Description
Jeans are something we wear almost every day and act as a second skin to our lower half! We all know how hard it is to find jeans that fit us and match our style. Why not tackle making your own pair of jeans exactly the way you want them?
Sewing your own pair of jeans can be intimidating and requires precision, patience, and skill. This online workshop with Meg Healy will lead you through every step of the process including understanding denim fabrics, jean notions, as well as the jeans sewing pattern. You will also learn how to adapt the pattern to be alternate silhouettes, rises, and styles. Lastly, you will learn how to distress the jeans to make them look more worn in and store-bought!
Even just thinking of sewing a fly front zipper can be daunting, but don’t worry! Not only will you learn how to sew a fly front zipper, you will also learn how to sew every aspect of jeans including the pockets, yoke, and topstitching.
The most important part of the jean making process is how the jeans fit! You will learn how to make pattern modifications before you sew them together and you will get to try the jeans on mid-way through to assess the fit before finishing. Get excited about making your own pair of jeans! After you make one pair you will want to make several more (we promise).
Who Should Attend:
- Sewists who want to advance their sewing knowledge
- Intermediate sewists who want to make their own pair of jeans
- Sewists who want to know about pant pattern modifications and how to alter an existing sewing pattern
- Sewists who want to learn about constructing pant patterns
What You Will Learn:
- How to understand the jeans sewing pattern and how to alter the silhouette, rise, and style of the pattern
- Making fit alterations to the pattern before sewing
- All about different denim fabrics and the notions you will need to complete your jeans project
- Assembling the jeans together
- Fitting the jeans mid-way through sewing
- Attaching the waistband and button
- Distressing the jeans with sandpaper
Materials/Supplies:
- Jeans sewing pattern (included with course purchase) and 8 ½” x 11” printer paper to print the PDF pattern on
- 1 ⅝ yds of denim with a bit of stretch (57” wide)
- ¼ yd fusible woven interfacing
- I metal zipper 6” long
- 1 button (metal)
- hammer on snaps and rivets (optional)
- Topstitching thread
- Denim sewing machine needle
- Matching denim all purpose thread
- Pins
- Fabric scissors
- Clear gridded ruler (for adding seam allowance)
- Pen/pencil
- Measuring tape
- Tracing paper (optional – for jean pattern modifications)
- Iron and ironing board
- Snips
- Sewing machine
- Serger (optional)
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