Finishing School: Trims and Embellishments with Pam Damour

You’ll use them on quilts, garments for kids and adults, home décor items, and sensational bags – we’re talking about Pam’s collection of special touches, which will find their way into so much of your creative sewing! Along with the techniques, you’ll see finished projects – wonderful ideas for projects with the professional-looking finish we’d all like to achieve – especially when it’s so easy to do.

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The collection is filled with inspiration, as Pam clearly demonstrates everything from essential basics like the easiest continuous bias and a pair of simple zipper insertions, to her methods for producing fast, fool-proof box and knife pleated trims – and so much more.

Naturally, the list of how-to demonstrations includes making and using piping, applying twisted cord, using ricrac in new and fun ways, and all the tips and tricks you’d expect from a "finishing school" pro along the way. Learn to install a placket zipper and one with piping, as you see her create several projects, start to finish. Once you see how easy Pam’s methods are, you’ll want to include one or more of these touches in many of your own projects – and you can!

Further, because Pam is such a machine-centric sewing pro, you’ll learn about some accessory feet that make your process smoother and faster. One of her favorites? The double welting foot – she uses it for so many things!

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1. What will you learn? You’ll learn so much in this technique-based course! Pam shares how to:

make the easiest continuous bias ever;

use continuous bias to create piping, then learn to apply it easily and professionally;

create a variety of pillows, including how to reliably change the corner shape and style;

install zippers simply and easily into pillows and bags, including those with plackets and piping;

use twisted cord as a trim or embellishment, and achieve a perfect, seamless join;

choose and use a variety of machine accessory feet for easier, smoother, better results;

analyze the accessory feet you have to get the most out of them;
use a stiletto at your machine;
make directional sewing your working partner for perfect results;

create fast, even pleats, and install them easily;
use our nostalgic favorite, ricrac, in new ways;
look at professional details with a new eye, and use them in a variety of ways.

2. Who should attend?

Adventurous beginners with a desire to create distinctive finishes for otherwise plain or ‘too-basic’ projects – those that look like beginner projects;

Experienced stitchers looking for the easiest, best ways to accomplish the essential basics, like continuous bias and easy zipper installations;

All sewing enthusiasts looking for ways to create projects with a professional finish – those little details that set one project apart from all the rest;

Everyone who wants to learn about sewing machine accessory feet, new notions and machine features that make sewing more fun and more successful;

Sewists longing for clear, fool-proof methods for creating and/or using trims, pleats, pillow options and more for a more creative sewing experience. Those interested in learning about techniques that can be used on all sorts of projects, from quilts to garments, from bags to pillows and more.

Pam Damour

Known as the "Decorating Diva," Pam learned early in life, while spending time on her grandparents' farm, that making something from "scratch" was not only a way of life, but it was the better way of doing things. Holding on to those values, she went from farm to fabric and has had a very successful 30+ year career as an interior designer and sewing professional. Pam offers professional drapery workroom training to the trade and consumers. As a seasoned career speaker, she travels internationally teaching the specialty techniques that have brought her years of continued business as the "Couture of Home Dec Sewing."

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