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Intro to Garment Sewing – Supplies You Need

If you’ve been sewing for a bit, you may have some or all of these notions on hand. But if you’re giving garment sewing a go for the first time after quilting or bag-making, some of these tools may be new to you. Stephanie Brennan and I go over the essential, and not so essential […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 October, 2022

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How to attach a waistband to a A-Line Pull-on Skirt – Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple A-Line Skirt

In today’s video we’re going to show you how to attach the waistband to the skirt panels. We’re going to do this in two steps to make it easy, first attaching the flat front waistband to the front of the skirt, then making the elastic casing for the skirt back, threading the elastic through and […]

Stephanie Soebbing

8 November, 2022

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Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple Pull-On Skirt – Transferring the Body Measurements to the Fabric

It’s time to start working on our first garment, the Simple Pull-on Skirt! This is a very easy garment pattern with no templates or curves. We’re just going to cut a rectangle or three depending on your hip measurement and start sewing. Stephanie Brennan is going to show you how to use your body measurements […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 October, 2022

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How to Sew Darts – Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple A-Line Skirt

In today’s video we’re going to teach you how to mark and sew darts. If you haven’t sewn darts before, they are often found on skirt and pant front and backs as well as on bustlines to create shaping. Basically darts are what makes the flat fabric round around the curves of the body. Stephanie […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 November, 2022

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How to attach fusible interfacing to a waistband – Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple A-Line Skirt

In today’s video we’re going to show you how to prep the waistband for the Simple A-Line Skirt. Stephanie Brennan will walk you through attaching fusible interfacing to the front waistband. This will give the fabric extra stability and help it look nice when worn. Each fusible interfacing will come with its own set of […]

Stephanie Soebbing

7 November, 2022

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Intro to Garment Sewing – Fabrics you can use for clothing

Figuring out which fabric to use for your garment project is more complicated than finding a print you like. You can to make sure the fabric substrate is suitable for the pattern you want to make. In today’s video we’ll talk about the difference between quilting and garment fabric, let you know which fabric manufacturers’ […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 October, 2022

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Intro to Garment Sewing – How to Measure a Body for Clothes

The last skillset you absolutely have to have to make garments is learning how to measure a body. We’re going to show you how in this video demonstrating the techniques on three different body types so you have the knowledge you need to get the correct measurements on yourself. Starting with accurate measurements that were […]

Stephanie Soebbing

6 October, 2022

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How to sew a French seam on a skirt – Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple A-Line Skirt

In today’s video we are going to join our front and back panels with a French seam. I feel like whenever you say the words “French seam” people just cringe and think it’s going to be fancy and hard, but it is really very simple. You are just going to sew the seam twice, first […]

Stephanie Soebbing

10 November, 2022

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How to Attach the Skirt Lining – Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple A-Line Skirt

We are almost done with the Simple A-Line Skirt! In today’s video Stephanie Brennan will show you how to attach the lining. The lining will help conceal the raw edges of the waistband and add an extra layer of opaqueness so you can’t see the outline of your legs when the sun shines through. We […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 November, 2022

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Intro to Garment Sewing – Simple Pull-On Skirt – Cutting the Skirt Panel Rectangles

In today’s video we’re going to cover how to cut the skirt panels for the Simple Pull-On Skirt using the measurements we got in our previous video Transferring the Body Measurements to the Fabric. Make sure you watch that video and our video on How to Measure a Body for Clothing here before you start […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 October, 2022

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