Part 2 : Draping ,pattern cutting and sewing a classic Sheath dress.
- Description
- Curriculum
Welcome to PART 2 of ‘Draping, pattern cutting and sewing a classic Sheath dress’
Part 2 consists of 10 videos totalling 12 hours.
Part 2 is a continuation of Part 1.
You will learn how to develop your hip block into a classic Sheath dress design. You will also learn how to design and develop new style lines directly on the draped block.
As you progress through each chapter ,you will learn how to use the sewing machine and various couture and bespoke tailoring methods to help you achieve good skills in draping ,pattern cutting but also sewing skills whether by hand or sewing machine .
PLEASE WATCH EACH SECTION FIRST!
Proceed and complete each section, before commencing onto the next segment- Absorb ,assimilate ,then practice the methods at each stage of the course.
You can email JoJo at any time, if you are stuck with any segments of the course. JoJo will contact you and either zoom call you, phone call or send a video to help you with any problems you are experiencing . This is part of the 3 and 6 months free support and help that JoJo offers to each student.
Syllabus
How to make the dress without an overlocker with various seam finishes:
- French seam ,flat felled seam and Hong Kong seam finishes
- Sewing machine techniques
- Hand stitching techniques and finishes
- How to handle your fabrics
- How to use your scissors correctly
- How to correctly sew princess lined curves and acute curved lines
- Using your iron to shrink out fullness
- How to sew an unlined dress
- How to sew a lined dress
- How to insert an invisible zip in a professional way
- How to cut and sew bias bindings
- How to make facings
- How to stabilise your neck and armholes from stretching
- Pressing techniques
- Sewing machine tensions
- How to place yyour patterns onto fabric
- Designing and creating new style lines on your dress pattern
- How to mark and tailor tack your dress
- Creating inlays (extra fabric needed for customers who gain weight)
- JoJo explains in- depth on creating a sheath dress from cutting to sewing the completed dress with variations on creating a classic princess lined sheath dress.
Equipment and tools needed for the course:
- Dress form /Dummy or a real figure
- Sewing machine Overlocker (optional)
- Sewing threads
- Hand stitching needles
- Pins
- Fabric
- Chalk
- Tape measure
- Pens, pencils and Sharpie
- Rulers (various lengths up to a metre)
- L square
- Invisible zip
- Scrap lining or lightweight fabric
- Iron, masking tape
- 8 or 10 inch scissors
