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Fall 2019 Garment Sewing Pattern Reviews and Impressions – Inside the Hem

Lindsey from Inside The Hem shares her first impressions and reviews of all of the garment sewing patterns from Vogue, Simplicity and McCalls for autumn 2019. Watch to preview the patterns from the comfort of your chair and hear what Lindsey thinks of this year’s fall sewing pattern line-up. Watch now: Inside the Hem Sewing Pattern Lookbooks: Make sure you flip through the LookBooks below the video for a closer look at any sewing pattern that catches your eye: More autumn se

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Learn to Upcycle & Recycle Fashion with Angela Wolf

Angela Wolf, a brilliant sewing professional, instructor, designer, and author, shares her free sewing video playlist of 45 video tutorials all demonstrating how to alter, combine, refashion, and re-size garments to suit and fit you TODAY. Angela has been passionate about fashion and sewing since childhood. “I used to sneak fabric out of my mother’s closet, but I was too young to understand patterns. So I would lie on the fabric, have my younger sisters draw an outline of m

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Garment Sewing Patterns for Spring, Inspiration, and Impressions 2019

Featuring fresh spring garment sewing pattern collection reviews and impressions for 2019 from Inside the Hem! Featuring fresh new looks to include in your sewing short-list this season. Patterns in this video blog post include: • McCall’s M7894 midi dress: empire-seamed, ruffle accents. Fabrics: georgette, crepe de chine. • Simplicity S8836 sheath dress: princess lining, piping insets. Fabrics: cotton, linen stretch wovens. • Vogue Patterns V1617 Zandra Rhodes jumpsuit: k

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Garment Refashion Series with Kara Metta

Join Kara Metta in her free video series as she brilliantly refashions and restyles several garments that she inherited from her grandmother. Trench coats, dresses, tops, sweaters, baseball t-shirts, a pink power-suit, sweatpants, a prom dress, bottoms, all converted into updated stylish, unique, and comfortable clothing that Kara can wear right now. Watch Kara and learn how you can restyle existing outdated garments to build any wardrobe inexpensively. Subscribe to Kara’s

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Comfy Fleece Lined Kids Pants – Free Sewing ePattern and Video Tutorial

Zune’s Sewing Therapy is back with another excellent sewing video tutorial for creating cozy fleece lined pants for kids. Sew these warm & snuggly pants with a free printable pattern for sizes 6m to 5T. Zune used a sweater knit fabric for the outside of the pants and blizzard fleece for the inside and doubling two thick fabrics can shorten the crotch. Check out the the free photo tutorial and get the free pattern download while you watch the sewing video tutorial below: Wat

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Long Winter Coat – DIY + Tips

For the very first time, April from coolripa patterns, cuts and stitches this lovely, cozy, long winter coat. Taking a pattern from an existing garment she feels is appropriate for her own sewing skills, she reproduces the coat with a super result. A collar, facings, lining, pockets, and buttons. April uses a Juki HZL-G Series sewing machine. April shares tons of good garment sewing tips in this video! Watch now: Sewing Materials Used: 4 yards of coat fabric – it really

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Sew a Flattering Basic Long Sleeve Top

In this free video, the smart folks at TeachMeFashion demonstrate how they create this classic jersey knit top . This top is a perfect addition to any capsule wardrobe! The perfect long sleeve top. Designed with comfort in mind this top is a go-to long-sleeve top for any wardrobe. A full body silhouette that flares out from the waist, a longer hemline, a higher neckline and full-length sleeves, this top has all the flattering elements suitable for all body shapes. Comfortab

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Tips for Choosing Coat or Jacket Sewing Patterns with Lauren Guthrie

Autumn and winter coat sewing patterns: Sewing your own coat is an investment of time and supplies and choosing a pattern can be a big decision that is dependent on many things such as supplies, cost, size, and sewing skill level. In this video, seamstress Lauren Guthrie will tell you all about her own experiences while sewing coats and jackets. Lauren also gives use her top sewing tips for not only pattern selection, but fabric and sizing too! All of the sewing patterns men

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15 Free Basic Sewing Patterns for a Capsule Wardrobe with Alisa Shay

Alisa Shay from Thoughtful Creativity shares fifteen free sewing patterns for a basic capsule wardrobe that you can make yourself with beautiful fabrics. Alisa also offers some very good suggestions for altering, lengthening, shortening, and customizing these basic garments to suit your own style, the seasons, and your budget. Make sure you subscribe to Alisa’s video channel for more smart sewing videos like this one! All of the links to these free patterns can be found her

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$ave Money Over and Over with “Grow Along” Sewing Patterns for Kids

Getting the very most for your money when it comes to kid’s clothing is as important as the books they will read and the games they will play while wearing garments sewn to last. When my babies were little, they wore incredible clothing sewn by their grandmothers, who were/are proficient sewers in their own right. Both of them, coincidentally, specialized in sewing and selling children’s clothing. I learned a lot from both of them while clothing our four children. The first

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Sew this Summer Top in Soft Linen + Free ePattern

This top is designed by Laura at Sew Different, to be an easy-wear and easy-care comfortable top that will become a wardrobe staple, just as it has with Laura. You can adjust the scoop at the neck by adjusting the tucks. A nice soft flowy top, sewn in beautiful solid grey linen in this photo. This blouse pattern is perfect to sew for warmer weather, or extend the sleeves for cooler months. You can do this! You can extend the sleeves for colder months of the year. Extend the

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Sew Comfortable Stretch Jeans – A Free Weekly Sew-along with MimiG Style!

