In Fitting Fashion
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May 23, 2017
PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: How to Create and Balance a Flared Skirt
Read more →Here we go with video #4 of the Pattern Fundamentals series! In the last three videos we've practiced lots of dart manipulations. Each video building your pattern making skills and hopefully giving you the confidence you need to make pattern adjustments for fit and style. I guarantee that you'll find something new and inspiring in each one of the previous videos so if you missed any of the lessons, just click the links below to watch. PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: Two Essential Skills for Successful Pattern Manipulation PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: How to True Darts and Manage Dart Volume PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: Three Ways to Manage the Back...
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May 16, 2017
PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: Three Ways to Manage the Back Shoulder Dart
Read more →Here is the third video from this month's series on Pattern Fundamentals. In the last two videos I showed you how to rotate darts, how to true them up and how to manage large dart volumes. If you missed those just click the links below to watch. PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: Two Essential Skills for Successful Pattern Manipulation PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: How to True Darts and Manage Dart Volume Today's video covers three ways to manipulate the back shoulder dart. We'll cover how to rotate it to the neckline, how to create a yoke seam and how to eliminate it entirely without affecting the fit. If you've...
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May 09, 2017
PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: How to True Darts and Manage Dart Volume
Read more →In this week's video, I'm finishing the pattern work we started last week and giving you some inside information about darts. I'll show you how to true darts and determine the dart roof, what direction to press the dart volume and why you might want to break the general rule. I'm also going to show you how you can manage large dart volumes for a smoother fit.
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May 01, 2017
PATTERN FUNDAMENTALS: Two Essential Skills for Successful Pattern Manipulation
Read more →Say hello to the month of May and a new series on the blog.
This month I'm presenting Pattern Fundamentals. A series highlighting the skills you'll need to master in order to manipulate patterns for fit and style. With fitting adjustments, pattern adjustments follow so in order to understand how to make pattern adjustments correctly, you need to understand how patterns work. Follow along with me this month to learn some essential professional pattern making techniques.
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Apr 25, 2017
FITTING FUNDAMENTALS: How to Assess Fitting Issues
Read more →Today's video is all about fit assessment. I’m going to show you what good fit looks like, how to recognize fitting issues and the fitting order to follow that will keep everything on track.
