Bring structure and shape to any tailored garment with online video lessons from School of Sewing founder Alison Smith! You’ll start by learning classic tailoring techniques such as canvassed construction for jackets and more. Alison will also teach you how to stabilize and shape a jacket’s edges, neckline, armholes and roll lines. Move on to modern tailoring methods for using fusible interfacing with looser-weave fabrics to build elegant garment structure swiftly. Then, discover hybrid tailoring techniques that make it easier than ever to achieve refined results when sewing coating fabric or high-end menswear. Plus, discover how to interface a variety of different silhouette variations, from shawl-collared and collarless jackets to tailored skirts and pants.
Overview
Syllabus
- Class Preview
- Introduction to Tailoring
- Traditional Tailoring
- Creating Shape
- Tapes for Final Shaping
- Modern Tailoring Methods
- Hybrid Tailoring
- Variations & Additional Interfacing
Taught by
Alison Smith