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Skirt Sewing from a Pattern Video Lessons
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Learn to sew a skirt from a pattern we drafted in a previous video lesson or a purchased pattern. Part A (published Feb. 2009): 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 (published March 2009): 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 (published April 2009): 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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Video Table of Contents
Part A (published Feb. 2009):
Part B (published March 2009):
| 21. Transferring the Darts to the Fabric Using Tailor's Tacks (Free Sample) |
2:05 mins | |
| 22. Marking the Hemline Using Tailor's Tacks | 5:53 mins | |
| 23. Transferring the Center Back Seam and Marks Using Tailor’s Tacks | 15:08 mins | |
| 24. Pinning the Darts (Free Sample) | 3:26 mins | |
| 25. Pinning the Side Seams | 4:02 mins | |
| 26. Basting the Darts and Seams by Machine | 6:49 mins | |
| 27. Pinning and Basting the Waistband to the Shell for the First Fitting | 9:10 mins | |
| 28. Pinning and Basting the Hem and Slit Allowances for the First Fitting | 4:59 mins | |
| 29. First Fitting (Free Sample) | 1:28 mins | |
| 30. Sewing the Seams and Darts by Machine | 11:41 mins | |
| 31. Finishing the Raw Edge for the Side and Center Back Seams | 8:04 mins | |
| 32. Pressing the Seams and Darts (Free Sample) | 14:40 mins | |
| 33. Inserting the Standard Zipper (Centered Style) | 8:36 mins | |
| 34. Basting the Hemline | 7:27 mins | |
| 35. Joining the Lining to the Skirt at the Waistline | 8:24 mins | |
| 36. Pinning and Basting the Waistband to the Skirt | 4:16 mins |
Part C (published April 2009):
| 37. Second Fitting the Skirt (Free Sample) | 0:53 mins | |
| 38. Sewing the Waistband to the Skirt | 19:08 mins | |
| 39. Sewing the Lining Around the Zipper | 3:33 mins | |
| 40. Hemming the Skirt | 15:17 mins | |
| 41. Pressing the Hemline of the Lining and Shell (Free Sample) | 5:45 mins | |
| 42. Pinning and Hemming the Lining of the Skirt (Free Sample) | 2:31 mins | |
| 43. Joining the Lining to the Slit | 12:15 mins | |
| 44. Pressing the Finished Skirt (Free Sample) | 5:29 mins | |
| 45. Sewing the Buttonhole | 7:39 mins | |
| 46. Sewing on the Button to the Skirt (Free Sample) | 4:05 mins | |
| 47. Securing the Back of the Abutted Slit to the Skirt (Free Sample) | 4:38 mins |
| 1. Sewing a Skirt from a Pattern Intro (FREE) |
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