THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GARMENT CONSTRUCTION - Essential for learning to sew clothing!

How do you learn garment construction as a beginner at sewing? Easy! In this video, I show you how I taught myself to learn how to construct garments and get better at your sewing!

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[Evelyn__Wood]

Tell me.... Do you do any of these? What do you struggle with in regards to garment construction? Or how have you learnt it?

[just_cade]

I'm a self-taught tailor and women's wear designer, and I learned most of what I know now through trial and error. I've gotten so mad to the point that I never wanted to try sewing ever again, but I noticed my mistakes and took that knowledge on to the next project. Eventually, this will add up to a well rounded understanding of garment construction, and by extension, your sewing in general. Just don't get discouraged, no one starts life knowing any of this, we all start at zero. There will definitely be mistakes when you're starting out, and you will feel horrible, but thanks to the internet and videos like this, there are many resources out there to help you. Good luck to everyone just starting out! Sewing, tailoring, and garment construction is a very gratifying and valuable skill to have once you figure it out, just be patient and believe in yourself.

[rebeccacamacho-sobczak]

I found a vintage Butterick pattern that I thought didn't have any instructions. So I tried to write them out! I looked at the drawing of the pattern, looked at the seam construction, and the parts of the pattern that it had. So...to make a long story short, I wrote down my instructions, looking at what I thought I needed to do first, next.... Then..I found the instructions in another pattern And WOW! Except for a minor part, I had pretty much the order of construction. I think that's another way to understand garment construction!

[conqueringmountscrapmorewi]

I always make a mock up with cheap fabric of a difficult pattern first, then I cut into my expensive fabric later. I know this sounds like a lot of work but the second run thru with the good fabric is so much easier.

[deespaeth]

My tips would be: Be patient with yourself, don't hurry through. Don't attempt to sew if you feel tired or if you're in a bad mood. If sewing becomes too stressful take a break. It's okay to do little bits at a time.

[joejust]

Deja vu! As a child learning to read my mother would ask me to read the next Step in the pattern as she did it. I also did this with her knitting and crocheting instructions. This was back in 1964 through 19 70. Stitch, iron, starch, Stitch Etc. my mother would love to make new dresses for my sister out of her old dresses. thank you for bringing back those memories👩‍👧‍👦

[SparkyOne]

I hadn’t made a top since the 80’s. A year ago, I’ve had relearn. I find the best way for me is to read the instructions, and if I ever get stuck, I refer to YouTube to see “ how to”. It’s much easier for me to see someone doing it than reading it.

[apcolleen]

I live in Atlanta with lots of highly skilled home sewists and I see so many of their peices in thrift stores. Lots of costume pieces for conventions and parties! Its so neat to see work done by people who you can tell by the evenly spaced hand tacks that theyve been at it a while !

[rosac]

Patterns always overwhelm me I guess that’s way I never finished a project I joined your class Evelyn so I can gain patience and knowledge

[willdryden]

I mainly struggle with reading the pattern but I prefer a visual tutorial of how to make a garment, the way you explained about patterns helps me a lot . <3

[Billybloop]

I'm in love with that eyelet blouse. It's beautiful.

[lestranged]

I personally find it easiest to put in a zipper at an early stage, for example into the back of a dress before I attach the back to the front. When I watch Project Runway they seem to always do the zippers last but I don't like to do it that way. I just get a nicer cleaner look when I am setting the zipper into a flat piece of fabric rather than a finished dress or skirt or pants. I don't know which is the "right" way I just know my way is the easiest way for me.

[Ngem]

It's like you knew!!! I picked up some patterns last week too try. Opened it up, unfolded it all, saw all the lines and numbers, folded it back up and put it on my shelf for another day. So, thank you thank you. I will give it a go again.

[mozu]

First time viewer here. I never realized there is a different look and feel between a sit-in sleeve and one in which the side seam and sleeve is sewn all in one. I hope to see this covered more in depth in another of your videos.

[nanastevens]

I enjoy all the videos. Sometimes, it's a review but I get an ah ha moment of "I knew that but had forgotten". Then there are the techniques that are new to me and I can't believe I never thought of that. Love the attention to detail and finishing.

[vickiejones]

Most patterns use Unit Construction--which is what you describe in the video and how I originally learned to sew. But when I went to uni, the instructors told us we should do "Like Jobs, " meaning pinning and sewing all of the darts on every piece or the first seams (shoulders, sides, sleeve seam, etc.). Then everything was pressed and the next seams which would cross the first would be done. Each method has merit, but for newbies, I think Unit Construction in the best way to learn how things go together.

[katelinnhall]

I love how you break down your videos. I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to find someone online as a guide to start, but I'm excited to see more videos from you! For now I'll look back on your older ones. Thank you!

[stumpybear]

Evelyn, you and Tock Custom have provided the best, most understandable sewing information and instruction I’ve encountered since taking sewing classes in the 1970s. Thank you very much! I really appreciate you.

[lorib]

Thank you for posting this video. I wish I had thought of looking at ready made garments back when I was learning to sew in the 1970's. I was a clueless teenager and one of my older friends was going to teach me. Thing is she wasn't very good at it. Mostly she told me to complete each step of the pattern instructions before moving on to the next step. I'm not a fan of pattern instructions as a teaching device. Often the instructions didn't go into enough detail and the drawings didn't make much sense. I had to guess about a lot of it. I asked my friend and she didn't get it either and was making her own guesses. Nothing I made looked good or fit right so I got frustrated and quit sewing. I am envious of people learning to sew now that have the internet and Youtube to help them out. Watching someone do something the right way is so much better than trying to make sense of a two-tone line drawing. Eventually I did decide to start sewing again. Problem was I had already formed all these bad habits. I can tell you from experience that it is much harder to relearn something than to learn it correctly the first time. I finally had to admit to myself that everything I knew about sewing was wrong and start over. It was a slight wound to my pride to say, "I'm wrong, " but it was the best thing I ever did in regard to sewing. I still think of myself as an advanced beginner because I'm still learning new things all the time. I welcome it. The more I learn the better I get. Learning a better way of doing something isn't the same thing as saying you were a failure. It just means you're moving forward and getting more advanced in your skill.

[robintate]

Evelyn this by far is the best instrument on how to read and in what ORDER Construction happens!! Thank You Soo Much!! You are a great teacher!!!