Description
What You’ll Learn:
- How to install a bodice lining by attaching the pieces at the shoulder seams
- How to install an invisible zipper
- A trick for sewing the seam below an invisible zipper
- Tips for sewing a dress vent
- Finishing techniques for formal garments
- Pre sewing assembly of the pattern including drafting new pieces and tracing off parts of the existing pattern
- How to mark and sew the front slit in the neckline of the dress
- How to nicely sew the darts in the body of the dress
- How to sew the inseam pockets to the side seams of the dress
- How to prep and insert the casing and elastic to the body of the dress
- How to nicely attach the neck bias
- Sew the shoulder seams
- Assemble the double bias armhole bands
- How to prevent stretching along a V neckline
- How to attach side seam pockets
About the expert:
Meg Healy began to sew at the age of 12, where she began experimenting with fabric and seams on her Brother little domestic sewing machine. Studying at both Fanshawe College and Parson the New School for Design in NYC, Meg gained the technical skills in pattern making and advanced sewing that led to a number of awards for her design and construction skills. Before becoming the Online Editor of BurdaStyle.com Meg worked as a pattern making intern for Vera Wang. Meg also launched her own highly unique clothing line consisting of fashion-forward spandex leggings in 2010.
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