Lessons
Instructor & Class Overview
06:04 2Materials & Tools
15:37 3The Sylvie Dress - PDF Pattern overview
06:04 4Choosing Your Size
07:52 5Cutting out the Fabric
06:22 6Interfacing the Waistband
05:39 7Stay Stitching the Bodice
06:35 8Creating Darts
18:34Sewing the Bodice
11:22 10Adding the Waistband - View A
31:41 11How to Make Piping
07:15 12Sewing the Piping to the Waistband
05:32 13Adding the Waistband - View B
06:09 14Sewing the Pockets
17:33 15Sewing Skirt View A
31:59 16Sewing Skirt View B
12:24 17Adding the Invisible Zipper
29:10 18Making Your Own Binding
03:46 19Applying the Neck Binding
23:14 20Applying the Armhole Binding
11:41 21Hemming the Skirt
06:04 22Modeling the Skirt
01:57Lesson Info
Interfacing the Waistband
In addition to your fabric we also need to cut out interfacing for those of you that have never worked with interfacing before this might be a new addition to a garment for you so I'm going to talk a little bit about what interfacing is and why you would need to use it in the first place so interfacing comes in a variety of ways that comes in woven and non woven and mitt and it also comes infuse a ball and so in I have a couple of examples here my favorite is the fuse herbal woven so what that means is that this is a lightweight woven fabric it actually is like a cotton fabric and then on the inside on the other side we have little that's of glue and what that means is that it will fuse to the fabric itself the glue will actually melt and it here the interfacing to the fabric so that would be a woven if usable there's also right here a minute fuse a ball so you can see it's a little bit shear and it has omitted structure like a knitted shirt so it's got a little bit of stretch to it bu...
t it also has the same glue on the opposite aside this we would use if we need to interface a nit garment so like something that has a t shirt or a collar so I use this for my marianne dress in the peter pan collar to give that part a little bit of body there's also a so in of all of these kind so it would look just like this, but it wouldn't have the glue because it would be sewn into the layers of the garment and then there was a non wilbon and non mitt, which is often used for craft projects um why would we even want to use interfacing and why would we want to use it on the sylvia dress? So we're on ly interfacing the way span and more specifically were on ly interfacing the outer way span so we're interfacing this piece here as well as the two pieces in the back on this outer not the inner lining part and what that does is it gives us part some body and some structure so that it's not soft the way the rest of it is it's meant to sort of hold its shape. You would see this commonly on collars plaque it's like on a button down shirt, the placket that's where the buttons actually are would always be interfaced um, we are actually going to use it in one other spot that's not actually listed in the instructions, but this is going to be a tip that you're going to get from me well, because you're watching this class, I also interface right along the center back you won't be able to see it here, but right where this invisible zipper is, I'm going to interface along that edge as well to give the scene where we put the zipper in a little more haft instability, so that the fabric doesn't parker and it doesn't weaken with the use of the zipper up and down. We'll talk more about that later on, we actually go to put the zipper in, but that's another common place to use it. So how would you even know that you're supposed to use it? There is a little chart in the instruction that tells you how many pieces to cut, and there is a yardage requirement as well on the back page, along with the fabric, but the pattern itself will also tell you. So right here we have waistband we have cut for in fabric. This is the back way spam piece, and we also have cut two in interfacing, so I know I need to cut four pieces of fabric of this because I'm going to have to on the outside and two on the inside because it's, a blind and also I need to cut to interfacing pieces because I want to interface the two outer pieces so it says it right on my piece as well, if you're unsure, so this is the waistband front. And one of the waistband back pieces already sewn together and interfaced, but there's going to be another waistband back piece put right here, which I have cut right here, and then I have the interfacing that goes on it. I'm going to show you how to put these two together. So first we need our our iron. I turned mine up to the cotton setting. I personally use a dry iron, but I know some people like to get a little bit damp that's either way, will work, and also your you're interfacing will come with instructions as well as to what they suggest we're going to lay the pattern, the peace down the fabric, right side down. So right side, of course, is our outer we're going to have the wrong side up, and then we want to put the glue side down so that way the glue is going to melt itself to the wrong side of the fabric. Of course I'm gonna line up all of my edges. I'm going to press the two together, not irony, meaning going back and forth in an aggressive way. I'm simply holding and giving a little bit of pressure with the iron this way, the glue on the interfacing will melt and in here itself to the pattern pieces. The nice thing about this project is it only has three pieces that need to be interface. So this park was really quickly. Some projects have a lot of pieces. After a few seconds, you'll see that this is now actually stuck down it's kind of warm, so be careful. And now this is all one unit, and we move forward with the rest of the instructions with this as one unit no longer is it. Two separate pieces. Interfacing and outer fabric, is now just the outer waistband piece. But it has a little bit of good structure and body, so it will retain its shape when you're wearing in.
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Ratings and Reviews
Esther Gonzalez
Great lessons, very detailed and explained clearly. Patterns are easy to work with. Highly recommend it to anyone who loves sewing or is even new to sewing because it won't leave you confused
Maureen Nevers
I loved Christine's clear, pleasant style of instruction. Unfortunately I had to stop watching 1/2 way through - is there really a dog barking in the background through the whole video recording?! Even if I could tune it out (it was pretty faint mostly), my 2 cocker spaniels were not fooled! Perhaps I'll try to resume watching with headphones ... Wish that had been addressed at the time of recording or editing, though 😐