MimiG has created this wonderful free sewing series for sewing ladies jeans! MimiG designed these jeans for ladies who have curves, and/or who always end up with jeans that leave a gap in the back at the waist. You can sew some jeans that will fit, with a professionally constructed look while following this free sewing series from MimiG Style! Simplicity’s sewing pattern #8222 will be used and Mimi posts a new video every Wednesday for the next five weeks until the jeans are

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Shweshwe Fabrics – The Denim or Tartan of South Africa

Seshweshwe is a printed fabric widely used for traditional Sotho (South Africa & Lesotho) clothing. Originally dyed indigo, this fabric is manufactured in a variety of colors and printing designs characterized by intricate geometric patterns. Due to its timeless popularity, shweshwe has been described as “the denim, or tartan, of South Africa”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shweshwe Fashion designers have brought shweshwe onto the runwa

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How to Sew the Mimi G Cape and or Coat for Fall – Simplicity Pattern 1016 – Free Video T

Follow and sew along with Mimi G as she shows you how to sew this stylish and fashionable cape from Simplicity pattern 1016. In this easy-to-follow sewing tutorial, you will be making shoulder tabs, carriers, inserting lining, making pleats, and more. Get Simplicity pattern 1016 here. Pattern and Garment Description: Cape/Coat by Mimi G sized for miss & plus sizes is collarless, has patch pockets with buttoned flap, optional belt & removable cape with collar & epaulettes. Cap

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Cutting and Sewing Godets, Flounces, Ruffles, and Pleats – Simple Visual Basics

I found this visual guide on Pinterest showing how particular flounces etc are cut and created. These cuts look fabulous on today’s styles featuring geometric, and diagonal lines, rounded and inverted front and back hems, etc. I was unable to source the original author and got as far as http://mutualisms.wordpress.com. If you recognize or know where this visual reference originates, please get in touch! What exactly is a flounce? “The term flounce is a particular type of f

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How to Sew a Pair of Shorts from a Pillow Case with Melina Hollway

In this free sewing tutorial, fashion designer Melina Hollway from Damsel in this Dress shows you how to make a pair of vintage sleep-shorts out of a vintage pillowcase without a pattern. Want to become a fashion designer? read more…. With the release of the new eBook “Secrets of a Self-Taught Fashion Designer” you can now start your own fashion label with the easy to follow key instructions by Melina, with simple easy to follow picture tutorials on how to make simple garment

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Learn How to Sew Shorts – a Free Video Tutorial from Teach Me Fashion

This simple shorts sewing pattern is extremely versatile and can be used to make a number of different shorts styles (summer shorts, boxer shorts etc.) depending on your choice of fabric. Sewing tips & techniques in the video tutorial: * Sewing a side pocket * Sewing a French seam * Sewing in tucks * Putting elastic through a waistband * Sewing up a curved hem * Matching checks on the fabric Recommended Fabrics: Light to medium-weight cotton or cotton blend. A synthetic fabri

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Simple Circle Vest Pattern – Free PDF + Sewing Tutorial

Here’s how to sew a circle scarf or vest for a quick fashion accessory project you’ll love all year round. Circle vests and scarves can be created from any fabric that has no distinguishable right or wrong side. A nice soft tweed style wool, winter fleece, or a solid color double knit works with this project. This free sewing pattern and tutorial will show you how to sew a circle-style vest that can be worn two ways, creating two different looks. This vest can be worn as e

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How to Sew Basic, Rolled, and Mock Rolled Hems – Basic Sewing Techniques

A double fold hem is a standard method of finishing edges when sewing. This type of hem provides a nice neat finish, helps to prevent fraying, and reinforces the edge of the sewing project. Stefanie of Girl Inspired shows us this basic sewing technique. [Get the Tutorial] Sponsor How to Sew a Rolled Hem – from Stefanie Knaus“This video tutorial demonstrates the use of a rolled hem presser foot on the sewing machine. Rolled hems are a simple and quick solution to hemming g

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Shift Dress Drafting and Sewing Tutorial + SWN Summer Dress Sewing Projects

Sponsored by FabricMart If you want to sew a simple, basic, shift dress, this sewing tutorial by Elle Apparel is for you! The classic shift dress is a versatile garment to include within your new summer wardrobe! This basic, classic, comfortable, and timeless dress, will turn into your go-to garment. Sew a more than one shift dress with this free pattern drafting and sewing tutorial from Elle Apparel! Get the free Tutorial by Elle Apparel Alternative Shift Dress Video Tut

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