Sewing Machine 101: Make Your First Dress
Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 1
A course by Juliet Uzor , Seamstress and Content Creator
About the video: Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 1
Overview
“This session will take you through how to choose and prep your fabric before starting off your sewing process. ”
In this video lesson Juliet Uzor addresses the topic: Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sewing Machine 101: Make Your First Dress. Learn how to use a sewing machine and start creating unique outfits from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew Now I'm going to be sharing my top tips for selecting fabrics for your garments and we're going to be cutting out the fabric pieces using our sewing pattern. Here, I have my sewing pattern for the front bodice and I the sewing pattern for the back bodice, and I'm going to be making slight adjustments for my body. I shared earlier with you a few measurements and those are my measurements. My bust is 105 centimetres and my waist is 88 centimetres and my hip, 149 centimetres. However, on this pattern size charts our medium size has 108 centimetres for t...”
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Course summary for: Sewing Machine 101: Make Your First Dress
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Category
Fashion -
Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
Juliet Uzor
A course by Juliet Uzor
Juliet Uzor is an elementary school teacher based in London with a passion for sewing and inspiring others to create their own fashion pieces. She is a self-taught seamstress and the 2019 winner of BBC’s reality TV show Sewing Bee.
Juliet shares her passion for sewing through a diverse mix of content that includes writing a blog, creating video tutorials, sharing tips on Instagram, and writing clothes-sewing columns for a series of British craft and sewing magazines.
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