The secret is in the details! In this course produced by Bluprint—the popular online educational site dedicated to creative projects of all types—you join instructor Gail Yellen as she shares her best sewing tips and tricks to establish and refine your skills. With Gail's key finishing techniques, you'll make garments that drape and hang beautifully. Learn to sew more efficiently, successfully, and creatively as you create professional stitches, bindings, buttonholes, and zippers that will transform your garments from homemade to stylish. You'll learn insider's tips for making set-in and flat-constructed sleeves that fit beautifully and add an elegant line to the shoulder.
40 Techniques Every Sewer Should Know
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Learn to sew more efficiently, successfully, and creatively as instructor Gail Yellen teaches you 40 essential techniques that every sewer should know.

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01: Pressing Matters
Meet Gail, your instructor, and work with your iron to get amazing pressing results with woven fabrics and knits in a variety of ways.

02: Stitch Perfect
In this lesson, Gail walks you step by step through staystitching, understitching, and topstitching techniques.

03: Curves & Corners
Learn efficient ways to sew, grade, clip, and press tricky curves and corners.

04: Interfacing Tips
Choose the best interfacing for your garment, fuse full pattern pieces, learn block fusing, and reinforce shoulder seams.

05: Beautiful Bindings
Learn about bindings and facings; cut, join and attach binding strips; and create perfect inside and outside curves.

06: Sleeves Made Simple
Discover excellent gathering tips and construction methods for flat-constructed and set-in sleeves.

07: Getting Closure
Finish off your garments expertly as Gail shares tips for zipper installation, automatic buttonholes, bound buttonholes (even faux ones!), and making your custom covered buttons.

08: Bonus Tip
In this bonus tip, Gail shows you how to sew small circles and steep curves with ease!
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