Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR body!!  

Pati Palmer, McCall’s Fit Expert, has been designing jeans patterns for McCall’s since the 1980s. Marta Alto has perfected sewing jeans details. Together they will show you how to achieve the look and fit you want, beginning with the right size pattern. Learn the latest way to tissue-fit your jeans pattern: first tissue-fit like any pant (though you have to be more "aggressive" for a close fit), then give it the “jeans fit” in fabric—all before you do any sewing. This workshop is like an advanced pant fit session - a great refresher course for those who have already taken the pant workshop!

Then see jeans in many fabrics (Marta’s favorite: all-bias jeans!) and learn about fabric selection and preshrinking and notions needed. Whether your figure type is full, petite, or curvy, we will focus on fitting YOUR body.   

You will tissue fit, fabric fit, and then sew your jeans.  Watch Marta sew a pair of jeans from start to finish, including jeans details and how they go together, plus seam options—flat-felled or mock flat-felled.

She will demonstrate all the jeans pockets, traditional jeans fly zipper as well as a shortcut, threads and techniques for topstitching, waistbands, belt carriers, button, buttonholes, and rivets. There are also pre-sewn step-by-step examples.

Depending on your skill level and sewing speed you may be able to sew two pair of Jeans. There is a difference in fit using stretch and non-stretch denim, so you may want to try both.  It is highly recommended that you take the 4-day Pant Fitting and Sewing Workshop first.