Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“This lesson covers the essential steps to create sturdy backpack straps. You’ll learn to join smaller fabric pieces, press seams, and sew thick layers precisely. These techniques ensure your straps are solid and ready for daily use, bringing your backpack project closer to completion!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Sewing the Straps - 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

“To start building the backpack, I want to first get my straps ready. If you have to, use scraps and make it from multiple pieces. Here, I'll show you how. So first, we're going to grab all the pieces that we were able to cut to the proper width, which is four inches. We're going to sew all of these together to create one long piece. So here I have the pieces that I was able to obtain from my jeans, and I have about 33, 34 inches. And that's good because I need the extra material to count for the seam allowance right here. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to put all these pieces together...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (56)
• 11221 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