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Adjustments & altering the Sophia dress pattern - Gaping bust adjustments
So you're sewing your Sophia dress sample and you notice your bust is gaping, how is that possible when you followed the correct bust size measurement for your body? Well, it's all to do with proportions. This pattern was originally drafted for a siz...
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Adjusments & altering the Sophia dress pattern - Length adjustments
So here you are, reading an alterations post for the Sophia dress. Maybe you've read the "importance of sampling" page in the pattern (if so, well done on making a sample before the final garment)! Or maybe, you haven't even started because you just ...
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How to grade in between sizes - the basics and what it means. (Grading between sizes on the Lara dress)
Have you ever started to make something from a sewing pattern, only to take a look at the size chart and be confused as to which size you should go for? Let's say you're about to make a dress and your bust/waist measurements are showing as a siz...
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WHERE TO BUY FABRICS FOR DRESSMAKING?
One thing I am always asked (at least weekly) is where I buy my fabrics. Now, I have a clothing brand and so I buy a lot of my fabrics from wholesale suppliers. However, if i’m sewing for myself or making a one off garment, there are so many other pl...
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WHERE I PRINT MY LARGE FORMAT (A0) SEWING PATTERNS ONLINE IN THE UK – FEATURING NETPRINTER!
*Please note, I am no way affiliated with Netprinter and they have not asked me or encouraged me to write anything about their company. All points made are my own*If you frequently purchase patterns from Indie pattern designers, you may notice your d...
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HOW TO: SEW A SCRUNCHIE! (MY METHOD)
Scrunchies are so popular at the moment, and I find myself sewing up so many every day, mainly for my clothing brand NH by Hand, but these are one of the things i’m always asked how to sew!Now there are a few different methods to sewing scrunchies, a...
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HOW TO: SEW BIAS BINDING
Bias binding. I always think bias binding is one of those finishing techniques that looks really neat and professional. It’s a popular finish for armholes and necklines, when you just don’t want a bulky facing getting in the way and it’s also really ...
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