Perfect Pattern Matching: Plaids, Stripes & Beyond
Make pattern-matching your sewing superpower with Amy Alan’s easy-to-follow planning, pattern layout and sewing techniques.
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Make pattern-matching your sewing superpower with Amy Alan’s easy-to-follow planning, pattern layout and sewing techniques.
Planning Garments
Meet Amy Alan, expert sewing instructor and your guide to perfect pattern matching. Follow along as she walks you through the planning process for creating a garment with well-matched plaids, stripes or prints. Then learn what to look for in a pattern and how to evaluate the visual impact of a fabric.
Buying, Tracing & Cutting Fabric
You might need extra fabric for matching, but how much? Amy will teach you how to estimate yardage for any fabric. Follow along as Amy demonstrates tracing her pattern pieces and the fabric design elements for matching. Next, find out why single-layer cutting is best, and pick up tips for accurate marking.
Matching & Layouts: Stripes & Prints
Learn how to identify what type of striped fabric you have and how to plan a pattern layout for it. Then Amy will teach you her strategies for creating pattern layouts that feature floral and wide-repeat prints.
Matching & Layouts: Plaids
Take a dive into the world of plaids as Amy teaches you the different types and how to identify them. Follow along as she demonstrates pattern layout methods for balanced plaids and more difficult unbalanced plaids.
Bias Grain & Complementary Fabrics
Go beyond basic pattern matching as Amy shows you how to use the bias grain for gorgeous garment details such as pockets, plackets and cuffs. Amy will also teach you how and when to use complementary fabrics as a solution to matching problems as well as for a design element.
Basting & Stitching
All your pattern and fabric preparation and planning will pay off as you sit down to stitch perfect seams. Amy walks you through basting methods and how to keep your match points aligned as you stitch straight seams, curved seams, and even an invisible zipper seam.
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