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Understanding Your Pattern - Reading a Pattern & Instructions

This course breaks down, step by step, pattern instructions and their markings so you can confidently read and understand them.

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Design-a-Robe

Course

Desing and Customise your Dream Robe. Learn the process from Inspiration, to design, to making pattern alterations, to customising your project to be uniquely YOU!

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VSS Course Study Guide

Course

This course introduces you to the VSS Study Guide. It informs you of what the Guide is, how to access it and how to get the best out of it to help you along on your sewing journey!

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1. Your Sewing Machine

Course

Everything you need to know about buying, threading, using and maintaining your sewing machine!

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2. The 1920's inspired bag - Your very first project!

Course

A simple 1920's inspired bag project to get you started on your machine and putting your new skills into practice!

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3. Sewing 101

Course

All the fundamental knowledge you need to understand dressmaking and sewing that you will apply to every project you make!

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Monthly Q & A

Course

Monthly Q&A videos - Submit your questions and get answers!

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Choosing Your First, or Next, Pattern

Course

In this foundational course,we will go beyond just “reading” patterns to help you really understand how to use them as a tool for creating your dream garments.

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Trace or Copy a Pattern

Course

This mini masterclass explains why and how to trace patterns to create single-size copies of sewing patterns. Tracing patterns is a valuable skill for sewists at all levels, offering clarity, preserving originals, and enabling alterations.

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Laundry Day for Me-Made Garments

Course

This course focuses on how to properly care for and launder your handmade garments to preserve their quality and longevity. It also covers general laundry care tips that can extend the life of all your clothing, whether handmade or store-bought.

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Garment Archeology

Course

You can use Ready to Wear clothing (yours, in-store and even in exhibits) to better your own sewing, fitting and design! By learning to examine ready made clothes you can see, right in front of you, the trusted and true methods used in them.

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Selecting Your Size

Course

By learning to measure yourself properly and calculate the finished measurements of garments you will be able to select your size correctly, first time.

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Shirring

Course

Learn the decorative technique of Shirring and make a woven fabric into a stretch fabric!

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ALL Workbooks, Templates and Summaries

Course

In this course you can download, keep and print all the newly remastered VSS Workbooks, Templates & Summaries. This course will only be accessible for a limited time.

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Alter ANY Armhole

Course

This course looks at altering any armhole, be it to give more movement, have a snugger fit, accommodate bigger arms as well as matching sleeves to altered armholes.

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Customise Any Pattern to YOUR Style

Course

This course will set you on the path of taking the garments from your imagination, finding basic starting patterns and merging them into the perfect individual item.

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Sewing Square Necklines and Corners in Seams

Course

This course details how to create accurate a precise square necklines, corners and points. These can be used anywhere including collars and pockets.

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ALL the Sewing Machine Feet

Course

In this course we will take a look at a large selection of the nearly infinite sewing machine feet available to you.

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Sew a Knit Top Workshop

Course

This course takes you, step-by-step, through every process involved in Sewing a Knit Top.

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Alter ANY Neckline - Pattern Skill

Course

We look at altering ANY neckline to be higher or lower or any other shape. Any neckline on any pattern can be altered to whatever height or shape is desired. Collared necklines can be changed to scoop, low necks to high neck, V-neck to round-neck.

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Bound Buttonholes

Course

Bound Buttonholes are a Couture addition to your sewing, this skill brings a regular buttonhole to life.

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Grading Patterns

Course

Grading is that mysterious process that transforms a pattern into another size, your size! And retains the EXACT SAME proportions as the original pattern! This course will show you how to grade any pattern.

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Make Your Own ME Mannequin

Course

Learn how to make a mannequin the same shape as YOU! From choosing a form, to how and where to put all the padding, this is the process step by step!

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Sewing with Knits

Course

Everything you need to get started sewing knit fabrics, on any type of machine, with beautiful professional looking finishes!

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Pleats and Tucks - Sewing and Patterning

Course

In this course we are going to look at the various different types of pleats and tucks you can sew and what they can add to your garment.

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Ideas To Make Your Garment Fancy

Course

This is the first part of an ongoing course on how to fancy up or add something extra to either enhance the look or the quality of your garments or refashions!

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Your Overlocker or Serger

Course

Everything you need to know about buying, threading and sewing with your overlocker or serger machine.

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Fabrics

Course

A comprehensive guide to understanding how fabrics are made, how to identify fibres and fabric types, and how to best choose the right fabric for your project!

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Sewing Difficult Fabrics

Course

How to sew difficult fabrics, such as satin, velvet, knit, stretch, slippery, shiny, fraying easily, fur... ALL these and more!

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Pattern Matching - Sewing Skill

Course

How to get perfect pattern matching from cutting out, to sewing and on all the different garments you might make!

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USE Patterns

Course

Everything the pattern envelope doesn't' tell you about using and sewing with patterns!

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FIT Patterns

Course

Learn how to fit garments and patterns on yourself through all the stages of fitting, at any skill level.

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ALTER Patterns

Course

Learn all the foundations and principles of how patterns works, so you can alter them for fit, size or style!

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Rounded or Flat Back -Pattern Adjustment

Course

Is a rounded or flat back the pattern alteration that you need? And how to do it step by step!

