Advanced Beginner - Easy Caftan

Advanced Beginner – Micah Caftan Dress Make a breezy, beautiful caftan dress just in time for summer. In this three-part series, you’ll sew the Seamwork Micah Dress, a relaxed maxi-length woven dress with a deep V-neckline, center front and back seams, and a faced split hem. This is a great next-step garment project for advanced beginners who want to build confidence sewing flowy woven fabrics, garment details, facings, hems, and a wearable summer dress from start to finish. You’ll learn how to prepare your pattern, choose fabric, cut accurately, construct the dress, and finish the details neatly so your final garment feels polished, comfortable, and very wearable. The pattern is designed for lightweight woven fabrics like linen, cotton lawn, voile, rayon challis, and other drapey fabrics. Skills you'll learn Reading and preparing a PDF garment sewing pattern Choosing the correct size and understanding pattern measurements Constructing a V-neckline Sewing and finishing facings Working with interfacing Creating a split hem finish Who It’s For Perfect for advanced beginners who are comfortable using a sewing machine and have sewn a few simple projects. This is a great class if you’re ready to sew clothes, practice working with woven fabric, and make a relaxed summer dress you’ll actually want to wear. Materials Provided: Sewing pattern, Sewing machines, basic sewing tools, irons, ironing boards Needed: fabric for your project. You can choose to purchase materials at checkout (pick your fabrics in the first class) which will be solid color linen / cotton blends. OR if not using our materials kit, you'll need: 3-4 yds of fabric, depending on the size. See the size chart here. Class Details Level: Advanced Beginner Max Class Size: 6 *Images via Seamwork Have questions about your class? Click below for the details.