Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization

Overview

“In this lesson, I will share the steps for putting your garment back together and how to finish the basic structure of your piece. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Reconstructing the Garment, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization. Transform old garments into unique, sustainable fashion pieces by mastering upcycling techniques and essential sewing skills.

Partial transcription of the video

“We've altered parts of the garment to fit. Now how are we putting this thing back together? Let's lay our bodice out and measure the bottom edge. This is the width we will need our skirt to be. For example, I will be gathering my skirt to match it up to this bodice edge. Now I'm going to measure the edge of my bodice. Because we still have this zipper in place, I'm measuring just one side and that equals about 17 inches. So I'm just going to double that number so we get the total length of the bottom of the bodice, which is about 34 inches. Once the skirt width matches the bodice width, we ...”

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Course summary for: Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization

• Level: Beginner
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• 655 students
• 7 units
• 88 lessons (11h 34m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Costume Design, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Printing, Upcycling