Learn to Sew a Shirt or Blouse

Learn to make a shirt in two hours by following along with this simple and straightforward DVD. Filmed in real time, the instructions are clear, practical, and easy-to-follow, and numerous close-ups allow viewers to see the process in detail. The example used is a classic shirt for a man or a woman in which sewers are shown many important elements of sewing, including fitting, cutting, marking, stitching collars and hems, setting sleeves, making buttonholes, and sewing buttons.

Marta Alto is a teacher, writer, and researcher at Palmer/Pletsch and the coauthor of The Serger Idea Book and Sewing Ultrasuede. Pati Palmer is the CEO of Palmer/Pletsch Publishing and a designer and consultant for the McCall Pattern Company. She is the coauthor of Sewing with Sergers. Alto and Palmer are the coauthors of Fit for Real People, Jackets for Real People, and Pants for Real People. They both live in Portland, Oregon.