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Here’s what’s included:
Stretch Fabric Series Part 1: Pattern Drafting and Designing for Stretch Fabrics
In Pattern Drafting & Designing for Stretch Fabrics you’ll learn what the stretch factor is on knits, how to draft a top, sleeve, skirt, dress and legging slopers. Plus how to stylize them beyond just the basic form.
Take your love of knits to the next level and learn how to draft your own set of knit slopers.
What You Will Learn:
- How to determine the stretch factor of a knit fabric
- Measuring yourself and determining your sloper size
- How to draft a knit skirt sloper
- How to transform your skirt sloper into multiple styles
- Drafting a knit top and sleeve sloper
- Modifying your top sloper into several different top designs
- How to draft a pant sloper that is great for making leggings
- Manipulating the pant sloper into different styles
- Making a dress sloper and adding stylelines and gathers
- How to make your top draft oversized
Course Materials:
- Pattern paper (brown craft paper)
- Tracing paper
- Clear gridded ruler (imperial)
- Large 24” L-square ruler
- Hip curve
- French curve
- Pen/pencil/colored markers
- Measuring tape
- Tape
- Paper scissors
- Calculator
- Pins (for the stretch gauge test)
- Various knit fabrics for test sewing patterns (jersey, nylon/spandex, velour, etc.) – Optional
Stretch Fabric Series Part 2: How to Sew Stretch Fabrics: From tops to swimwear
Learn all about stretch ratios, ease reductions and fabric weights. You will also learn how to construct 4 projects including a knit top, skirts, dress and a swimsuit. All patterns are included with course purchase!
After taking this course, you will be able to identify a single knit jersey, a double knit jersey, tricot, and other types of stretch knits. You will be able to make the distinction between a top weight and a bottom weight knit. Dyanne will work through some examples of fabric weights, converting grams per square meter to ounces per square yard. We will determine fabric weights by using our senses and comparing different fabrics.
Difficulty Level:
This course is intended for beginner to advanced sewers. Sewers will be introduced to the different kinds of materials and available in stretch knits. Construct ion projects including the swimsuit, skirt and knit top are categorized as “easy”. The sheath dress is “intermediate” in skill level. This course will expose sewers to working on projects with various amounts of stretch. This class will be especially beneficial for those who are interested in constructing dance wear and active wear with their sergers.
Course Materials:
- Paper scissors
- Fabric shears
- C-thru ruler
- Sewing gauge
- Mechanical pencil
- Patterns (included with course purchase)
- Chaco pen or tailor’s chalk or Dritz Magic Pen
- 3/4 cones of Tex 27 thread in ground color for all styles
- Pins and/or wonder clips
Stretch Fabric Series Part 3: Sew & Draft Your Own Personal 7 piece workout wear collection
We all know there is a shortage of athletic and workout wear sewing patterns out there, and they require specific pattern making and sewing techniques. But now with this brand-new course developed by Meg Healy you’ll be guided through the process of drafting and sewing your own personal collection of workout wear garments. We’ll start from the very beginning and learn about the stretch factor of knit fabrics and how to accommodate for the stretch percentage on the sewing pattern (did I lose you yet?). I know it sounds complicated at first, but the course is designed to be very user friendly and each session is taught through on-camera demonstrations and printable handouts. By the end of these 6 weeklong courses, you will have a great understanding of athletic fabrics and how to sew with them. Better yet, you will have made a running tank, yoga tank, t-shirt, leggings, shorts, and yoga pants complete with matching headband! Everything that you need to kick start your sewing and workouts.
After completion of this course, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to make even more athletic garments, since Meg will demonstrate how to develop these patterns on slopers meant for knit fabrics (you’ll also get PDFs of the sloper patterns!). In the last session you be shown how easy it is to customize your slopers and make your own designs to execute, and by the 6th session you’ll be a pro!
What You Will Learn:
- Determine a fabric’s stretch factor using the stretch gauge and learn how to make pattern reductions also known as negative ease
- Develop a BONUS running tank from our Knit Top Sloper (included pattern PDF)
- Make and sew a V neck workout tank with panels from our Knit Top Sloper
- Draft AND sew (according to your measurements) 3 bottoms including yoga pants, leggings, and shorts from our Legging Sloper (included)
- Drafting a sports bra with bust cups from our bodysuit sloper. The sloper is included with the course.
- Demonstration of drafting and sewing a form fitting yoga tank with built in bra shelf from our Tank Sloper pattern (included)
- Customizing your workout wear patterns and making them your own changing the neckline, armholes, hemline and adding pockets!
Who Should Attend:
- Beginner to advanced sewers wanting to learn how to work with stretch athletic wear fabrics
- Sewers wanting to learn an understanding of pattern making and making your own stylized patterns
- Anyone who wants to make their own workout wear collection
Course Materials:
- Tracing paper
- Knit sloper patterns (included with course purchase)
- Clear gridded ruler (imperial)
- Measuring tape
- Hip curve
- French curve(s)
- Pen/pencil/colored markers
- Tape
- Sewing machine
- Ball point sewing machine needle
- Serger (optional) with serger spools of thread
- Cover stitch machine (optional) with spools of thread
- Fabric Scissors
- Thread
- Snips
- Pins
- Approx. 1 ½ yds jersey fabric
- Approx. 4 yds supplex (broken up into different colors and prints optional)
- Approx. ¾ yds nude stretch lining
- Approx. ½ yd stretch mesh
- Bra cups (optional)
- 2 yds 1” wide fashion elastic
- 3 yds 3/8” – ½” wide elastic
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