# How to Sew Your First Skirt and Understand Patterns with Shaerie Mead

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## Overview

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.

## Instructors

### Shaerie Mead

Shaerie Mead is the owner of Sew L.A., a sewing classroom and creative workspace located in Los Angeles.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $29