BONUS Couture Pressing tutorial, and the mechanics of French Seams - Ecole Holt Couture

Описание: This video takes you step by step through a sample seam showing you how to create a French Seam stitched by hand the couture way, and why and when it is applied. (Tip: French seams are used to create high-end bedding!]
As a BONUS, you will receive a FREE tutorial on pressing seams the way Ecole Holt Couture does it, and how our Founder - Couturier and Tailor - has done it throughout her professional career producing excellent results.
Also watch our video on 'pressing cloths'    • Pressing cloths - Ecole Holt Couture Intro...   and see our sleeveboards    • Sewing studio work bench or work table - E...   that we have successfully used for 65 years.
The French seam is one of the many fundamental methods and techniques presented in our teaching modules that is applied in creating the very first project. Every method and technique we teach is useful for sewing garments and necessary to learn before moving on to the next project.
0:00 French Seam sewn by hand, common in couture sewing
1:00 fabric used in this demo
1:30 Secret Tip!
2:15 preparing layers of fabric to be joined
2:45 about French seam SA's
3:50 the first sewing line
5:40 pros and cons of French seams
6:00 stitching variations
7:15 tying off a stitching line
7:50 BONUS pressing tutorial
9:50 right and wrong way pressing cloths
11:50 EHC pressing cloth video link    • Pressing cloths - Ecole Holt Couture Intro...  
14:30 pressing aid
15:50 why and when to press
16:30 second sewing line
18:30 alternative seam methods
20:00 plan your SA ahead of time
20:30 hiding knotted and thread ends
21:20 more on pressing
22:05 pitfalls
23:40 pressing tips
24:00 when not to press this way
25:25 touch up pressing
27:30 summary