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This program covers just about any style button hole you could ever want. It includes machine-made buttonholes showing tips to make them stable and perfect, round buttonholes, faced and shaped openings, button loops made uniform in size, shape and spacing every time, button openings in a seam, and Chinese ball buttons and closures
(about 60 minutes)
You CAN Have Pants That Fit -Flattering Pant Length for Different Styles -Raising and Lowering Front Waistline Solutions For -Flat and Protruding Seat -Full Thighs -Full Abdomen -Large and Small Waist -High Hip -Bow Legs and Knock Knees
Couture Pillows at Your Fingertips -Make Patterns for Odd Shaped Pillows -Secrets to Fringe -Piping Application and Flawless Joints -Boxed Corners -Faux Fur Pillows with Contrasting Fur Inserts -Tons of Creative Ideas
(about 60 minutes)
Do you have a favorite well-worn jacket or pair of pants you can't bear to throw away? Let Sandra show you how to copy them by making new ones without having to take the old jacket or pants apart to do it.
(about 60 minutes)
Peek behind the linings of 8 top-notch designer jackets and see what's inside. Learn all about: -What Interfacing to Use and Where -Preferred Linings -Sleeve Ease -Sleeve Heads and Shoulder Pad Insertion -Making Fringe (for "self Fringed" designer style jackets) -Applying Fold-over Braid -Attaching a Lining -Weighting a Hem
(about 60 minutes)
Learn all about: -Pockets with a Flap -Invisibly Stitched Lined Patch Pocket -Welt Pocket with and without a Zipper -Trouser Pockets with a Pant Front Stay
Learn how to: * Sleeveless top and dress linings * Vest linings * Clean finish facings * Jacket linings * Partial linings * Underlinings * Pant linings
(about 83 minutes)
* Learn the right seam finish and right hem to use with a wide variety of fabrics: chiffon, silks, polar fleece, boiled wool, shearlings, stretch wovens, knits of all weights, prepleated fabrics and many more. * Learn the tricks for decorative seam finishes: strap seams, bound, stressed seams, edged, twin needle, serpentine, saddle stitch, whip stitch, drunken stitch, Hong Kong, French seams with and without a serger, flat fell, faux flat fell, heavy topstitching with regular weight thread. * Conquer and fabric in a flawless hem: hand and machine rolled, topstitched, hand tailored, shirt tail, twin needled, mitered. * Taming the bias cut&ease, cutting, seaming and hems.
(about 95 minutes)
Learn how to: * Selecting the right weight fabric, pre-shrinking, needles, thread, interfacing * Seaming * Pockets * Flawless fly front zipper * Button and snap fly fronts * Moving the seams in collars in heavy fabric * Belt loops, hem reinforcements, rivets * Distressing the fabric
(about 83 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on August 01, 2006 in Arts & Crafts::Sewing.
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Some sewing instructors make things look so easy (Nancy, Marta Alto) but somehow Sandra makes things seem hard and unattainable. I don't think I'd ever be able to copy ready to wear using this formula. And I don't think I will rent another Sandra DVD (this was my second).
Another great DVD by Sandra Betzina. No matter how much I sew I always pick up some new tidbits and not only is this informative but it's fun to watch her and Ron Collins. They both bring their expertise to the table here. If you are particularly interested in distressing, they spend a bit of time on that, as well as hardware, zippers, seam treatments,....
A good fitting and altering video for common pant fitting problems. This is an easy to follow video, and Sandra also has a book under the same name if you decide you would like it for future reference.
I think if you have a more difficult fitting problem after trying these suggestions you might have to move on to a more complex altering video or book resource. I think this might solve 90 percent of the common fitting problems. It is definitely a place to start.
Michelle D.
Betzina is an excellent teacher and these DVDs are jam packed with great techniques and inspiration !
Just the information I needed! This is another Betzina jewel.
Well worth watching. I liked her demo on how to convert a traditional front to an in-seam button hole front.
Excellent resource. It goes into a LOT of detail on jacket layout and construction.
