Garment Sewing: Design Details

Once you're comfortable with the basics of garment sewing, it's time to explore design details. Amanda Todaro, a sewing educator with Ditto patterns, demonstrates an array of techniques to add to your clothes-making toolkit: making straps, sewing facings, sewing buttonholes and buttons, creating skirt vents, attaching a lining to a zipper, sewing swing tacks, and making shirt collars. Feel confident about implementing these skills when you come across them in sewing patterns, and consider how to use them creatively to make your garments unique to you. Learn how to:

• Add a variety of design details to your machine-sewn garments
• Create simple straps
• Install facings
• Add buttons and buttonholes
• Attach a lining to a zipper
• Add a swing tack
• Make shirt collars and collar stands