Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“ In this lesson, you’ll learn to create facings that give your neckline and armholes a neat, professional finish. Facings are cut from the same fabric as the main garment and reinforced with fusible interfacing for extra structure. Step-by-step, you’ll shape, cut, and attach your facings to your garment, picking up helpful tricks to keep curves smooth and avoid puckering. By the end, you’ll have a beautifully finished neckline and be ready to move forward confidently!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing the Facing - 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'll be creating facings to finish off the neckline and the armholes of our final project. So to create our facings, we'll need half a yard of the same fabric as the project and some fusible interfacing. I'm using a medium weight fusible interfacing for this project. Make sure that whatever interfacing you decide to use, you're going to use a fusible one. It makes it a lot easier. So first thing I want to do is create the same folds that we did initially in the beginning of the project for the bodice. So we've got the fabric. This is the half yard of fabric and this is abou...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 8746 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