Learn to read between the lines of any sewing pattern as instructor Gail Yellen teaches you 40 essential techniques that every sewer should know!
What You'll Learn
- Pressing tips that remove bulk and ensure beautiful lines
- Stitching techniques such as staystitching and understitching that improve the finished look of a garment
- Working with challenging fabric types and tricky shapes such as curves and sharp corners
- Ways to use bindings and facings for a professional-looking finish
- Insider tricks for beautiful sleeve construction
- Three different ways to create perfect buttonhole closures
What You'll Love
- The amazing number of techniques that are packed into one class!
- Discovering new ways to make sewing challenges more fun and less frustrating
- Transforming your projects from homemade to stylish
- Sewing more efficiently, successfully and creatively as you apply Gail's tips to every project you make in the future
- Learning the secrets to the best tools of the trade
- Receiving answers to your questions from Gail along the way
- Watching the class any time on your own schedule from any Internet-connected device
- Using the downloadable supplies, resources and swatch notebook that come free with your class
What You'll Make
- Garments that drape and lay beautifully thanks to key finishing techniques
- Professional stitches that make your projects stand out from the crowd
- Gorgeous bindings that give your garments a refined look
- Sew-in or flat-constructed sleeves that fit beautifully and add an elegant line to the shoulder
- Buttonholes and zippers that are perfectly tailored for your garment
- 8 HD video lessons with anytime, anywhere access
- Class materials that include a template for making your own swatch notebook
- Hours of close-up instruction
- Answers from Gail in our virtual classroom
- Watch classes on your own schedule: wherever, whenever you want
- Your access never expires
- 100% money back guarantee
- Pressing Matters (28:09)
Meet Gail, your instructor, and work with your iron to get amazing pressing results with woven fabrics and knits in a variety of ways.
- Stitch Perfect (29:10)
In this lesson, Gail walks you step by step through staystitching, understitching and topstitching techniques.
- Curves & Corners (27:49)
Learn efficient ways to sew, grade, clip, and press tricky curves and corners.
- Interfacing Tips (17:59)
Choose the best interfacing for your garment, fuse full pattern pieces, learn block fusing and reinforce shoulder seams.
- Beautiful Bindings (49:57)
Learn about bindings and facings, cut, join and attach binding strips and create perfect inside and outside curves.
- Sleeves Made Simple (43:51)
Discover excellent gathering tips and construction methods for flat-constructed and set-in sleeves.
- Getting Closure (53:10)
Finish off your garments expertly as Gail shares tips for zipper installation, automatic buttonholes, bound buttonholes (even faux ones!) and making your custom covered buttons.
- Bonus Tip (5:16)
In this bonus tip, Gail shows you how to sew small circles and steep curves with ease!
System Requirements:
- Supported OS: Web Browser