Sign-up for the webi­nar I’m giv­ing on Bur­dastyle this Thurs­day!

This webi­nar is for begin­ners and inter­me­di­ate sew­ers. (But if you’re an expe­ri­enced seam­stress, you might learn a cou­ple new tricks.) 

If you strug­gle with get­ting your ten­sion right on your machine (both domes­tic and indus­tri­al machines), this is the course for you too! 

Course Descrip­tion:

Do you have piles of silk build­ing up in your fab­ric stash? Are you unsure how to begin work­ing with this beau­ti­ful and use­ful fab­ric? Would you like to cre­ate the ele­gant cloth­ing you have only dreamed about? If so, this course is for you.

After an intro­duc­tion to silks in gen­er­al we will also learn their dif­fer­ences and how to care for each of them. Most impor­tant­ly we will learn some tricks to sewing and cut­ting it suc­cess­ful­ly. Final­ly, we will also learn how to shop for more!

This web sem­i­nar will leave you with a greater appre­ci­a­tion for this clas­sic fab­ric, and the knowl­edge to begin work­ing with it.

What you’ll learn:

Properties/Important Char­ac­ter­is­tics of Silk
Types of Silks
Care of Silk (Preshrink­ing and Cleaning)
Cut­ting Silk
Sewing Silk (Choos­ing your thread, using the right nee­dles, using the right pins, choos­ing your inter­fac­ing, sewing with the cor­rect ten­sion, fin­ish­ing silk edges, tips on a beau­ti­ful rolled hem, choos­ing the right pat­terns for silk and more!)

SIGN-UP TODAY!