You're ready to move past the basics, and start sewing your handmade wardrobe. Hooray!! At this level, you've mastered sewing a consistent seam allowance, and covered many core skills, and you're ready to start putting them to use. Begin by sewing classic garments with simple, clean design lines--this will guide you to keep your sewing growing. From there, begin to explore new sewing skills that will open up the whole world of patterns to your fingers!
Use the list below as a starting place to guide you through your growing sewing life, and remember to HAVE FUN. The League is here for you!
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START WITH OUR EMERY DRESS SEWALONG!
The Emery Dress, a pattern from Christine Haynes, is a wonderful shape that is easy to wear--it's also a great showcase for fabrics & colors you love! This pattern is slightly more complicated than the Get Up & Go Skirt, and includes making a lined bodice with bust and waist darts; installing an invisible zipper; cutting and sewing sleeves; and working with clipped curves for clean seams. Work with cutting a pattern with more pieces, and choosing fabrics you love--then sew the whole garment with our step-by-step video sewalong.
THEN LEARN TO MAKE A MUSLIN FOR BETTER FITTING!
From there, work through our How To Make A Muslin video series. A MUSLIN is a practice garment that allows you to sew a design & test the fit before cutting into your perfect fabric. This video series covers how and why to make a muslin, what a "wearable" muslin is, and how to fine-tune the fit of a garment to determine what works best for YOUR body.
NEXT, ADD TO YOUR SKILLS WITH GARMENT SEWING ESSENTIALS:
AND THEN! YOU'RE READY TO LEVEL UP!
