Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“It’s time to attach the bodice to the skirt at the waistline, giving your dress its final shape. With the right sides facing each other, you’ll learn to adjust gathers for a balanced finish, secure the side seams, and manage the gathering threads. When finished, you’ll clean up the edges and press the seam toward the bodice to set the gathers, achieving a professional look for your garment.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing the Skirt - Part 3, 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

“The next stage now would be to pin the bodice onto the skirt at the waistline. I'm flipping this over so that I would have the right sides facing each other. So here we are, that's the right side of the skirt. And this is the bodice. I'm going to have right sides facing each other. So if you have these two facing each other and they're pinned together, when you open it out you have a full dress. So now we're going to do the joining. I need to go back to my back piece and find that notch. There was a notch right at the middle of the back skirt. I'm going to go back and find it and join it to...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (51)
• 10250 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