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Box Zip Bags

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Overview

Zippers add sophistication to your handmade projects, but they don’t have to add complication. Learn an easy way to work with zippers in Box Zip Bags with Shaerie Mead. Shaerie has been making sewing simple for students at Sew L.A. since 2005. In this beginner-friendly class, she’ll show you how to make a travel bag – the easy way. You’ll learn about:
  • Interpreting a pattering
  • Cutting and preparing fabric
  • Working with a zipper foot
  • Sewing seams and box corners
  • Turning and finishing a bag
You’ll learn how to cut and prep all the components of the bag including the fabric, lining, and interfacing. Shaerie will also offer tips on giving your corners a crisp look. If zippers intimidate you, don’t miss your chance to learn the foolproof method for making them work in Box Zip Bags with Shaerie Mead.

Syllabus

  • Class Trailer
  • Introduction & Overview of Skillset
  • Pattern Envelope Overview
  • Cutting & Prepping the Fabric
  • Cutting the Interfacing
  • Fusing Interfacing to Fabric
  • Sewing the Zipper
  • Sewing the Bag Together
  • Bottom Box Corners

Taught by

Shaerie Mead

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