Sewing Essentials Online Video Lessons

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Learn the difference between the imperial and metric systems, and why we recommend you use the metric system for easier measurement and sewing clothing that fits better.

Learn hand sewing essentials, with information on threads, how to thread a needle, basic stitching, basting, loose basting, tailor’s tack, ladder stitch, running stitch, backstitch, pick stitch, overcast or whipstitch, catch stitch and invisible stitch.

Learn how to sew different styles of centered and lapped standard zippers by hand and machine.

The First Style (A) will show you how to insert a fly zipper with no facing or extension, including how to prepare the pattern, mark the zipper opening and sew narrow and wide topstitch plackets. Second Style (B) will show you how to insert a fly zipper with facing and extension pieces, including how to prepare the pattern, draft the facing and extension patterns, marking the zipper opening and fusing the interfacing on the facing and extension pieces and sewing wide topstitch plackets.

Learn how to add an overlap to the front opening of a jacket pattern, where to place buttonholes and buttons and how to calculate the number of buttons we need. We will mark the buttonhole locations on our pattern, then transfer our markings from the pattern to the fabric and use the markings to sew bound buttonholes.

Learn how to make the following types of covered buttons:

• How to make fabric covered buttons using store bought kits
• How to cover plain plastic shank buttons
• How to embellish covered buttons with beads

Learn how to roll hems on a straight edge, sharp corner, round corner, curved edge with a French seam, how to roll a hem on a biased edge and how to merge a rolled hem by hand. You will also learn how to roll hems by machine using a hemmer foot with straight and zigzag stitches. Learn how to roll hems on straight edges, sharp corners, round corners, biased edges, edges with seams and how to merge rolled hems to the starting points.