it on the back pattern.
Since you fold the back shoulder slope, you now need to fold the front shoulder slope instead to be able to copy the new shoulder slope to the back pattern. Use the same pin method I showed. But insert the pin where the new shoulder slope crosses the front armhole line, instead of the back.
Let me know if my explanation is clear for you.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Lornelle,
Yes the side bust dart is essential on the pattern, but you can transfer it to other darts, gathering or pleating and cut lines. This is depending on the style of the garment you want to sew
If we ignore the bust dart the front of the garment will be pulling up, and be tight around the bust area. The side bust dart creates room for the bust. In garments where the bust dart is ignored, the fit is not right.
For example If it is done as a dart in can be transferred to the front shoulder, to the front armhole, go towards the bust point from the waistline side seam, upper hipline side seams, lower hipline side seam or anywhere in above or below these areas. Its' intake can also be transferred to the waist dart going to the bust point. It can also be transferred to where the center front line and waistline cross.
It can be transformed to a gathering or pleating as well, some examples are at the front shoulder seam, if there is a cut line above or below the bust point it can be transferred there.
Here is an example where there is no side bust dart, so I transferred it to a gathering around the neckline: T-Shirt Remodelling
It can be transferred to a cut line as well, for example a cut line that starts at the shoulder, neckline or armhole that pass the bust point or a horizontal cut line that passes the bust point.
Here is an example, where we transferred the side bust dart to a cut line starting above the bust point going down to the top of the pleated skirt: 4.Styling the Front Dress Pattern
There are still more ways to transfer this dart, the above are just few examples.
You can only keep the side bust closed as you mentioned, if we transfer it to other darts, cut lines or gathering, otherwise you will not be able to lay the pattern flat on the fabric.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
The fabric was a animal print in beige, teal, and brown. Chair was trimmed in Beige gimp before adding the nailheads, and buttons were covered in same fabric.
Yes Chrissie, I have a Singer Quantum XL 6000, it works very well on flat items and continuous embroidery. I had to buy a Baby-Lock Embroidery Plus to do purses, jackets, and hard to reach items. You would enjoy either one of these.
After seeing these I guess you used a sewing machine for the embroidery?
If so can you recommend which sewing machine you used as Im thinking of buying one that does monograms but not sure which one to get?
Thank you Nehzat...I discovered the dress sewing video lesson after I posted the above. I thank you for your response. I am loving this site! I am gaining confidence and I'm actually starting to believe that "I can do it!"
Dear Kim391,
Welcome to our site. Right now we have the dress sewing video lesson where I show how to style the bodice and skirt block patterns. In the future plan to make more video lessons showing how to style the bodice block pattern and sew tops with ease added as well.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Allyb,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to my list for future lessons,
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Allyb,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to my list for future lessons,
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Alphay,
Welcome to our site, we have a variety of block patterns on our site right now. Let me know what you think of them.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
This is a comment who hadn't used serger much.
I must say I can't live without my serger. I use it all the time. Especially if you sew knits, like t-shirts, cut and sew, you can sew whole garments with only serger if you choose.
If you are scared of serger, just try using with old T-shirts you are ready to trash. Knits are forgiving fabric, too. I learned a lot from books. There are some good serger books out there. I recommend borrowing some from the library, and if you like one, buy it to keep at your hand for a reference.
A serger, like a sewing machine, beside the construction, can do a lot of decorative stitches. I wish I have a 5 thread machine with chain stitch, and cover stitch. Mine doesn't. But I still enjoy my serger.
In case you want to hem knit fabric like ready-made, but don't have cover stitch, you can try twin needle, and sew straight stitches, or experiment with other stitches (like feather stiches, blind hem stiches, etc.) with twin needle. They make a nice stiches, and cover the raw edges nicely wrong side.
Enjoy your serger!
Jnjewel
I just joined up and was looking through the videos on drafting. I am not a great sewer but hope to be one day and I know that this site will certainly help me.
My question is that once the pattern bodice is drafted, what then? Will there be a video showing how to make a top with ease and style from the drafted bodice pattern? In others words, will there be a video to guide us (me!) on how to use this drafted bodice?
Thanks and I'm really excited about learning as much as I can.
Dear Gail,
Welcome to eSewingWorkshop, I hope that you will learn even more from our lessons.
Happy Sewing,
Nehzat
Dear Vickie,
You can watch the Makeup Bag Sewing Video Lesson on our site by clicking Here.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Hi everyone,
I recently bought a dress form here, http://myworld.ebay.com/dressformmall/ on e-bay. This is a company which makes manequin and dress forms for major department. These are not adjustable dress form like Dritz makes. But you know so many people complain about those adjustable dress forms not stable, or easy to break!
I think this dress form company is great. They have oh so many kinds of dress forms. Just be careful to find the ones pinnable. Some of them are for display only. I believe many professionals use the one size smaller dress forms, and adjust the shape by padding, etc. to custermize.
I paid only less than $80 including shipping, and I've got the dress form with hips and thighs to fit for pants. It also has the hanger at the neck, so I can hang if I choose.
Happy sewing!
Jnjewel
I do hope these instructions become part of the sewing library. Don't need it now, but sure see myself doing this in the future. Love having access to all this help.
k