CERTIFICATE IN BASIC TAILORING -(C1107)
BASIC TAILORING
Course Syllabus
- Lesson One – Sewing Basics
- Pins, Needles, and Thread
- Cutting Tools and other
Tools
- The Importance of Pressing
- Staying Organized
- Lesson Two – Your Sewing
Machine
- Types of Sewing Machines
- Anatomy of a Sewing
Machine
- Bobbin Problems – The
Perfect Stitch
- Maintenance
- Lesson Three – Fabric
- Types of Fabric
- Warp, weft, nap, right vs.
wrong side
- Choosing fabric for your
garment
- Tricky Fabrics to sew
- Lesson Four – All About Patterns
- Choosing a Pattern
- Deciphering the Pattern
Envelope
- Fabric plus the extras
- Layout deciphered
- Lesson Five – Hand Sewing
- Basting
- Hemming
- Buttons
- Decorative Touches
- Lesson Six – Special
Fabrics
- Heavy Fabrics  Denim
- Fancy Fabrics – Lace,
Satin, Velvet
- Plaids, Stripes, Napped
fabrics
- Microfiber, fake fur,
fleece
- Lesson Seven – Pattern
Adjustments
- Basic pattern adjustments
- Fitting a pattern, muslin
mockup
- Adjusting tops
- Adjusting pants/skirts
- Lesson Eight – Sewing
Pajamas
- Seam allowances/finishes
- Sleeves, gathered or
straps
- Elastic
- Hems
- Lesson Nine – Sewing an
Unlined Jacket
- Shawl collar vs. notched
collar
- Bound Seam/Finished Seam
- Top-stitching
- Lengths/Hem
- Lesson Ten – Sewing a
Shirt Part I
- Pocket Placement
- Collar
- Interfacing
- Darts
- Lesson Eleven – Sewing a
Shirt Part II
- Buttonholes
- Sleeves
- Cuffs
- Hems
- Lesson Twelve – Sewing a
Skirt Part I
- Fitting Skirts
- Waistband
- Interfacing
- Darts
- Lesson Thirteen – Sewing a
Skirt Part II
- Pockets
- Gathers
- Gores
- Hems and closures
(buttons, snaps, zippers)
- Lesson Fourteen – Sewing
Pants Part I
- Fitting Pants
- Center Front/Center Back
- Inner/Outer Leg Seams
- More about Pockets
- Lesson Fifteen – Sewing
Pants Part II
- Waistband
- Tabbed Zipper
- Length
- Hem Âcuffs