BurdaStyle Kaftan Sew-Along with Meg Healy

Description

Poolside chic, beach ready, warm weather lounge dress ? these are all words that you can use to describe this BurdaStyle Kaftan pattern. This cover up can be the first garment you slip into in the morning and the perfect accompaniment to your bathing suit. In this sew-along Meg Healy will show you how to make this flowing silhouette come to life through drafting and sewing. So if a ?draft-it-yourself? pattern ever felt intimidating to you, she will demonstrate how to translate those diagrams to paper and then to fabric!

What?s Included in this Sew Along:

• • The digital Cotton Kaftan pattern instructions PDF #105 from the 07/2017 issue of BurdaStyle magazine
  • Pictured sewing steps for the cover up

Handouts to cover topics like Grading Patterns, Adjusting Pattern Lengths, Interfacing 101, and Creating a Custom

• Size Line
• Lifetime access to the video content and resources of how to sew the cover up pattern
• The ability to interact with the instructor and fellow sewists during the duration of the sew-along and share your kaftan projects

Materials Required:

• 3/4 yards (53″ wide) of lightweight fabrics made of cotton, silk, or blends
• A small piece of fusible interfacing
• Fabric marking pen that disappears with heat (FriXion Pen)
• Matching thread 90/14 regular sewing machine needle
• Printer Large piece of paper for drafting pattern
• Straight ruler with measurements
• Pen / marker
• Pins Iron and pressing station
• Scissors Rotary cutting system (optional)
• Serger (optional)