Sewing Machine 101: Make Your First Dress
Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 2
A course by Juliet Uzor , Seamstress and Content Creator
About the video: Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 2
Overview
“I have the front and back pieces of the bodice ready, let's focus now on the skirt.”
In this video lesson Juliet Uzor addresses the topic: Choosing the Fabric and Preparing to Sew 2, 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
“That's the front and I cut out two parts. And Here's the back. That would go at the back. I've been able to fit in the front skirt. Right here Bearing in mind the... grain line of this pattern. Which is pointing in this direction. And I have the same distance from the edge of the fabric to the grain line of the pattern. This is a very long piece, the neck facing, and I really have to get it in somehow. I have some space here for this piece. I'm going to fit it in right here. For the front facing, you have to cut two fabrics. So that's the reason why I have it when the fabric is folded. This...”
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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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