Hello again Michael,

I have been watching your videos and learning a great deal. I watched your videos on the piped pocket,

and thought I'd have a go. I have created a video showing how I got on, which you might like to watch

Kevin

Just a quick note to say a very sincere thank you! I watched part of your video on shirt sleeve plackets, and it helped me immensely. I am working on a shirt which has front plackets (part of the historic collection from Butterick), and I was completely stuck. The directions combined several steps into one picture, and I just couldn't wrap my head around them. Being able to watch you lay out the sleeve plackets made everything click for me, and I just finished the front plackets on my shirt. So, for helping me through what was a very frustrating situation, thank you!

G. Hook.

Hello

I just wanted to thank you for your brilliant and so easy to follow classic tie video. The first successful tie made today! Thanks again you totally rock!

 Gilly.

Hi Michael,

Thank you very much for your lessons, they are helping me a lot, I found them as a great source of knowledge and very inspirational as well.

Angelo Semeraro

Thank you so very much for your wonderful videos! I was looking to sew a little more for my guy ....wanted to do it right! Have been sewing for a very long time yet there are always so many methods and tips in sewing and I have loved to learn new ones and perfect others through your fabulous instructions.

Love the way you have decided to parse the classes, just subscribed a few days ago and I suspect I will be there for a while ....Thanks again, cannot wait to start on trousers and a jacket for my husband. Double thanks for the tailoring education. Happy holidays.

Teresa Flynn

 Thank you for the instructions - one feels so much more confident taking on new challenges, when one has  access to the sewing guru

Með bestu kveðjum  (with best regards, in Icelandic )

Linda Maria - a very happy customer.

Hi ,

I registered as a member for a month and I have found the videos fantastic and would highly recommend them to new and old sewers alike. I have tried to obtain tailoring information on DVD form for some time and the majority I have seen are substandard compared to these. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IT APPRECIATED.

Jane

This website is absolutely amazing! I am an apparel designer with a degree in Industrial Design from the Columbus College of Art & Design. I've been designing apparel for 9 years now, but my background is in Product Development & Design, so I didn't really get the traditional Fashion Design education. My factories in Taiwan, China, and Central America have always produced my patterns andsamples for me. I've never needed to produce a single stitch with my own hand.

I've recently moved to Cleveland Heights Ohio, very near one of your alma maters. My wife has taken a Physicians position at University Hospitals Case Western Reserve, and I've decided to start my own business developing hand made clothing.

Without your extremely affordable and extensive collection of instructional videos and e-book courses, this dream would have been much more difficult to undertake. I've only just begun your courses, but they are truly amazing. The videos are so well shot, and easy to follow. You never miss a beat! I'm so glad I ran across your free video on You Tube.

I thank you, and wish you all the best.

Greg Huth - Cleveland, USA

I just wanted to say a personal thank you for the gift of the Sewing Guru website. To say I never thought in a million years that I would ever show any interest in sewing or tailoring would simply be a huge understatement! However in the last month my life has changed as a very good friend of mine has just bought a sewing machine and I have found myself completely intrigued by her learning (and doing!) and bizarrely found myself hooked!

 I cannot reiterate how much of a 'left field' surprise this interest has been for me - and one evening I found myself searching for any information on sewing and tailoring; for my kind of mind I need a big picture overview that allows me to then be inspired to learn the small detail. So I simply wanted to understand how a jacket was constructed - I had no idea at all what went into the process. Suffice to say I was lucky enough to find your website and that evening felt $99 was one of the best investments I would ever make. Having now watched all your videos in the men's jacket and trousers series, my world has changed and a world I never dreamed I would be interested in now has me gripped; I keep looking at how all my clothes are constructed - and am blown away by how clever it all is: I LOVE IT!

 Thank you so, so (sew!) much for creating this brilliant online learning programme, it is a bit mind numbing realising how much online tuition is changing the way we discover and educate ourselves. Also I did want to say what a great job you do Michael in the videos, your are a really good teacher. Thank you.

 With best wishes and looking forward to you helping me find my way in this amazing world I never ever considered would interest me but now fills me with passion and inspiration!

 Brad.

Thank you so much for posting the & quote; how to make a bow tie& quote; video on You tube. I am wardrobe team leader for a Community Chorus and our theme for the upcoming concert was & quote;Plaid Forever & quote;. My sister made a plaid vest for the director and I made 27 matching bow ties for the men singers. The fabric was a fine wool plaid and your instructions were clear and easy to follow even with the thickness of the fabric. I can't thank you enough. Needless to say, my fingers can now function again,

but it was all worth it.

Monika.

I was amazed as to how easy the lesson was to follow. I watched it twice and then went to work on a jacket that my friend ask me to alter. It seems that I have been elected to be the local seamstress for my friends. Everything that I have altered has been self taught by looking at how to's. But this was by all means the best tutorial I have ever seen, defiantly not just a how to that you have to figure most out on your own. I finished the jacket sleeves in less time than I thought it would take. I took my time and was finished in 2 hours start to finish including buttons. Looking at it you can't even tell that it was altered. I couldn't have done such a professional looking job without your help. So I thank you so much.

Mary.

Hello Michael & the Guru Team

Just to let you know I have finished the wedding cravats & want to thank you so much for your help & tuition. The video was easy to follow & clear throughout. Lots of thanks & respect

Sarah.

I am so glad that I've seen your video about skirt vents.  Very well explained and I have managed to complete my skirt.  

Tia.

Comments: Hi Michael! Thanks so much for the free trial! You are one great teacher! I've been sewing for years and years, have quite a few sewing videos and lots of books and magazines about the subject. I must tell you that you've inspired me to up my game and be more mindful about all the little details that result in the garment looking store bought rather than homemade! I do try and do those things, but watching your wonderful videos have inspired me to take just a bit more time with all the & quote; fiddly bits" and make sure that everything is just so. I trust you've heard of Craftsy? They would be lucky to get you as one of their online instructors! They don't have a course about tailoring a man's jacket, or one that showcases how to do the waistcoat in the way you do. Those would be pretty great to see over on Craftsy, and you'd have more exposure to an American audience. At any rate, thanks again for the  inspiration!

Kim.