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Mastering Construction: Zippers & Waistbands
Sara Alm![Class Preview](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041248/image-605-1-768x436.jpg)
- In-depth Instruction; over 217 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
![Introduction](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16040942/image-4655.jpg)
![Zipper Considerations](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041005/image-4656.jpg)
![Slot & Invisible Zippers](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041028/image-4657.jpg)
![Lapped, Exposed & Separating Zippers](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041051/image-4658.jpg)
![Fly Front](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041114/image-4659.jpg)
![Waistbands](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041137/image-4660.jpg)
![Waistband Finishing](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041200/image-4661.jpg)
![Facings](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/hobby/content/uploads/2022/12/16041224/image-4662.jpg)
Choose, shorten and insert the perfect zippers for your garments with Apparel Arts instructor Sara Alm as your guide. From how to sew a fly front zipper, a vintage slot zipper and an elegant invisible zipper, to simplifying lapped and exposed zippers, you’ll achieve sophisticated results every time – even on tricky fabrics! See how to modify commercial patterns that include a mock fly by adding a full zipper fly instead. And learn to draft and sew your own zipper shield. Move on to creating straight or contoured waistbands and enclose them without a single hand stitch. You’ll even see how to sew belt loops and button or hook-and-bar closures. Plus, learn to finish pants or skirts with a facing or yoke instead of a waistband. Master zippers and waistbands to take the next step toward sewing like a designer!
Sara Alm
Sara Alm started sewing dresses at age 6, and she's never looked back. After graduating from the Apparel Arts patternmaking program in 2005, Sara work has worked as a patternmaker, designer and sewing instructor at Apparel Arts. She also shares her passion for garment-making by teaching sewing and fashion to at-risk teenage girls. Sara recently launched a line of women's activewear and is the author of "Designing Clothes With the Flat Pattern Method" and co-author of "Famous Frocks."
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Bonus materials available after purchase