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Sewing Mistakes: What Can Go Wrong & How to Make It Right

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Description Correct common sewing mistakes! Learn expert instructor Jennifer Stern-Hasemann’s techniques for easy ways to make your projects a success by avoiding and preventing mishaps. Discover how to choose the right fabric for your pattern and use the grain line to lay out napped fabrics with confidence. Don’t have enough material? Find simple solutions in a cinch! Then, discover how to fuse interfacing without fear and remove it if you make a mistake. Next, learn to prevent holes in your projects by testing stitching and pressing techniques before you sew. Avoid cutting buttonholes too far and learn how to sew them in difficult positions. Also, install better, polished zippers with tips to prevent wear and tear. Jennifer even makes it easy to prevent and mend mistakes with patching and tension tips.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Introduction
  • Layout, Cutting & Marking
  • Pressing Matters
  • Interfacing Solutions
  • Construction & Hems
  • Better Buttonholes
  • Problem-Free Zippers
  • Fixing Seams, Holes & Tears

Taught by

Jennifer Stern-Hasemann

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