Louise has been teaching at Original Sewing and Quilt Expo for more than 20 years. Each season she continues to share the best ways to make garments with a high-end ready-to-wear look, -- straightforward, logical sewing techniques she has gleaned from years of 'shopping' for ideas. This class offers you the best of the best, in helping achieve a quality look. She’ll show all sorts of everyday techniques, like how to remove bulk from your pockets at the hipline of your skirts and slacks, how to execute French bias binding, (which was handled better 60 years ago), brought to you for today. See how to remove seams in collars to create lump-free front points and perfect edge stitching, even at the corners. Learn to become proficient at setting in a sleeve without gathers and more. This is a collection of techniques gleaned from the best designers, and starts with the most basic thing: how to put yourself into the correct size in both commercial and independent pattern companies. Once you see how easy these techniques are, you will be able to apply them to all your fashion sewing.