Fitting Sewing Patterns: Essential Techniques
Sara Alm
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- In-depth Instruction; over 116 mins
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Fit Fundamentals
23:45
Meet Sara Alm and begin class by exploring what “good fit” means. Learn how to take accurate measurements in all the right places, and how they relate to various types of patterns.
Making a Muslin & Easy Essentials
18:44
See how easy it is to make a fitting muslin. Review basic fit essentials, such as overall lengthening and shortening or adding width at the side seams, and learn to transfer changes from muslin to pattern.
Darts & Your Topography
20:43
Darts are essential tools for turning a two-dimensional pattern into a three-dimensional garment that fits your topography. You’ll find out how to move darts for perfect placement, and how to shape with princess seams, which are actually two darts combined.
Length Issues Within the Garment
18:56
You may find that there is too much or too little length within your garment’s key areas. Sara shows you how to evaluate this problem, and use what she calls a horizontal dart to solve it, no matter where it occurs and without distorting design lines or seam length.
Volume Issues: Bust & Butt
20:03
Follow along as Sara demonstrates an overall fitting strategy that allows you to add or subtract volume anywhere within the garment. For example, the principle of a full or small bust adjustment can be easily applied to other areas.
Neckline & Final Check
12:58
Class ends with a final check on your muslin and pattern. Sara teaches you when and why you may want to add extra fit insurance with a second, final muslin.
Sew a perfect fit every time! Join Apparel Arts instructor Sara Alm and learn how to properly fit sewing patterns to create custom garments that flatter any body size and shape.
Sara Alm
Sara Alm started sewing dresses at age 6, and she's never looked back. After graduating from the Apparel Arts patternmaking program in 2005, Sara work has worked as a patternmaker, designer and sewing instructor at Apparel Arts. She also shares her passion for garment-making by teaching sewing and fashion to at-risk teenage girls. Sara recently launched a line of women's activewear and is the author of "Designing Clothes With the Flat Pattern Method" and co-author of "Famous Frocks."
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