Knits, Tees and Sweats - Tessa - WEST

Knit fabrics are wonderful to wear but need special techniques to sew. This is a great class if you are new to knits fabrics or have struggled with them before. In this Technique + Project class we will learn about the wide variety of knit fabrics, from beginner friendly to super stretchy. Sew up your reference samples of stitches and seams; stabilizing shoulder seams; neck and hem finishes; golf shirt style placquet and more.

Supply List:

MACHINES:

You must be familiar with your serger and sewing machines before class.

• Serger in good working order with: Instruction manual, Foot control, Power Cord.
• Sewing machine in good working order with Foot control and Power Cord. (Used for hemming T-shirts; hoodie face opening, attaching pocket, joining ribbing)
• Coverstitch machine (optional) in good working order with Foot control, Power Cord. (Optional. Used for hemming the hoodie face opening, pocket mouth, non-rib hems)

NOTIONS:

• Serger: *Jersey ballpoint needles 80/12 OR 90/14
• Sewing machine: *Bobbins; *Jersey ballpoint needles 80/12 OR 90/14; (optional)*Stretch twin needle 2,75/75 OR 4.0/75
• Coverstitch: (optional) *Coverstitch ELx705 machine needles
• Sharp fabric scissors OR  *Rotary cutter and *mat
• Paper scissors
• Pattern tracing paper e.g. medical paper OR *Swedish tracing paper
• Ruler, *Fashion/ *French curve
• Pen, Mechanical pencil, coloured pencils, eraser
• Scotch Tape
• Basic sewing notions: *Thread snips;  *Glass head pins;   *Pin cushion;   *Tape measure; *Seam gauge;  *Seam ripper;  *Chaco Liner marking chalk; *Press cloth for garment

PATTERN & FABRIC:

T-SHIRT

Any semi fitted T-shirt pattern. Also bring along a T-shirt which fits with your preferred amount of ease.

Suggested patterns

Jalie #2805 Women’s T-shirts. Available from https://jalie.com as paper and/or PDF patterns.

Greenstyle Green Tee. Available as PDF patterns from https://greenstyle.com

SUGGESTED FABRICS: T-Knits, Cotton/Poly Jersey, Cotton/Poly Interlock. NOT Viscose or Bamboo knits (Marshall Fabrics has a good selection)

Fabric stretch and meterage according to pattern requirements.

Mettler Seraflex stretch thread (Marshall Fabrics) to match the fabric

*Machine and serger thread to match the fabric.

PATTERN & FABRIC:

SWEATSHIRT/ HOODIE

Suggested patterns: 

Jalie 3355. Sweatshirt/ Hoodie and Sweat Pants. 27 sizes from Girls age 2-13 to Women size 4-22

Jalie 4131 Laurent. Crew neck T-shirt, Pullover and Hoodie. 28 Sizes from children age 2 -13 and unisex adults XS(34-36) to  2X(50-52)

Jalie 4131 Laurent. Extended sizes 1X(46-48) to 5X(62-64) only available as PDF

Suggested fabrics: Sweatshirt/ jogging fleece; French terry; Polar fleece; Rib knit for cuffs and bands. (Marshall Fabrics has a good selection)

Fabric stretch and meterage according to pattern requirements.

Mettler Seraflex stretch thread (Marshall Fabrics) to match the fabric

*Machine and serger thread to match the fabric.

April 22nd: Pattern preparation, sewing techniques, fabric & notion choices; Fabric swatch kit
April 29th & 30th: Construction and fit

PRE-CLASS PREPARATION:

N.B. Remember to preshrink your fabrics by washing and drying the uncut fabric yardage as you intend to care for finished garment.

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