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How to Sew Your First Skirt and Understand Patterns

 

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.

Lessons

  1. Introduction & Overview of Skillset
  2. Pattern Envelope Overview

    Learn how to prepare for your sewing project by reviewing the helpful tips you’ll find on the pattern envelope.

  3. Measuring Your Body
  4. Cutting out the Pattern
  5. Understanding Fabric Anatomy
  6. Cutting out the Fabric
  7. Cutting the Notches & Second Pieces
  8. Gathering Skirt to Yoke
  9. Sewing Skirt to Yoke
  10. Sewing the Side Seams
  11. Hemming the Skirt
  12. Creating the Casing
  13. Inserting Elastic & Finishing the Skirt

Reviews

Diane
 

The course was as clean and precise as her sewing. I haven't sewn for some time, but the techniques Shaerie taught will serve me well. Thanks~

Jude
 

Shaerie is an exceptionally clear and focused teacher. She points out essential steps for beginner sewers and doesn't get caught up with extraneous details.