How to Sew Your First Skirt and Understand Patterns
Lesson Info
Measuring Your Body
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
Introduction & Overview of SkillsetPattern Envelope Overview
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
- 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.