BODICE FITTING WORKSHOP

CLAUDIA HUGHES HAS BEEN SEWING GARMENTS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SEWING GUILD, AND HAS STUDIED PATTERN FITTING WITH PATI PALMER, MARTA ALTO, PAMELA LEGGETT, AND LOUISE CUTTING. NOW, SHE GREATLY ENJOYS PASSING ON THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OTHERS. THIS THREE DAY WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE A NEW LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN BLOUSE AND TEE SHIRT FITTING.
YOU'LL USE BUTTERICK PATTERNS #6842 AND #6848. PLEASE BUY THE CORRECT SIZE BY USING YOUR HIGH BUST MEASUREMENT. TO GET YOUR HIGH BUST MEASUREMENT, PULL YOUR TAPE MEASURE AROUND YOUR BACK, UNDER YOUR ARMS AND ABOVE YOUR BUST...SNUGLY. PLAN ON WEARING A GOOD BRA AND A TIGHT FITTING TANK FOR MODESTY.
BEFORE WE MEET, ROUGH CUT YOUR PATTERN PIECES AND DRY IRON PRESS THEM TO SAVE TIME. SAVE AND BRING ANY EXTRA LARGE PIECES OF TISSUE PAPER THAT HAVE NO MARKINGS ON THEM. PURCHASE AND PRESHRINK YOUR FABRICS..
BRING YOUR PATTERNS, FABRIC, NOTIONS, BASIC SEWING SUPPLIES, MARKERS AND MACHINE. YOU WILL ALSO NEED 1/2" SCOTCH MAGIC TAPE, WHICH IS SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND. YOU WILL NEED REUSABLE TAPE, SUCH AS MEDICAL TAPE.
DAY 1: I'LL DEMONSTRATE THE BLOUSE FITTING PROCESS, YOU'LL PREPARE PATTERN PIECES FOR FITTING. EACH PERSON WILL BE FITTED INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN FABRIC WILL BE CUT. YOU MAY USE A MUSLIN OR YOUR FABRIC.
DAY 2: FITTING AND SEWING THE BLOUSE FABRIC
DAY 3: SAME PROCESS FOR THE KNIT TEE. I WILL COVER HANDLING KNITS, HOW TO SEW KNITS, PROPER NEEDLES, HOW TO APPLY NECKLINES, BANDED ARMHOLE, HOW TO SEW A DART, ETC. TAKE LOTS OF NOTES!
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