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Meet Kenneth D. King
Professor King on Test Garments
Professor King on Taking Measurements
Professor King on Asymmetry
Professor King on Bias Stretch
Professor King on the Grid
Professor King on Drawing a Curved Line from a Straight Edge
Professor King on Mobility and Appearance
Professor King on Fitting a Skirt
Professor King on the Back
Professor King on Pivoting Darts
Professor King on Fitting the Arm
Professor King on Walking a Seam
Professor King on Reducing the Cap Ease

Meet Louise Cutting
Fuse and Interface a Hem
Hem Sheers with Ease
Mold the Smoothest Darts
Draft and Sew a Perfect Collar
Miter an Asymmetrical Corner
Create Bulk Free Facings
Serge Quick French Seams
Conclusion

Ripple Free Double-Fold Bias Binding
Carefully Clipped Curves
Interface a Classic Lapel
Inset Corners Simplified
Weightless Pocket Flap

Welcome to Industry Insider Techniques, Volume 3
Supplies You'll Need
Get the Right Button Placement
Make a Hidden Button Placket
How to Remove a Bust Dart
Add a Bust Dart to a Pattern
Swing Out the Side Seam
Add Width to the Hem Without Changing the Shoulder
Transfer a Neckline from One Pattern to Another
Lower a Front Jewel Neckline and Front Facing
Lengthen the Back Neck Facing
Four Deconstructed Edges

Welcome to Industry Insider Techniques, Volume 4
Pattern Adjustment for a Full Bust Without Darts
Pattern Adjustment for a Full Bust in Knits
Enlarge or Reduce Body Circumference
Adjust a Forward Shoulder
Place a Sleeve in a Sleeveless Garment
Enlarge a Sleeve Circumference
Expand the Upper Bodice of a Pattern
Sew a Sleeve Placket
Create a Curved Cuff Edge

Welcome to Industry Insider Techniques, Volume 5
Interfacing 101
Interfacing Secrets
Draft and Vent a Two-Piece Sleeve
Attach a Sleeve Cuff
Sewing Starts and Finishes
One-Thread Stitching
Front Hem Finish
Make Short Sleeves Long
Finish a Curved Hem
Remove Excess Pant Fabric
Shorten the Rise

Welcome to Industry Insider Techniques Vol. 6
An Expert Technique for Aligning Hard-to-Match Prints
Secure Loose Snaps
Make a Vertical Buttonhole
Line an Unlined Jacket
Plan a Garment with Minipats
Martha Meyers’ Simplified Sashiko
Hide Snaps on Loosely Woven Fabrics
Impeccable Snap Alignment
Finish a Centered Zipper with a Facing
How to Keep Sleeves Pushed Up
Taper a Sleeve for a Narrower Silhouette
Sew Elegant and Professional-Looking Darts
Get Right with Ease
How to Shrink Packaged Bias Tape and Piping
A Tailor's Method for Creating Piping from Bias Strips
Perfect Vertical Buttonhole Placement
Stabilize Lightweight Fabrics with Interfacing
Self-Fabric Interfacing
A Secret for Making a Pleat Hem Lay Flat
Industry Insider Techniques, Volume 6: Conclusion

Welcome to Industry Insider Techniques Volume 7
Best Thread Practices
Match Stripes and Plaids Perfectly
Match Stripes and Prints Before You Cut
The Best Bound Buttonhole
Match Overlapping Edges
Add a Hidden Button Placket to a Pattern
Trim Facings for a Better Fit on Sleeveless Garments
One Dot Pocket Placement and Application
Finish a Lapped Zipper at the Neckline
Make Perfect Miters
Finish the Invisible Zipper Top
Finish a Back Neckline Opening
Reinforce Underarm Seams
Industry Insider Techniques, Conclusion

Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 2 - A message from Threads
Welcome to Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 2
Sewing Machine Needles 101
Two Great Seam Finishes
How to Finish a Facing Edge
Bling & Studs 101
How to Sew a Double-Fold Hem
Elastic 101
How to Apply Elastic
How to Sew Casings for Elastic & Drawstrings
3 Ways to Gather
Patch Pockets
Project: Sew an Apron
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper
Make Your Own Dress Form. Part 1
Make Your Own Dress Form, Part 2
A Word From the Editors of Threads

Welcome to Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 3
Shoulder Slope 101
Compare Your Shoulder Slope to the Pattern
Alter the Pattern's Shoulder Slope
Measure Your Clothes for Fit
Sleeve Styles 101
Transfer a Sleeve from One Pattern to Another
The Anatomy of a Skirt
Project: Make a Skirt
In-Seam Pockets
Quarter-Cut Pockets
Project: One-Seam Pants
Bound Buttonholes
Finish the Wrong Side of a Buttonhole
Shaped Bound Buttonholes
Conclusion - Notes on fitting, books, DVDs, and more
Buy Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 3 Now!

