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
If you want to skip the dull stuff and get your start at sewing clothes, join Shaerie Mead in The Easiest Skirt.
Lessons
- Introduction & Overview of Skillset
- Pattern Envelope Overview
Learn how to prepare for your sewing project by reviewing the helpful tips you’ll find on the pattern envelope.
- Measuring Your Body
- Cutting out the Pattern
- Understanding Fabric Anatomy
- Cutting out the Fabric
- Cutting the Notches & Second Pieces
- Gathering Skirt to Yoke
- Sewing Skirt to Yoke
- Sewing the Side Seams
- Hemming the Skirt
- Creating the Casing
- Inserting Elastic & Finishing the Skirt
Reviews
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.