Measure Like a Tailor

About this course

Every badly-fitting suit starts the same way — a measurement taken wrong. Get this one skill right and everything after it becomes easier. In this course, Gaani teaches you to read an inch tape properly, note your measurements on the board, and take a complete set of body measurements — bust, waist, hip and length — in the right order. You'll learn how to measure someone else, how to measure yourself when there's nobody to help, and how to pull reliable measurements from a shirt that already fits well. It's taught in Punjabi, the way a real tailor speaks, with English captions throughout. What's inside: • 11 lessons — 1 hour 16 minutes of video • A printable toolkit checklist, so you know what to buy first and what can wait • A Punjabi stitching glossary — mohri, tarpai, aasan, godda, nefa and more, in plain English • A measurement record sheet to fill in and keep No sewing machine needed. No experience needed. Just an inch tape and a pen. When you're ready to turn those measurements into a real garment, Gaani's full course "Stitch Your First Punjabi Suit" takes you all the way from paper pattern to a finished suit you made yourself.

What you'll learn

• Read an inch tape correctly and note measurements on the board
• Take a full set of body measurements — bust, waist, hip and length — in the right order
• Measure yourself accurately when there's nobody to help you
• Take reliable measurements from a shirt or kurti that already fits well
• Know which tools to buy first, and which ones can wait
• Understand the Punjabi tailoring words — mohri, tarpai, aasan, godda, nefa — in plain English
• Keep every measurement in one place on a record sheet you can reuse for every project

Requirements

• •An inch tape (a measuring tape)
• •A pen and paper, or the printable record sheet included in the course
• •No sewing machine and no stitching experience needed

Who this is for

• •Complete beginners who have never taken a measurement before
• •Anyone who wants to stitch their own Punjabi suit and needs to start at the beginning
• •People who already sew but were never taught to measure properly
• •Anyone who gets suits stitched by a tailor and wants to give the right measurements
• •Punjabi speakers who learn best in their own language