Oh, the terrible raglan sleeve! I lived through the 80’s. I still have nightmares about these things (bolstered out by shoulder pads, of course). On…
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Collar and undercollar, if you want to get all technical about it. These pieces will be truly drafted, which is exciting! The first thing we…
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At the start of the class, we decided that a short poofy sleeve would be cuter than the long one in the original sample picture,…
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Easing is slightly shrinking a seam allowance. It’s often done to sleeves. This is because the human body continues to curve out at the top…
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This is going to be a short one: we need to turn our blouse front into a front with a button placket. A placket is…
Leave a CommentOver the last two weeks, we’ve been working on a blouse pattern in half scale. Then I caught a cold, and fell behind on posting.…
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Not too long ago, we did up a sample of a simple vest with all-in-one facings. Here’s how to actually sew up a vest with…
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Once again, a sample has become a vest. (It’s funny how that happens the two weeks before we start to work on the real human-sized…
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We got saucy in class last week and decided to make something real out of our armscye princess line sample. (Samples are boring. We all…
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Another one for my students, but really, this can be done with any basic blouse pattern. You’ll end up with a terribly attractive little smock.…
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