"Activewear Sewing For Beginners" eBook

Activewear Sewing For Beginners is the new beginner-focused eBook from FehrTrade founder and activewear sewing specialist Melissa Fehr. In this eBook you'll learn how to find and sew activewear fabrics and elastics, sew the most used stitches on your sewing machine or overlocker (serger), and how to test and adjust your garments for exercise.

This eBook is aimed at beginner sewists who are familiar with a sewing machine and basic garment sewing principles, but who have never sewn activewear before. 

Topics include:

1. Why Sew Activewear?
   

2. Choosing Fabric

   1. How to find the good stuff

   2. Fibre

   3. Stretch

   4. Recovery

   5. Wicking

   6. Linings

   7. Elastics

   8. Laundry

3. Cutting Out

   1. Finding the grain

   2. Right vs Wrong Sides

   3. Just Cut It

   4. The Value of Scraps

4. Sewing Machine Stitches

   1. Sewing Seams

   2. Topstitching

   3. Twin Needle

   4. Edge Finishing

   5. Troubleshooting Machine Stitches

   6. Wavy Seams

   7. Skipped Stitches

5. Overlocker/Serger Stitches

   1. 4- and 3-thread overlock

   2. Mock flatlock

   3. Troubleshooting overlocker stitches

   4. Exposed needle threads

   5. Wavy seams

   6. Finishing overlocked seams

   7. Circular Seams

6. On The Road Fit Testing

   1. Test fabric

   2. Hit the road

   3. Identify your issues

   4. Shifting hems

   5. Do I need a gusset?

7. Resources

Additionally, you'll learn how to sew robust seams (on an overlocker/serger or standard sewing machine), select appropriate activewear fabrics, and what to do when things go wrong, like:

• Wavy seams

• Skipped stitches

• Off-grain fabric

• Shifting hems

It also includes essential activewear sewing advice, such as:

• What to do when a fabric isn't what you expected

• How to find the right fabrics

• Do I need a crotch gusset?

• Sewing strong, stretchy seams on a sewing machine

• The importance of negative ease

• How to make your activewear last longer

• How to effectively test the fit of your activewear in motion

This eBook is full colour, digital, 46 pages, and available in pdf format (around 19MB). This is a digital product and will be delivered to the email used for purchase.  It is recommended that you read this book on a full colour device.

No patterns are included and the advice is suitable for all sizes, genders, and body types.

I am a long-distance runner and also a sewist - I've long been disappointed by the quality and fit of exercise clothing available on the market, so I've been sewing my own for the past few years - even running seven full marathons in my own-sewn gear!

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