How to Sew Your First Skirt and Understand Patterns
Class Description
You don’t have to start with pillows! Learn sewing basics while making something you’ll be proud of with The Easiest Skirt. In this class, Shaerie Mead of Sew L.A. teaches sewing essentials while showing you how to make a skirt you’ll be stoked to wear.
The Easiest Skirt is a perfect entry point for working with patterns. Shaerie will take you step-by-step through the prepping, cutting, and stitching processes. You’ll learn about:
- Cutting, folding, notching, and pinning the pattern
- Gathering skirt to yoke
- Sewing and hemming
- Creating a casing and inserting elastic
Shaerie will teach you how to read a pattern, what to do while gathering, and when to baste. You’ll learn how to make a timeless skirt that doesn’t take a lot of material or time to make.
If you want to skip the dull stuff and get your start at sewing clothes, join Shaerie Mead in The Easiest Skirt.
If you want to skip the dull stuff and get your start at sewing clothes, join Shaerie Mead in The Easiest Skirt.
Lessons
1Introduction & Overview of Skillset2Pattern Envelope Overview
3Measuring Your Body
4Cutting out the Pattern
5Understanding Fabric Anatomy
6Cutting out the Fabric
7Cutting the Notches & Second Pieces
8Gathering Skirt to Yoke
9Sewing Skirt to Yoke
10Sewing the Side Seams
11Hemming the Skirt
12Creating the Casing
13Inserting Elastic & Finishing the Skirt