Skirt Sewing from a Pattern - Online Videos

Learn skirt sewing with these online instructional videos. Includes how to sew a tapered skirt with lining from a pattern we drafted in another video or a ready made (purchased) pattern.

Part A: 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: 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: 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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Duration: 306 mins
Video Chapters: 47 | Free Samples: 15
Released: Feb, March + April 2009
Instructor: Nehzat Houshan
Videos have voice over.

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Materials List:

Pins, Needle
Thread, Scissors
Tailors Chalk
Measuring Tape
Ruler
Triangle Ruler
Pencil
Standard Zipper
Button
Fusible Interfacing
Straight or Tapered Skirt Pattern

Part A:

Video Chapters	Duration
1. Introduction (Free Sample)	0:40 mins
2. Designing the Tapered Skirt Pattern on Paper (Free Sample)	2:33 mins
3. Converting One Dart Into Two for the Front Shell Skirt Pattern	5:58 mins
4. Converting One Dart Into Two for the Back Shell Skirt Pattern	4:50 mins
5. Drawing the Fold Line on the Front Pattern	1:49 mins
6. Extending the Darts and Seam Lines to the Edge of the Seam Allowance	1:51 mins
7. Preparing the Patterns for the Lining	17:29 mins
8. Lengthening the Lining Between the Zipper and the Slit	4:21 mins
9. Drafting the Waistband Pattern (Free Sample)	4:34 mins
10. Drafting the Pattern for the Slit Interfacing	5:10 mins
11. Marking the Seams and Hemlines on the Patterns	10:54 mins
12. Cutting out the Patterns	9:27 mins
13. Squaring and Pressing the Fabric	4:36 mins
14. Laying Out and Pinning the Patterns on the Fabric	6:22 mins
15. Cutting the Fabric	3:49 mins
16. Pinning the Patterns to the Lining and Cutting the Lining	5:21 mins
17. Cutting the Interfacing for the Waistband and Slit	3:54 mins
18. Fusing the Interfacing to the Waistband and Slit (Free Sample)	4:03 mins
19. Clipping Notches on the Fabric and Lining	8:35 mins
20. Forming the Fold Line on the Waistband (Free Sample)	2:46 mins

Part B:

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:

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