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Bicep Adjustment

Course

We will look at making pattern adjustments to sleeve width to accommodate a larger or smaller bicep.

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Broad or Narrow Back - Pattern Adjustment

Course

How to know if you need the broad or narrow back adjustment and the pattern-making tutorial step by step!

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Bust Dart Pattern Adjustments

Course

How to add, manipulate and pivot bust darts!

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Full Bust Adjustment

Course

Learn everything you need to know about sizing, fitting and pattern adjusting for a Full Bust Adjustment!

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Small Bust Adjustment

Course

How to know if you need a SBA and how to assess much to decrease. Along with 4 tutorials on how to make the SBA on every pattern type!

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Sway Back Adjustment

Course

Learn how to identify if a swayback is the issue you need to fix, the common 'other' issues it might be, and how to make the swayback adjustment on your pattern!

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Facings - A Pattern Making Skill

Course

A tutorial to learn how to make all your own facings patterns, an essential skill if your making adjustments to your patterns and easier than you think!

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Gaping Armhole and Gaping Neckline - Pattern Adjustment

Course

How to identify what it is (and what it is not!), plus tutorials for how to make the pattern adjustment for a gaping armhole or gaping neckline.

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Sloping or Square Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

Course

Learn how to fit shoulders for a sloping shoulder adjustment and a broad shoulder adjustment. From identifying it to adjusting your pattern!

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Narrow or Broad Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

Course

Learn how to fit shoulders with the narrow shoulder adjustment and the broad shoulder adjustment. From identifying it to pattern making it!

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Twisted or Forward Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

Course

How to identify and make pattern adjustments for a twisted shoulder or a forward shoulder.

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SLEEVES - A Sewing Skill

Course

Lessons on what you actually need to make sleeves work, tutorials for how to sew a set-in sleeve and how to sew a sleeve via the flat method!

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Twisted or Forward Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

Course

How to identify and make pattern adjustments for a twisted shoulder or a forward shoulder.

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Welt Pockets - Sewing Skill

Course

How to design and sew a perfect welt pocket in any garment, me-made or otherwise!

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Tote Bag – Sew-a-Long

Course

A step-by-step tutorial on how to pattern make and sew your own perfect tote or market bag!

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FACINGS - A Sewing Skill

Course

How to sew the perfect facing every time! Tutorials for sewing shaped facings, bias facings and troubleshooting the most common issues we have.

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Refashioning 101

Course

Everything you need to know about getting started refashioning, how to know what you can adjust? What's easy?

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BLOUSES- Refashioning and Fit

Course

How to fit blouses on your body - create bust darts, waist darts, take in, shorten hems... the basic fitting needed for all your refashions.

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DRESSES - Refashioning and Fitting

Course

Everything about fitting and refashioning dresses to YOUR body, for all your refashions.

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SKIRTS - Refashioning and Fitting

Course

How to fit all kinds of skirts to your body, take them in to fit and what to consider when refashioning.

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Recreating Vintage Looks

Course

How to re-create look from the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's with modern thrift store clothing.

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Sewing Collection Planner

Course

A workshop to help you gather your inspirations and hone it down into a cohesive 'look' or 'feel', the direction you want your style to head! And then how to plan out your future sewing so it is a cohesive collection of outfits, in your new style!

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Mending

Course

Everything on mending your clothes from darning to patching to make them last longer.

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Sew a Skirt - Workshop

Course

A sew-a-long to make ANY commercial skirt pattern, from start to finish, every step explained to you can learn how to apply all the new sewing skills you have learnt, and sew a skirt! In YOUR style!

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Pyjama Party Pants - WORKSHOP

Course

A sew-a-long your first garment! Let's make a comfy pair of elastic waist pants for lounging around home, or a vintage-style beach pyjama!

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Pyjama Party Pant - CUSTOMIZE

Course

A collection of tutorials that will take you step by step on customizing your pants into many new styles!

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DIY Self Covered Belt - WORKSHOP

Course

Create your own self-covered belt to match any outfit with this step-by-step workshop!

Sewing Workshops

Draft and Sew a Flat Collar - Workshop

Course

Learn how to design, make a pattern for, and sew together a flat collar you can add to ANY pattern or refashion you have!

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Fit-all Large Patch Pocket

Course

In this mini-workshop, create this Fit-all large patch pocket, but even better learn to pattern make and sew it yourself! So you can make it for any garment, in any size you want!

All Courses, Refashion Workshops

Wrap Top Refashion - Workshop

Course

A step by step refashion workshop on how to transform a men's shirt into a lovely wrap top!

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EASY Camisole Refashion - Workshop

Course

A step by step workshop to refashion an oversized shirt into a lovely camisole! Easy beginner project!

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Simple Ladies Blouse Refashion - Workshop

Course

Simple Ladies Blouse Re-fashion - Step by step workshop

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Pockets in Everything - Workshop

Course

Learn how to sew side seam pockets into, anything!

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Laundry Bag - Workshop

Course

Go step by step on making this cute laundry bag to protect your clothes in the wash! You can make it from a mens shirt and practice skills like zip insertion and seam finishes along the way!