SEW SIMPLE: ALTERATIONS FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

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Welcome to the Course! + Who this course is for Preview
What You’ll Learn + How to Use This Course
Your Sewing Toolkit
Types of Alterations You’ll Learn

Threading a Needle & Tying a Knot
Prep for your Hand Sewing Practice
The Running Stitch
The Backstitch
The Ladder Stitch
The Hemming Stitch
Using Your Seam Ripper

Congratulations on your Hand Sewing now let's pactice
Measuring Pants in Prep to Hand Hem
Pinning your pants
Hand Sewing Your Hem
Measuring to take in a top
Marking and Pinning your top
Hand Sewing and taking in your top
Final Look of Alterations on the top and pants
Congratulations on your final look

Take your sewing machine out of the box Preview
Introduction to Sewing Machines
Getting a feel of sewing on the machine
How to Thread the Machine
How to Wind the Bobbin
Sewing a straight Stitch and a Zig Zag Stitch
Practicing Machine sewing to take in a top

Types of Sewing Machine Needles

Common Pieces you might do alterations on
Taking in a Boxy Top
Final Look Boxy Top

Taking Pants Measurements for a New Hem Line
Marking out the new hem
Sewing down your new pants hemline
New Hemline Final Look
Fixing a raw edge Hemline
Even out, cutting and pinning raw edge
Sewing the raw edge hem
Final Look Raw Edge Fixed Hemline

Taking in pant waist
Measuring and pinning to take in pants waist
Sewing Your Darts
Final Look After Pants Waist Take In
Taking in Mumu
Pinning Mumu
Sewing down the Mumu
Final Look Mumu Take in

Adding darts to bust Area
Pinning and Sewing Our darts down
Final Look of Dart Alterations on dress

Fixing a ripped seam by Hand
Repairing a Seam by Machine
Replacing a Button
Sewing on a hook and eye

When to Take It to an alterations specialist
Final Alteration Project
Celebrate Your Success! Next Steps