Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes

Cutting Our Sewing Pattern & Preparing the Pieces 1

A course by Luisa Hurtado , Fashion Designer

Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories.

170 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Cutting Our Sewing Pattern & Preparing the Pieces 1

Overview

“It's time to cut our fabric using the sewing patterns. Follow along as we prepare each piece needed for our backpack, ensuring minimal waste and maximum use of material.”

In this video lesson Luisa Hurtado addresses the topic: Cutting Our Sewing Pattern & Preparing the Pieces 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes. Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories..

Partial transcription of the video

“We are now ready to start cutting into our garment by using our sewing patterns. In this part of your project, you want to make sure you use all the material that you can. You will be moving your pattern around to make sure that we use all the denim material and that we have very little waste at the end. The grain of the fabric does matter when you are making clothing pieces. However, for this project and for things such as bags or backpacks, it doesn't really make a difference because we will be reinforcing with interfacing and we really are trying to work with what we have. So don't worry...”

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Course summary for: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes

Level: Beginner
170 students
5 units
17 lessons (2h 26m)
6 downloads

Category
Craft, Fashion
Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Upcycling

Luisa Hurtado

A course by Luisa Hurtado

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Fashion Designer

Luisa Hurtado is a talented fashion designer and content creator specialized in upcycling and sustainable fashion. With an outstanding career, Luisa has collaborated with important brands such as Levi's and has presented her collections at various fashion events.

Her passion for sustainable practices and teaching others to see value in fashion as a path to bringing other original pieces to life has positioned her as a respected figure in the upcycling community.

She is known as designerluisa on platforms such as YouTube and Tiktok, where she exposes her innovative and creative approach to upcycling, capturing the attention of a wide audience, inspiring many to adopt more sustainable fashion practices.