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Learning how to sew a t-shirt will expand both your wardrobe and your sewing skills. Cal teaches you know to sew with knits, covering how to chose different fabrics and test out stretchy seams on a home sewing machine - no serger required. This is a great first project for working with knits so you will confidently learn how to find the grainline, sew a neck band and hem with the appropriate kind of stretchy stitches.
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Want to know the trick to making professional-looking hand-made clothes? It's all in the seam finishing. Cal Patch demonstrates ten different ways to finish your seams, most of which can be done using basic sewing tools and materials. She also gives an introduction to finishing seams with a serger, plus trickier techniques like mock Frrench seams and rolled hems. Seam finishing really is a magical skill, extending the life of your hand-made clothing...
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Make a perfect pair of basic pants customized to your own measurements. Cal Patch brings decades of garment-industry experience to the home sewer, taking tricky concepts and breaking them down into simple steps. Learn how to take your own measurements, draft your pattern, and sew up a pair of elastic-waist pants, complete with essential pockets. Cal recommends sewing them up in a medium-weight woven fabric but further customization is up to you: stitch...
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Everyone has a beloved t-shirt. Now you can sew a whole wardrobe full of them after you learn how to draft your own pattern for a perfect-fitting tee. Cal will show you how to take proper measurements and turn those into a pattern. From there, you can customize your basic pattern to adjust the sleeve length, the neckline, the length of the t-shirt and much more. These are fabulous pattern drafting skills that will take your sewing to the next level....
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Make a boxy tee for all-weather wear using any type of light to medium weight fabric. Ideal for anyone ready to dip their toe into the drafting process, expert sewist and draftsman Cal Patch demonstrates tips and tricks for taking measurements, drafting a pattern on paper, and sewing a finished shirt with tidy French seams. She'll show you how a favorite scrap of material, bit of piecing, or other interesting fabric element can take the forefront...
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Sewing an A-Line skirt teaches invaluable skills, as well as delivers a versatile wardrobe staple that can be customized to fit and flatter your style. In this class, Cal covers darts, invisible zippers, French seams and bias tape facings. She uses the pattern from her Patternmaking Simplified class, but the sewing techniques she covers can be applied to a wide range of skirt patterns.
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Design your own wardrobe as you learn the basics of pattern drafting from clothing designer Cal Patch. In this four-part course, Cal covers the basics of drafting a versatile pattern for dresses, tunics, shirts and skirts using nothing but your own measurements, a measuring tape, pencil and paper. Cal will also demystify how to make a muslin, adjust fit, and customize details. At the end of the course, you'll have a master pattern tailored just for...
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Stay cozy and chic this winter with your own leggings. Cal offers tips for sewing with stretch fabrics - including different options for seams, and two different kinds of waistbands. Leggings are a warm and versatile staple, and now you can whip up different pairs to match any mood or outfit.
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There are nearly as many ways to darn as there are ways to get holes in clothes. In this class, expert sewist Cal Patch demonstrates her very favorite techniques for mending. She'll show you how to darn knits and woven fabrics using crochet on both flat and curved surfaces. You'll also learn an invisible method of traditional darning on a sweater, then with a contrasting yarn on some socks. Finally, Cal covers several methods of mending with patches....
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Working with knits can often be intimidating, but in this 2-part course, you'll learn tips and tricks to help make stretchy fabrics your new go-to textile. Cal Patch shows just how simple it is to construct knitted garments on a home-sewing machine - no serger or overlock machine required. Not only will you learn how to adapt the patterns from her original Pattern Drafting course to work with knits, but you'll also see how easy it is to design your...
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