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- 8 Videos
- 8 PDFs
Course Curriculum
Course description
PRESSING + TOOLS
Why pressing is important, tools we need to elevate our sewing and tips on when, how and why to use our basic pressing tools to press hems, sleeves, necklines, hiplines and more.
CUTTING TIPS
Learn ways to help you cut straighter, better and without jagged edges. Tips that I use to help make the tedious task if cutting easier.
SEAM GUIDES
DIY Seam Guides: Why we need them and how to use it + Creating our own guide
SEWING CURVES W/ PRACTIE WORKSHEETS AND SAMPLE SWATCHES
- Tips on sewing straight and curves
- How to sew and treat convex curves
- How to sew and treat concave curves
- How to sew half and quarter circles
- How to sew full circles
- Clipping vs. Notches vs. Pinking shears
STITCHING: THE GOLDEN THREE
- Stay Stitching: What, Why and How
- Under-stitching: What, Why and How
- Top Stitching: What, Why and How
PRINTABLE PRACTICE SHEETS
COURSE PROJECT
Instructor
Mimi Goodwin (Mimi G.) is a mother, businesswoman, and award-winning, trend and DIY expert. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the popular fashion, lifestyle, and DIY blog, MimiGStyle.com. What started off as a hobby in her Los Angeles home in 2012, has blossomed into an international brand with a daily engagement of more than 1.9 million followers across all social media platforms and industry professionals.
Mimi’s blog has become the vehicle by which she lives her passion; to empower and motivate women of all ages and walks of life to embrace their power, find their voice and to discover and walk in their purpose. Her tutorials on DIY sewing, craft, home décor, fashion, beauty, travel, self-empowerment and more, receive an average of 12M page views annually and 575k unique visitors per month.
Since 2014, Mimi has partnered with Simplicity Creative Group to create, produce and market pattern designs with the Mimi G Style for Simplicity Pattern Collection. The collection features over 15 patterns for the modern and curvy woman and is accompanied with a video tutorial from Mimi.
In 2016 Mimi launched SewItAcademy.com, an online sewing school, designed to be accessible and affordable for anyone interested in learning to sew. With over 6,000 enrolled students Mimi has created a community of people all learning a valuable skill, many of whom have started small businesses from the skills learned. Mimi is launching a Sew It Academy of men in early 2017. Mimi was featured on Lifetime TV’s Project Runway Junior as a mentor and design consultant for the young designers.
Visit www.mimigstyle.com for additional information.