Sewing Lingo
Understanding pattern instructions
Sewing Lingo...Have you had the experience during your sewing sessions of having to reread the pattern instructions over and over again. This is a bit normal when first starting out.
As a sewing teacher, I see my students confused while reading the instruction. They come across a word for a sewing technique and are given no other information about how to do it. And if you're not really familiar with the sewing techniques those words can slow you down and throw off your progress.
I thought a great way to speed up your sewing progress is for you to simply know and understand some of the basic techniques which will allow you to get thru those instructions much more easily!
Your Instructor
Hello, I am Shawnelle.
I have been a costume designer based out of Los Angeles for the past 20 years, designing feature films, specializing in comedies!
Before costume designing I was a fashion designer creating gowns for the Hollywood crowd in my Pacific Palisades, CA studio. My whole career has been around fashion and sewing.
About 10 years ago I moved to the east coast to be closer to the migrating film productions. I landed in a beautiful lake town - Mooresville, NC. A few months in, I started a school called Future Fashion Designers. A school designed for kids, to teach sewing and all about fashion design. My plan was to do this for a year or two but it ended up being so much fun working with kids that we are still here and growing everyday.
I then found that just as many teens and adults wanted to learn to sew and study fashion :) Teaching all different age groups has been so eye opening and rewarding. It has been over 10 years now and I must have taught 1000's of people to sew! Teaching has been a great way to improve my skills as well :)
I also have a YouTube channel where I do some up-cycling projects. It's called "Sew Shawnelle." under the Future Fashion Designers channel. And check out the "SewBit's section for quick lessons in sewing techniques.
I hope you enjoy my mix of classes and would love to hear from you!
Stay tuned for more classes that are in the works!
Shawnelle
www.FutureFashionDesigners.com
www.CampSewSocial.com fashion sewing retreats
Course Curriculum
Frequently Asked Questions
Hope this quick course helps your sewing endeavors. If you have any questions please let us know!
Please let us know if you have any topics you would like a class to cover!