Dressmaking: Draft and Sew a Shirred Dress
Preparing Your Fabric 2
A course by By Hand London , Sewing Patterns Brand
About the video: Preparing Your Fabric 2
Overview
“We still need to cut our skirt piece. We don't need a pattern for this as it follows a rectangle shape. You'll only need to figure out the width and length that matches your own measurements.”
In this video lesson By Hand London addresses the topic: Preparing Your Fabric 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dressmaking: Draft and Sew a Shirred Dress. Create your own made-to-measure garments by learning how to draft and cut patterns before sewing your fabric together on a sewing machine.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing Your Fabric Now, we don't have a pattern piece for the skirt as it's just a rectangle. We can cut it directly from the fabric. Everyone's skirt length will be a bit different, and the skirt width will be different too. I'll explain to you how I calculated my skirt width and length, and you can apply the same principles to your skirt. First, we need to decide how long our skirt will be. I have a two-tier skirt. It's joined to my bodice at the waistline, and it goes down to just above the knee. I then have an added second frill hem layer, frill hem tier on the end of my skirt. I nee...”
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Course summary for: Dressmaking: Draft and Sew a Shirred Dress
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
By Hand London
A course by By Hand London
Elisalex is the founder of By Hand London sewing patterns, where she encourages and supports people who want to create their own made to measure clothes. Sewing, knitting, crochet, and DIY have always been her sanctuary. Elisalex delved back into the world of making with an old school friend when taking time off work to be a full-time mum. Motivated by the ability to breathe new life into dressmaking through social media, they founded By Hand London in 2012.
Since then, By Hand London’s reputation for original patterns has prevailed, with many more available sizes and patterns to choose from on their online store. The brand has recently collaborated with John Lewis to create printed patterns and Elisalex was awarded Designer of the month in August 2021 by Craft World.
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