In Fitting Fashion

Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration for Mastering the Art and Science of Fit

 
Ask Alex: Your Questions Answered (the personal ones) ask alex

A short time ago I sent a survey to my email list. The purpose of the survey was to get an idea about what they were struggling with so that I could be of greater service to them. One of the questions...

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Your Guide to the In-House Patterns Video Tutorials start here

As the video tutorials pile up, watchers and readers are starting to ask, "where do I start?" Well, I've got the answer today. If you're new to the In-House Patterns community, here's your path to nav...

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Fitting Pants: The Crotch Curve fitting fundamentals fitting pants

The most challenging thing about fitting pants is getting the patterns crotch curve to reflect the shape of the body it is being fit to. An ill-fitting crotch curve results in draglines, wrinkles and ...

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Fitting Pants: The Seat Adjustment fitting fundamentals fitting pants

Today’s video is a continuation of the Fitting Pants video series. This is the third video in the series so if you missed the first two, follow the links below to catch up.

Fitting Pants: How to Get ...

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Fitting Pants: The Tummy Adjustment fitting fundamentals fitting pants

Pants are notoriously difficult to fit. This is considered common knowledge in the garment sewing community and has most likely caused many of you to not even bother trying to sew pants. Even I have a...

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Fitting Pants: How to Get Started fitting fundamentals fitting pants

If you’ve completely given up on sewing pants, you can be sure you’re not alone. Fitting pants is not easy, fast or fun for most of us, but just in case you want to give it another go, I’ve got a seri...

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Five Essential Pattern Making Skills for Garment Makers pattern fundamentals

If you had a chance to watch last week’s video, you’ll know that this week I’m going to cover some of the most essential pattern making skills you’ll need when working with existing commercial pattern...

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What to Do with a Block Pattern pattern fundamentals

Recently this question popped into my inbox: Once I have a block, what do I do with it? I get this question a lot so I thought it would be good to address it so everyone can get the benefit of my answ...

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Fitting and Sewing Tutorial Round Up quick tips

OK so, truth be told, I'm taking a little break from filming this week.

You see, I know you may not have been keeping up with the weekly posts, after all you have a life to live and it doesn't always...

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How to Get Started with Pattern Making pattern fundamentals

In this week's video I wanted to answer a question that I got from a member of the In-House Patterns Studio Facebook Group.

She asked:  How do you get started with pattern making?

She wanted to know...

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