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10 HD Video Lessons
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Vanessa Wilson
Crafter, mother, professor, do-it-yourselfer, Vanessa is the star of YouTube's CraftyGemini. A teacher at heart, she is currently an assistant professor in Santa Fe Community College's paralegal program. View profile »
Sew Little: Nursery Design
with Vanessa Wilson
Vanessa Wilson shows you how to make adorable items for the nursery, including a changing pad, rocking chair cushions, and window coverings.
A note from Vanessa Wilson, instructor of Sew Little: Nursery Design
As a long-time teacher, crafter and do-it-yourselfer, I am so excited to be here at Craftsy to help you learn simple home decor. In my new class, Sew Little: Nursery Design, you'll learn four great customizable projects to decorate your baby's new home-within-your-home. In this class, I teach how to make curtains, a valance, changing pad covers, and rocking chair seat and back covers. As you learn these basic projects, you'll pick up professional-level techniques that you can use to make garments, more home decor, accessories and more. Decorate your nursery while learning fundamental skills to take your crafting to the next level!
What You Will Learn in Sew Little: Nursery Design
- How to create custom pieces of home decor
- How to finish items using techniques like French seams and blind hems
- How to embellish with ruffles, pleating and piping
- How to easily calculate dimensions and how much fabric is needed for a project
- How to decorate any room in your house to fit your style and color scheme
Projects You Will Make in Sew Little: Nursery Design
- Cutesy curtains that can be adapted for any room in the house
- A decorative valance that can be reworked to match any color scheme
- A stylish, easily removable, washable changing pad cover
- Simple rocking chair seat and back cushions that would also be great for dining room chairs, barstools or office chairs
What You'll Need:
- Magnetic pin cushion
- Cotton filler cord
- Large safety pin
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 2:29 |
| 2 | Materials | 10:08 |
| 3 | Basic Techniques | 24:44 |
| 4 | Embellishing Techniques | 39:34 |
| 5 | The Valance | 17:21 |
| 6 | Curtains | 21:27 |
| 7 | Changing Pad | 17:55 |
| 8 | Seat Cushion | 24:36 |
| 9 | Seat Back | 12:54 |
| 10 | Bonus: Embellishments | 6:15 |
Skills you should have:
- Basic machine sewing skills
- Sew a straight stitch
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
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Ah, I really liked watching this. Easy to understand, practical and FAST. Not too fast in my opinion, but without (useless) redundance and concentrated. I definitely recommend this young and energetic Lady's class. :)
Awesome teacher
As others I have been following you for a while and love every tutorial I have come accross. I am a seasoned sewer but have been away from it for a while and learning from you has renewed my love of sewing. This course taught me things I have been wanting to learn how to do and your instructions are just great and easy to understand. I will sign up for any course you do . Loved your course and your enthusiam.
Patriciasews101
Vanessa, you are a gem!
What I like about all of your tutorials/lessons is that they are very easy to follow. I will actually sew some of the projects. I have loads of books but have not made much from them because, for me, the instructions are usually just too difficult to follow. I am definitely a fan!
Great info and user friendly :-)
I will use this info regularly and it sparked new projects for me to tackle.
Great instruction
Thank you so much for this class! You are a great teacher. I'm really enjoying your teaching and appreciate that you showed those different techniques on how to do different things and to use the right tools. I'm so happy that I made the decision to take your class. Thank you!
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