DIY - Learn to Repair your Clothes by Hand
What you'll learn
- You will learn to mend your clothes yourself! You won't have to pay a seamstress ever again, plus, your clothes will last longer!
Requirements
- You only need to have in hand the basics of sewing (threads, scissors, needles) and, if needed, the buttons and hooks & eyes you want to sew as well as a thermobonding patch.
Description
The virtual sewing courses for beginners developed by Gaia & Dubos are designed to teach you the basics of clothing and accessories repair in order to extend the lifecycle of your products. By learning to mend your clothes, you will develop independence, reduce your ecological and social footprint, and save on seamstress expenses!
The techniques taught in this course:
How to (properly) sew a two or four-hole button
How to (properly) sew a shank button
How to sew a hook and eye clasp
How to cover a hole with a thermobonding patch
How to fix a tear
How to fix a hole
How to fix a cut seam
How to stitch a blind hem
Our students acclaim our course
"I thought I knew how to sew a button... When I watched the first video, I understood... what I didn’t know! What a good technique! My buttons will never fall again only a few weeks after being sewn back on.” - Josée Leclerc, Montreal
"The online sewing courses of Gaia & Dubos are excellent! The explanations are clear and easy to understand. I recommend them without hesitation!” - Nancy Potvin, Quebec City
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who don't have a clue about sewing!
Instructor
- 3.8 Instructor Rating
- 13 Reviews
- 254 Students
- 2 Courses
Léonie Daignault-Leclerc est la designer et fondatrice de Gaia & Dubos, une marque québécoise de mode durable. Dans ses cours de réparation de vêtements et accessoires, elle vous dévoile les techniques de couture utilisées par les professionnels tout en vulgarisant l'information avec des explications et un visuel clairs.
Elle débuta sa carrière de créatrice de mode à l'âge de 12 ans, concevant des vêtements sur mesure pour elle-même et ses clientes. Léonie a un diplôme d’études collégiales en design de mode, un baccalauréat en commercialisation de la mode, et une maitrise des arts en mode, où elle se spécialisa en mode durable. Des stages à Paris, à Madrid et à Toronto l’ont aidée à forger son identité en tant qu’entrepreneure et designer, façonnant sa manière d’aborder l’industrie de la mode.