Sewing Skills Library

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Gathering

Course

Gathering straight fabric in skirts and ruffles, and gathering and easing in sleeve heads.

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Belt Loops

Course

How to make threaded belt loops.

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Hems

Course

How to sew a hem, many different hemming techniques and when to use what type of hem.

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Piping - How to use it

Course

How to apply piping as a neat finish for necklines, armholes and other edges.

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Unpicking

Course

Everything you need to know about unpicking the easy way!

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Seam Finishes

Course

How to finish your seams so they don't fray.

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Hand Sewing

Course

All the stitches you need to know about hand sewing for seaming, hemming, blind hemming and everything else!

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Darts

Course

All about darts, how they are created and used in garments. How to mark them, how to sew them and best tips for non-pointy darts!

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Waistbands

Course

Everything about how a waistband is used in garments, the structure needed and tutorials on how to sew and finish all kinds of waistbands!

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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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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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Zips

Course

All about the types of zips and tutorials for installing regular lapped zips, hand-pricked lapped zippers, invisible zips 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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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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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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Bound Buttonholes

Course

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

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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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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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Bias Tape, Bias Binding and Bias Facings

Course

How to sew bias binding and bias facings on all shapes of garments, and how to make your own bias tape for maximum impact!

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Buttons and Buttonholes

Course

How to sew on all kinds of buttons, make buttonholes and how to mark these correctly when you change the button size!

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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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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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Shirring

Course

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