Sewing Alterations: Fit Shirts to Your Body with Darts & Seam Adjustments

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Designed for advanced/expert practitioners. Designed for experienced practitioners. We recommend having a solid grasp of Crafts & DIY fundamentals before starting this specialization.

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What You’ll Learn

Introduction

Tools for Alterations

Front Darts

Side Seams

Shoulder & Sleeve Adjustments

Replacing the Pocket

Class Project

New Conclusion and Thanks

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Outcomes

  • Learning how to alter clothing to fit is a great way to feel confident in your style and breathe new life into second hand items. By putting a little time in to update a piece of clothing, you are creating something special, even if you haven’t made it from scratch..
  • This class will show you simple sewing techniques to resize shirts so you can look and feel great in clothes that you have lovingly worked on. This class is for people who have basic knowledge on how to run a sewing machine, and for people who are curious about one day making their own clothing and learning some sewing skills to help them on that journey..
  • To complete the project in this class and take the skills learned forward, you will need the following tools: .
  • Take the skills learned in this class on your next thrifting adventure - you’ll have more confidence and fun when you discover a really great shirt that needs adjusting. Having the control to fix how a garment fits is something that you’ll recall in future situations when clothing comes your way, and will perhaps build your sewing curiosity to some day make clothing from scratch to wear or sell!.
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