TODAY’S AGENDA
- Welcome
- Announcements
- In-class Activities: Fabrics, Sewing Order, Review Patterns
- Break (~1:50pm)
- In-class Activities: Continue
- Homework
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Zipper Feet! Needed for class on 4/21
In-Class Activities:
- Sewing Order: Interactive Sewing Order Slideshow
- Purchasing Fabric, etc.: Planning for Fabric Purchasing Slideshow
- Looking at Patterns
Fabric Resources
- Discovering fabrics: Fabric Savvy by Sandra Betzina (CMU Hunt Library online book)
- Sourcing Fabrics (non-wholesale):
- NYC Fashion Fabrics: Mood Fabrics
- Decent quality online fabrics:
- Fabric Wholesale Direct
- Fabric.com
- Undyed, good quality fabric: Dharma Trading
- High quality fabrics (especially wools): B. Black & Sons
- Wholesale Fabric Resources suggested by Kelly G:
BOOK RESOURCES
Fabrics
- All New Fabric Savvy : How to Choose & Use Fabrics by Sandra Betzina (CMU Hunt Library online book)
Patterning
- Pattern Cutting: Architecture of Fashion by Pat Parish
- Books digitized for this class – Including the Pattern Magic books
Fitting
First time garment fitting : the absolute beginner’s guide by Sarah Veblen (Available online through Hunt Library).
Sewing Machine Manuals
Sewing Book
Reference Book: Sewing for the Apparel Industry by Claire Shaeffer (Available online through Hunt Library).
All Books Digitized for This Class
All books digitized for this class
DUE FOR NEXT CLASS
The following are due by the beginning of class, Wed. April, 21 :
- Prepare fabric for in-class demos on Wednesday.
- Fabric pieces to prepare – (We will definitely get to doing #1, #2, #4 in class on Wednesday)
- Bring to next class:
- sewing machine
- zipper foot
- sewing tools
- 2 zippers
- buttons
- prepped fabric