Welcome to Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 4
Inside a Couture Garment
How to Match Stripes, Plaids, and Prints
The Importance of Sewing a Test Garment
Basting
Seams
Lining, Underlining, and Interlining
Set a Sleeve for Beauty and Comfort By Hand
Pressing Pointers for Shaping and Finishing
Conclusion - Notes on Making Couture Garments

Preview: Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 5 - Introduction
Preview: Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 5 - What is Fit?
Mark Your Measurements
Take Your Measurements
How to Buy the Right Pattern Size
Map Your Body and Compare it to a Standard Pattern
A Garment Hangs from Your Shoulders
How to Analyze the Fit You Prefer
The Croquis
Use a Camera to Help Fit
The Dress Form
How to Make the Clothes You Want to Fit the Way You Want
Fit the Circumference
Make a Test Garment
Fine Tune the Shape with Darts
How to True Seams
Teach Yourself to Sew, S5 - Conclusion: Notes on Fitting

Fitting a Torso
Torso 101
Fitting the Shoulders
Fitting the Back
Adjusting the Upper Chest
Fitting a Full Abdomen

Fitting Arms
Anatomy of the Arm
Adjusting the Sleeve Length
Adjusting the Sleeve Circumference
Refining the Sleeve Cap

Fitting a Bust
Basics of Fitting the Bust
Adjusting the Bodice Front
Moving Darts to Improve the Fit
Working with Princess Seams
Quick Fixes for Bust Fitting

Fitting Waist & Hips
Getting the Right Measurements
Fitting From the Hips to the Waist
Fitting a Full or Flat Derriere
Fitting a Full Front Thigh
Adjusting the Length

Texturizing Fabrics: Pin Tucks with a Twin Needle
Texturizing Fabrics: Fabric Appliqué with Free-Motion Stitching
Essential Tools: Pins
Essential Tools: Machine Needles
Expert Tips for Faced Edges
Essential Tools: Measuring Tapes
Fitting: Key Pattern Adjustments
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 1
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 2
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 3
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Supplies and Resources
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Fabric Options for Tailoring
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: A Note on Sizing Pockets
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Bagging a Lining
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Basic Skills You Need to Tailor Jackets
Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: A Note on Sleeve Cuff Length
One-on-One Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 1
One-on-One Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 2
One-on-One Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 3
One-on-One Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 4
One-on-One Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 5
One-on-One Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 1
One-on-One Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 2
One-on-One Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 3
One-on-One Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 4
Kenneth D. King's Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 1
Kenneth D. King's Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 2
Kenneth D. King's Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 3
Kenneth D. King's Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 4
One-on-One Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 1
One-on-One Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 2
One-on-One Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 3
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 1
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 2
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 3
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 4
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 5
One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 6

Sew a Welt Opening
Line an Unlined Jacket
Finish a Centered Zipper with a Facing
Add a Bust Dart to a Pattern
How to Remove a Bust Dart
Add Width to the Hem Without Changing the Shoulder
Ripple Free Double-Fold Bias Binding
Inset Corners Simplified
Hem Sheers with Ease
Serge Quick French Seams
Miter an Asymmetrical Corner
Mold the Smoothest Darts
How to Sew and Install a Sleeve Head
Draft and Sew a Perfect Collar
How to Make Thread Bars and Chains
Patch Pockets
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper
Shaped Bound Buttonholes
Finish the Wrong Side of a Buttonhole
Bound Buttonholes
Professor King on Pivoting Darts
How to Modify Sleeves for Better Arm Mobility
Fine Tune the Shape with Darts
How to Adjust a Sleeve to Fit a Forward Shoulder
Pressing Pointers for Shaping and Finishing
Set a Sleeve for Beauty and Comfort By Hand
Lining, Underlining, and Interlining
How to Match Stripes, Plaids, and Prints
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 1
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 2
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 3

Create a Vintage Cuff Design
The Dress Form
Make a Test Garment
Fine Tune the Shape with Darts
Use a Camera to Help Fit
How to Remove a Bust Dart
Add a Bust Dart to a Pattern
Transfer a Neckline from One Pattern to Another
How to Modify Sleeves for Better Arm Mobility
Preview: Teach Yourself to Sew, Season 5 - What is Fit?
How to Analyze the Fit You Prefer
A Garment Hangs from Your Shoulders
Map Your Body and Compare it to a Standard Pattern
How to Buy the Right Pattern Size
Take Your Measurements
Mark Your Measurements
How to Adjust a Sleeve to Fit a Forward Shoulder
How to Fit Sleeves the Hip-Hop Way with Kenneth D. King
Preview: Create a Master Skirt Pattern with Sarah Veblen
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 1
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 2
How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 3
How to Take Four Different Body Measurements
Professor King on Bias Stretch
Professor King on Asymmetry
Professor King on the Back
Professor King on Fitting a Skirt
Professor King on Reducing the Cap Ease
Professor King on Walking a Seam
Professor King on Fitting the Arm
Professor King on Pivoting Darts
Professor King on Mobility and Appearance
Professor King on Drawing a Curved Line from a Straight Edge
Professor King on the Grid
Professor King on Taking Measurements
Professor King on Test Garments
Fitting Waist & Hips
Getting the Right Measurements
Fitting From the Hips to the Waist
Fitting a Full or Flat Derriere
Fitting a Full Front Thigh
Adjusting the Length
Fitting a Full Abdomen
Adjusting the Upper Chest
Fitting the Back
Fitting the Shoulders
Torso 101
Fitting a Torso
Fitting a Bust
Basics of Fitting the Bust
Working with Princess Seams
Quick Fixes for Bust Fitting
Fitting Arms
Anatomy of the Arm
Adjusting the Sleeve Length
Adjusting the Sleeve Circumference
Refining the Sleeve Cap
Get Right with Ease

How to Refold a Pattern
Create a Vintage Cuff Design
Project: Make a Jacket Part 1
Project: Make a Jacket Part 2
Project: Make a Skirt
Project: How to Sew a Skirt
Project: One-Seam Pants
Project: How to Sew a Bias-strip Scarf
Project: Make a Felt Jewelry Bag
Project: Sew an Apron