Dressmaking: Design Your Own Dress Shirt
Recommended fabrics and required quantity
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About the video: Recommended fabrics and required quantity
Overview
“In this lesson it is time to see what are the best fabrics to make shirts and what characteristics are we looking for, especially when we start sewing. The fabric we use is extremely important because it will give the right touch to our garment. If the fabric is very stiff, it will give a highly structured effect that is not recommended. On the other hand, thin and slippery fabrics are perfect for summer and for loose shirts, but they are difficult to work with. Come with me to see the fabrics that I recommend to start and get the best result. To finish, we will need to calculate the amount we will need, with the attached table in the resources at the end of the unit. ”
In this video lesson Lantoki addresses the topic: Recommended fabrics and required quantity, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dressmaking: Design Your Own Dress Shirt. Give personality to your wardrobe by creating your own dress shirts from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“RECOMMENDED FABRICS AND NECESSARY AMOUNT In this lesson, I will teach you what are the recommended fabrics to make the shirt. Something to keep in mind when choosing a fabric is that on the one hand we have the material with which the fabric is composed, and on the other we have the braiding of the threads, it is the way to create the different fabrics. The important thing is that the fabric is fine and has a certain fluidity. I will show you some examples that I have brought here of the most used and classic fabrics to make shirts. This one here is called poplin and it's cotton. Poplin can...”
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Course summary for: Dressmaking: Design Your Own Dress Shirt
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DIY, Fashion Design, Sewing

Lantoki
A course by Lantoki
Urko Martinez and Sandra Liberal are the founders of Lantoki and they each hold a degree in fashion design from IED Barcelona. After finishing their degrees, they decided to embark on an adventure and launch their own brand in 2010, and that was the beginning of Lantoki, a 2-in-1 fashion studio in downtown Barcelona that acts as both a store and workshop where Urko and Sandra design and sell clothing, patterns, and accessories.
The brand is known for creating simple, minimalist women's clothing with a unique and feminine feel. They place great importance on the quality of their clothing making them with natural fibers and professional finishes.
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