Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, Elisalex, the founder of By Hand London walks you through fabric preparation, pinning, and cutting out your pattern pieces with precision. You’ll learn about fabric anatomy, such as hem and grain lines, to ensure your cuts enhance the fabric’s natural drape. With tips for accurate pinning and cutting, you’ll be ready to transfer all markings and start bringing your dress to life.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing Your Fabric - Part 1, 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're going to be preparing our fabric and pinning our pattern pieces into place, cutting them out, transferring our markings all ready to start sewing our dresses. So before we start pinning our pattern pieces into place we need to lay our fabric out in the right way. I've started by taking my length of fabric and I've folded it in half lengthways and laid it out on my table here. Before we start I'm going to give you a little bit of a fabric anatomy lesson just to familiarise yourself with all the terms that I'm going to be using. So on our length of fabric here we have our...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 8515 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