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#26 Fitting Pants Strategically: Your First Steps to a Better Fit fitting pants

Your First Steps to a Better Fit

If you’ve completely given up on sewing pants, you can be sure you’re not the only one. Fitting pants is not easy, fast or fun for most of us, but just in case you wa...

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How to Fit Before You Sew - Featuring McCall's 6083 fitting fundamentals fitting pants pattern fundamentals

When do you feel most inspired to sew?

For me, the motivation is usually sparked by a change in seasons, a special occasion, an unsuccessful shopping experience or travel plans. I recently had a burs...

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Fitting Pants: How to Find the Balance Lines on a Pant Pattern fitting pants

If you’re on my email list you already know that this week I’ll be showing you how to find the balance lines on the In-House Patterns Ellen pants. If you’d like to follow along with your own version o...

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How to Find Invisible Darts on Pants fitting fundamentals fitting pants

Last week we talked about invisible darts on bodice patterns. If you happened to miss that video tutorial, take a moment to go back and watch, I think you’ll find it an interesting perspective on the ...

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