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Dress with Gathered Skirt (Remodelling T-Shirts) - Online Videos

Learn remodeling t-shirts to turn it into a dress with gathered skirt in these online instructional videos.

In these videos you will learn how to do a fitting to decide where to alter a t-shirt and a tank top for a dress, how to re-model the tank top for the skirt and mark the seam and hem lines and add allowances, how to sew gathering stitches and gather the top of the skirt, how to join the gathered skirt to the bottom of the t-shirt using stretch stitches by machine and sew the hem of the dress using multi zig-zag stitches by machine.

A quick and easy way to turn plain t-shirts or tops into a dress!


Duration: 53 mins
Video Chapters: 9
| Free Samples: 4
Released: June 2013
Instructor: Nehzat Houshan
Videos have voice over.

 

   

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Materials List:
  • Fabric
  • T-Shirt
  • Thread
  • Needle
  • Pins
  • Scissors
  • Measuring Tape
  • Tailors Chalk
  • Interfacing if needed
  • Sewing Machine
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Related Video Lesson:
  • Skirt Alteration: Shortening and Hemming
  • Pants Alteration: Shortening and hemming

Table of Contents

This video lesson has 4 Free Samples. Start watching by clicking on below chapters!

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Video Chapters Duration  
1 - Introduction (Free Sample) 1:01 mins Watch Now
2 - First Fitting - Using a Fitted T-shirt for the Top
and a Large Tank Top for the Skirt
(Free Sample)
2:45 mins Watch Now
3 - Baste Marking the Seam Line on the Bottom of the T-Shirt 6:41 mins Watch Now
4 - Remodelling the Tank Top for the Skirt 16:00 mins Watch Now
5 - Sewing the Gathering Stitches on the Skirt (Free Sample) 2:47 mins Watch Now
6 - Gathering and Joining the Skirt to the Top 11:18 mins Watch Now
7 - Securing the Seam Allowance Up Between
the Skirt and the Top
6:14 mins Watch Now
8 - Sewing the Hem 5:18 mins Watch Now
9 - Pressing the Finished Dress (Free Sample) 1:40 mins Watch Now
1 - Introduction (Free Sample)
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