Workshop Notes - Menswear Capsule
Sewing process:
We recommend completing the series in the following order:
1. Sew your Unisex Shirt using the Over Shirt Workshop (pre-recorded tutorial)
2. Sew your Worker Trousers using the Workshop Trouser Workshop (pre-recorded tutorial)
3. Jaime Jacket (PDF instructions). Use the written instructions along with the skills learnt in the previous workshops to complete your final garment.
Over Shirt Workshop:
The workshop will take you through at a steady pace and included built in chapters to break down the project into bitesize stages. You will learn how to sew with precision, using run & fell seams, sewing complicated plackets & cuff openings, classic collar construction and plenty of detailed top stitching.
Chapters:
- Preparing Your Pieces
- Stitching the Fronts
- Stitching the Back Yoke
- Side Seams - Run & Fell
- Placket Construction
- Sleeve Seams - Run & Fell
- Sewing the Cuffs
- Inserting the Sleeves
- Collar & Collar Stand
- Finishing the Hem
- Buttons & Button Holes
Worker Trouser Workshop
During the trouser workshop you'll learn how to do a button fly fastening finished with internal binding, closing the crotch, waistband with belt loops, front pockets with facings, patch pockets, flat felled seams, topstitching details and buttons & button holes.
These skills will be transferable to any garment you sew, in particular all future pairs of trousers.
Chapters
- Back Pockets
- Front Pockets
- Side Seams
- The Fly - Concealed Button Stand with Binding Finishing
- Waistband
- Button Holes & Buttons
- Hemming