Follow along as Cynthia constructs two different shirts in parallel: the standard woman’s shirt with a shirt-tail hem, breast pocket, collar on a stand and long, cuffed sleeves; and her own shirt design (pattern included with this course), which features a straight hem with length options, front pockets lowered to the hipline for ease of use and a more flattering look (with a banded button closure), sleeves cut with the back of the arm on the bias, adding to comfort and movement, slot buttonholes, created as part of the seamline, a hidden placket option, a perfectly curved, flattering collar on a band and much, much more. She’ll share options, too: three different sleeve plackets, a variety of pocket styles and applications. Plus every detail needed to complete both shirts to perfection in this comprehensive, online course. Pattern downloads are included with the course.
While you’re building your own shirt, you’ll be discovering Cynthia’s tried and true methods to cut, mark, stabilize, stitch and finish every detail, from the simplest seam to the most intricate details, following her famous "everyday couture" system.
Systematic construction techniques (and Cynthia has a foolproof system for everything) will help with all your sewing and every type of project, starting with the first time you see them in action. You will choose to use some of them on everything you make, and apply others selectively. The biggest benefit you’ll take from this course (in addition to your beautiful shirt) is the understanding you’ll acquire, with the information necessary to make appropriate choices for whatever project is at hand. Cynthia’s goal comes alive in this series – she shares what she knows so that you are able to make an informed decision.
Cynthia’s best sewing practices deliver a flawless outcome and, even better, save you time (and frustration) by getting things right the FIRST time. Working with a standard woman’s shirt pattern alongside her own shirt design, she takes you through all the details that make a wonderful woman’s shirt one of your most prized wardrobe pieces. You really can make the shirt of your dreams!
Cynthia leaves no detail or process unaddressed in this comprehensive garment sewing course. She has chosen a wardrobe staple: the woman’s shirt, a timeless fashion "must have" wardrobe staple, for two reasons:
First, you’ll wear it. All the time, in all kinds of ways. Your shirt will become a "go to" piece – the one you’ll reach for time and again, and wear everywhere with confidence and pride.
Second, the two designs (the standard and her own pattern) bring together a collection of details and processes we encounter over and over in our fashion sewing. Her aim with this robust tutorial is to help eliminate frustration and send you on your way to more satisfying and successful sewing – and a great wardrobe. In other words, she’s created a course which includes all the details that make it worthy of your time and effort – the shirt of your dreams.
All Start Anytime courses, are self-paced, and you can begin the moment you register, viewing the course anytime that is convenient for you. Many students watch it through one time first, and then go back to work alongside the instructor with their own project activities.
Video Run Time: 7 hours and 48 minutes
