Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“Discover the art of creating stretchy, ruched fabric with shearing elastic—a technique that combines style and functionality. Elisalex, founder of By Hand London, guides you in setting up your machine, adjusting stitch lengths, and experimenting with stretched versus unstretched bobbin elastic to achieve the perfect fabric fit. This practice will prepare you to add beautiful shirring details to any project.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Shirring Elastic, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sewing and Design Specialization. Master sewing techniques: from using a sewing machine to creating garments like dresses, trousers, peplum tops, and backpacks.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we'll be learning how to create these stretchy rows of ruching with the shearing elastic technique. So shearing elastic can be quite intimidating if you've never done it before but it's one of those things that once you've nailed it and once you've nailed the settings on your machine it's actually incredibly easy to do. It's really really lovely and satisfying, quite meditative and it's going to be one of those things that you then, once you've learned how to do it, you're going to want to put it on absolutely everything you sew. The important thing is to realize that your se...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 8530 students
• 11 units
• 83 lessons (15h 27m)
• 36 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Botanical Illustration, DIY, Embroidery, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Pattern Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling