Class 01:
- About the instructor
- Supplies
- Home sewing machine & machine needles
- Bobbins for your machine
- Good Fabric scissors
- Paper scissors
- Straight pins
- A spool of sewing thread
- Paper & marker – to make practice sewing lines
- Fabric pieces for practice.
Class 02:
- CC’s Trunk Show
- Customization: Reversibles
- Customization: Blue purse, Blue hangar bag
- Easy, square jacket
- Altering Ready to wear
- Pink jacket: shorten sleeves and add pockets.
- Pleat in the back
- Middle panel extender
- MISTAKES
- Too wide in waist – TUCKS
- Forgot to narrow the pattern when cut
- Embroidery stitches
- Zipper application
- Just for Fun: Jeans tote bag
Class 03:
- Where to Buy a Sewing machine
- How Sewing Machines Work
- Two threads top & bottom that interlock
- Bobbin styles & sizes.
- Machine Power
- Sewing
Class 04:
- How Fabric Moves
- What moves the fabric
- Presser Foot, Presser Foot lever
- Low Shank
- High Shank
- Different styles – specialized tools that help with the job you have to do.
- Zipper foot
- Piping Foot
- Edge Joining
- Stitch length
- Throat Plate / Needle Plate
- Making a bobbin
- Thread your machine for bobbin making
- THREADING THE TOP THREAD
- TENSIONING ADJUSTMENTS
- NEEDLE SIZES
- NEEDLE ANATOMY
Class 05:
- BEGINNING SEWING SKILLS
- Adjust the sewing speed
- Sewing with a seam allowance
- SEAM ALLOWANCE Finishes
- Working with Fabric:
- Wovens: Straight of grain, Selvedge , cross grain, bias
- Knits
- FABRIC NAP , ONE-WAY DESIGNS
- PATTERN ENVELOPES – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Yardage requirements
- NAP, one way design. – Usually takes up more fabric.
Class 06:
- SHAPING
- Box Corners for square corners
- Darts, for rounded shaping
- Pleats or Tucks (like cargo pockets)
- Elastic casing
- ZIPPERS (not clothing)
- Exposed zipper
- Covered Zipper
- Machine Hem stitch
- Hemming by hand
- Hard to sew fabrics, thin, slippery, “Shows everything”
- Machine maintenance at home
BONUS:
- Hangar bag Pattern and Instructions.
- Resource List for Replacement sewing machine parts
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Introduction to Sewing Machines and Sewing Basics
Time table:
6 hours
Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced.
Target market:
Those who sew or want to sew. People looking for a new hobby, Artists, Creative folks and Fiber Artists
Main objective:
Learn how to operate Sewing Machines and get a grasp of Sewing Basics
Prerequisite:
None
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