Dressmaking. Making clothes at home. Techniques or how to.
This post is on how to sew side seam pockets. Side seam pocket is also known as inseam pockets. It is seen and used in my types of garment/ clothes making. Commonly seen in dresses, trousers, shorts and coats. Unlike like welt pockets which I have made previously this pocket is hidden away at the […]
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Here is a blog post on how I recently adjusted a dress pattern to fit flat chest/ small bust. I have been going on my blog on how value for money dress patterns are from burda magazine. In fact all commercial pattern you buy with exception some Japanese patterns. These are pattern blocks are custom
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Some do come with collar band some don’t come with collarband. If they don’t come with collarband it simply means it is build into the collar itself. A good tell tale of this design is the the lapel and collar tend to lay flat rather than stands up like a shirt collar design. this blog
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This is a post on where to buy fabrics. As you might know by now I source my fabrics from all over the place. Here are a few of my favorite places. This post on where to buy fabrics online. Buy fabrics online eBay I have recently bought lots of fabulous fabrics online in which
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This post is on how to match patterned for sewing garments. It can be use to match when pasting wallpaper as well. I have recently bought some amazing quality fabrics online. However, they require match to make the pattern to work/ look better. This is one of the main challenges of all sewers, dressmakers and
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Here is a blog post on dressmaking – how to sew button. Sewing a button is not as easy as putting a needle with thread thru a hole in the button. Tie it off and you are done. Yes, of course, one can do that as well nothing wrong with that. However to make the
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I have recently been fabric dyeing using natural dyes. I have started by using the roll-up method. Where you just roll the dye products on to the fabric together. Like making a sandwich roll. The patterning effect wasn’t as nice I found as the patterns were quite uneven. This blog post is about shibori patterning
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