Pattern Perfection 2-Class Set + FREE Book

Bundle: Pattern Perfection 2-Class Set + FREE Book

Whether you are working with a commercial pattern or drafting your own, having pattern pieces that come together into a perfectly fitting garment is an important first step.

In this class set you will get two of National Sewing Circle’s classes geared towards sewing garments with the perfect fit, plus a FREE book: SEW… The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge Book (a $30 value).

To maximize your convenience and long-term viewing flexibility, you’ll own these classes in TWO forms – on DVD and via streaming video online. With this 2-media access, you can enjoy or share the instruction no matter where you’re at!

With over three hours of instruction, you will learn how to take your own measurements in order to draft pattern pieces designed specifically for you. You will also get step-by-step instructions on how to assemble your perfectly fitted skirt, including how to add darts, install a zipper and add a waistband.

You will also get detailed instruction on how to alter pattern pieces for other garments, like shirts and pants, to fix many common fit issues.

Along with the following classes and book, you will also receive bonus PDF materials with each class that supplement and expand upon the video instruction.

Pattern Alterations: Fixing Fit Issues

In this video class you will learn how to do basic pattern alterations on several different pattern pieces. Ashley Hough will teach you how to alter shirt necklines and backs, shirt sleeves, skirts and pants. Ashley will also show you how to adapt the alterations for various patterns you may be using.
A variety of topics are covered for you, including:

• Overview & Supplies Needed
• Shirt Neckline & Upper Back Alterations
• Shirt Sleeve Alterations
• Skirt Alterations
• Pant Alterations

PLUS, you’ll get these BONUS materials:

• A detailed class resource guide with step-by-step photos and insturctions for each pattern alteration.
• Video: Meet the Expert

Video Run Time: 83 minutes

Sewing the Perfect Fitted Skirt

In this video class instructor Aurora Sisneros will teach you all the steps you need to make a skirt that fits PERFECTLY to your body! Aurora will cover all of the following:

• How to properly measure yourself
• Building a pattern based on your measurements
• Creating and sewing darts
• Adding a waistband or facing

No matter what choices you make, be it A-Line, pencil, side-zip, exposed zipper, overlapped waistband, or a slit up the back, Aurora will provide all the skills to pick any combination you want, and get a perfect fit every time!

PLUS, you’ll get these BONUS materials:

• A PDF list of tools and supplies needed to sew your skirt
• A PDF Calculation worksheet where you can fill in your measurements
• A PDF on the core elements in drafting
• A PDF with step-by-step instructions to making your Perfect Fitted Skirt

Video Run Time: 102 minutes

FREE Book: SEW… The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge ($30 Value)

Everything your mother would tell you about sewing if your mother could sew!

Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this is a book that will make a novice sewist say, “Oh, so that’s why you do that,” make a practiced sewist think, “Now that’s a neat trick,” and make a very experienced sewist smile and say, “That is sooo true!” Take advantage of her thoughts, tips, and tricks on the benefits of sewing, the importance of fit, basic techniques, available tools, patterns, and materials, and so much more.