Sewing With Cinnamon

Sewing Couture Techniques - Your Couture Journey, Adding Couture Techniques To An Existing Pattern, Gathering Inspiration

Hi Everyone! In Part 4, we wrap up the course with some final thoughts on gathering inspiration and incorporating the techniques learned into your existing pattern collection. As I mentioned at the beginning,  you may not use these techniques in all your sewing projects, there are many ways to adapt them to the world of smaller scale doll clothes sewing and construction.

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Sewing Couture Techniques - Embellishments, Sewing Beads, Passementerie, and Lace

Hi Everyone! In part 3, we continue with Melinda, the designer of the Melody Valerie Couture brand, sharing her knowledge of this topic with us! This week we focus on couture embellishment techniques and applications. An embellishment is any decoration applied to the garment.

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Sewing Couture Techniques - Controlling Bulk, Engineering a Couture Garment

Hi Everyone! In part 2, we continue with Melinda, the designer of the Melody Valerie Couture brand, sharing her knowledge of this topic with us! This week we focus on the detail work that is critical to the overall beauty of the design but is often not visible when the garment is complete. I encourage you to follow along and learn a little more about the art of the couture garment!

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Sewing Couture Techniques - Topic Overview, Preparing Fabric, and Pressing Matters

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the topic, Sewing Couture Techniques. Although you may not use these techniques in all your sewing projects, there are many ways to adapt them to the world of smaller scale doll clothes sewing and construction.

For this topic, we have Melinda, the designer of the Melody Valerie Couture brand, sharing her knowledge of this topic with us! She has spent years perfecting the art of couture sewing and includes many different uses in her pattern collection. We are both really excited to present this topic to you and hope that this course will provide you with the skillset and motivation to incorporate these beautiful techniques into your project work!

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