Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, you'll join the gathered hem frill to your skirt and then attach the gathered skirt to the bodice, giving your dress its final shape. Sewing the gathered layers can seem tricky, but the process is manageable with careful pinning and guidance from the feed dogs. Once attached, you'll secure the seams, check the distribution of gathers, and finalize your dress's elegant, flowing silhouette.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Finishing Your Dress - Part 2, 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

“Back at the sewing machine and now we are going to be joining that hem frill tier which we just gathered to the main body of our skirt which we've all pinned into place ready to go. Now as I said we're going to be sewing this with the gathered layer on the bottom so just pop your skirt in like that. Nice and carefully check your machine settings again we're going back to a regular straight stitch 2.5 length and obviously check that you've got enough thread in your bobbin with all that gathering and everything like that it could quite easily be running low at this point and pop your skirt in...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (41)
• 8958 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