Master the art of sewing women’s clothing with tutorials that guide you from pattern drafting to finished garments. This category covers tops, dresses, skirts, trousers, and outerwear, with tips on fit, fabric choice, alterations, and professional finishing techniques. Ideal for sewists looking to create stylish, custom-made clothing that fits perfectly and showcases handmade quality.
Drafting a basic T-shirt pattern from measurements is one of the most useful skills in pattern drafting for beginners. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to draft a a bodice block for a perfect T-shirt pattern for stretch fabrics, step by step, using your own body measurements. There is a separate post on how to […]
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After following my previous post on natural fibres, you went out and bought some wonderful cotton, wool and rayon fabrics and are itching to get started because the fabrics are so beautiful. But wait! Before you go near the colourful stash with the shears, you need to prepare and prewash the natural fabrics before sewing to
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In this blog post I will share a very simple method of sleeve pattern drafting and walk you through how to draft a sleeve pattern that creates a basic sleeve block that fits any bodice block or sewing pattern you already own; making this a great beginner sleeve pattern tutorial. I will be using the basic bodice block pattern that I
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These days I only buy and use natural fibres for garment sewing. In the past, especially at the start of my sewing journey, I bought the cheapest fabric available in a shade of my preference. However, as I was getting more experience and my priorities shifted to reducing the impact on the environment. At some
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In my previous blog post I showed you how to create a custom bodice block from your own measurements. In this post I will explain how to take it from good to perfect template for your future sewing projects. Short back story of personal experience I still remember the feel of how exciting it was
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In my nearly a decade long pattern drafting journey I have tried many bodice block drafting guides and approaches for close fitting women’s body block (aka bodice sloper). But they either produced a block that is way too large to be considered a close fitting, or too small and feels more like a second skin
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To make sewing pattern blocks that fits perfectly, it is important to take accurate body measurements. I started pattern drafting in 2018 and have done and redone the basic blocks a few times, either to address the fit issues, changes in the body or inaccurate measurements. What I learnt over the years is that it
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I spent too much time and resources this summer, trying to find shoe liner socks that would be made of natural fibres and would fit me. There were a bunch that I ordered from online shop just to find that they are way too small. Fortunately I have an offspring that was excited that she
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