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Welcome to Denim Mastery

• Course introduction5

Cutting and pressing denim

• Introduction to cutting denim

• Cutting jeans patterns on denim fabric3

• Pressing denim

Seams and stitching

• Topstitching settings and techniques3

• Sewing bartacks

• Overcasting

• Sewing order for jeans1

1. Front pockets

• Introduction to front pockets

• Front pocket basics

• Sewing the coin pocket

• Sewing the pocket shields

• Sewing the pocket lining

• Sewing order for front pockets

2a. Zipper fly

• Introduction to fly closures for jeans

• Jeans zippers basics

• Sewing the fly facing and shield

• Stitching zipper and attaching fly shield

• Stitching the front crotch

• Sewing order jeans zipper

2b. Button fly

• Button fly basics

• Preparing the shield and placket

• Stitching the button placket and fly shield

• Stitching the crotch seam

• Attaching the buttons

3. Yoke and back crotch

• Introduction to yoke and back crotch

• Yoke and back crotch basics

• Sewing the yoke

• Sewing the back crotch

• Sewing order yoke and back crotch

4. Back pockets

• Introduction to back pockets

• Back pockets basics

• Shaping and topstitching back pockets1

• Placing and attaching back pockets

• Sewing order back pockets

• Back Pocket Placement Guide (pdf)

5. Side seams

• Introduction to side seams

• Side seams basics

• Sewing and topstitching the inseam

• Sewing the outer seams

• Sewing order for side seams

6. Waistband

• Introduction to waistbands

• Waistband basics

• Topstitching waistband.mp4

• Waistband sewing.mp4

• Sewing order for waistband

• Drafting a curved waistband

7. Belt loops

• Introduction to belt loops

• Belt loops basics

• Bias tape maker belt loops

• Twin-needle belt loops (with tape maker)

• Coverstitch belt loops (with tape maker)

• Belt loops with a serger

• Belt loops attached inside the waistband (Method 1)

• Attaching belt loops over waistband (Method 2)

• Sewing order for belt loops

8. Buttons and buttonholes

• Introduction to buttonholes and buttons

• Buttonholes basics

• Sewing buttonholes

• Sewing order for buttonholes

• Buttons

9. Rivets

• Introduction to rivets

• Rivets basics

• Attaching rivets

10. Hemming

• Introduction to hemming

• Hemming basics

• Sewing the hem

• Sewing order for hems

The Jeans Tool Kit

• Introduction to the Jeans Tool Kit

• Front pocket pattern adjustments

• Fly patterns adjustments

• Back pocket patterns

• Jeans Pattern Tool Kit: Instructions (pdf)

• Jeans Pattern Tool Kit: Patterns (pdf)

• Back Pocket Toptstitching Designs (pdf)

Bonus: Time-Saving Tips For Sewing Jeans

• How to sew jeans faster

• Sewing jeans batch cheat-sheet (pdf)

Final words

• Thank you for taking this course