In Fitting Fashion

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

 
How to Tweak a Pattern for a Style Refresh belle blouse

In order to make the most of the sewing patterns in your collection, it’s a good idea to review them from time to time and consider styling tweaks that can modernize or refresh them, especially if you...

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How to Make a Cup Size Adjustment on a Pattern without Traditional Darts belle blouse fitting fundamentals

In the last video you got a sneak peek at the cup size adjustment I made on my sewing pattern. This week I’m going to show you exactly how to do it.

Before you make your cup size adjustment make sure...

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How to Assess and Prepare a Pattern Before You Sew belle blouse fitting fundamentals

I firmly believe that if you spend some time reviewing the sewing pattern and its sizing chart, you can confidently anticipate the fitting changes you may need to make to the pattern in order for it t...

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How to Add a Size to a Sewing Pattern belle blouse fitting fundamentals

We all have a sewing pattern or two in our collection that we would love to make again but doesn’t include the size we currently need. To help you solve that problem I’m going to show you a technique ...

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Project Based Tutorials to Build Your Pattern Making and Fitting Skills belle blouse fitting fundamentals

Have you shopped your existing pattern collection lately? I’ll bet there’s a real gem in there that has stood the test of time. Take a look, pull out the patterns that you’re instantly drawn to and ma...

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How to Use Canva to Prepare Your Fitting Photos ask alex

Since most of us don’t have a reliable fitting buddy available at a moments notice, fitting photos can be an extremely helpful tool for assessing garment fit when you’re sewing solo.

Today’s digital ...

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The Kayla Shirtdress pattern design

I have a little pattern design inspiration for you today.

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have already seen this in my stories, but this video is full of little tips that can help ...

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Top 5 Reasons Garment Makers Struggle with Fitting fitting fundamentals

It's no secret that most of us struggle at one time or another with fitting the garments we make. Fitting information is the number one reason garment makers find my website. So I've been thinking alo...

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Designed to Fit: The Custom Stretch Knit Skirt Block pattern fundamentals

Introducing the recently updated online course Designed to Fit:  The Custom Stretch Knit Skirt Block!

In this course you will learn the foundations of stretch knit pattern making by developing a dar...

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Make this Your Year of Fitting Success fitting fundamentals

Happy New Year!

I am not one to make New Year's resolutions but I do believe in setting an intention for the year and developing a plan to follow through. (semantics perhaps?)

This year my intention...

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