Measure Like a Tailor
Take perfect Punjabi suit measurements — taught in Punjabi by Gaani
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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 master
Start as an absolute beginner and finish able to make a complete Punjabi suit, on your own.
- Take accurate body measurements — on others, on yourself, or from a shirt that fits
- Draft your own paper pattern from those measurements
- Choose the right fabric and cut both the kameez and the salwar
- Stitch the whole suit — necklines, pleats, shoulders, sleeves, belt and cuffs
- Hem, press and finish it for a clean, professional look
Syllabus
Ten chapters, 61 short video lessons — taught in Punjabi with clear English captions and on-screen animations for every step.
The tools, the inch tape, and how to read a measurement.
Measure a body, yourself, or an existing shirt — accurately, every time.
Turn those numbers into a paper pattern for the kameez and sleeves.
Choose cloth, cut a practice shirt, and learn from it before the real suit.
Set up and sew confidently on a home or industrial machine.
Cut a full-fitted kameez with pleats and a Patiala-style salwar.
Necklines, pleats, shoulders, fitting seam and sleeves — step by step.
Belt, godde, kunde, pleats and the mohri cuffs, assembled and sewn.
Snap buttons, hemming (tarpai) and the small touches that read professional.
Press it properly, fold it, and wear the suit you made.
This course includes
- 61 video lessons · 9h 1m
- 10 chapters, first steps to finished suit
- Taught in Punjabi with English captions
- Printable tools, glossary, measurement & fabric guides
- Lifetime access — learn at your own pace
Your instructor
Gaani
Taught in Punjabi · at her own table
I film every lesson at my own table, in Punjabi, the way I'd teach my own daughter — slowly, with my hands, until you can do it without me. You won't leave with notes. You'll leave with a suit you made.
Questions
None at all. The course begins with the very basics — the tools and how to read a measuring tape — and builds one step at a time to a finished suit.
Yes — Gaani teaches in Punjabi, with clear English captions and on-screen animations for every step, so it's easy to follow along.
A complete Punjabi suit — a full-fitted kameez with pleats and sleeves, and a Patiala-style salwar — measured, drafted, cut and stitched entirely by you.
Enrolment includes lifetime access. Learn at your own pace and rewatch any lesson whenever you like.
A sewing machine, fabric, an inch tape, scissors and a few basics — the first chapter gives you a full printable tools checklist so you know exactly what to get.