Fitting

The Back Story on a Bubble Hem and Watteau Back Dress

A swooping Watteau back, finishing in a voluminous bubble hem, brings unexpected drama to an otherwise understated sheath silhouette.
Learn About Garment Ease

Louise Cutting is an owner and designer of Cutting Line Designs. Here’s how she guides her client's to a better garment fit with fewer major pattern adjustments.
Book Review: Embroidery Atelier

It wouldn’t be hard to imagine that embroidery artist Sue Rangeley inhabits a magical world that she sees, interprets, and re-creates. "Stitch has the power to stir emotions, inspire dreams…
Draping, with Karolyn Kiisel | Episode 53

Draping authority Karolyn Kiisel talks about her latest opera costuming work, the essential dress form, and even her preferred draping fabric.
Learn to Make Your Own Designer Denim

Love designer denim? Stop and explore here the potential of denim design as a high-fashion fabric with custom clothier Patricia Robison.
Replace a Jeans Waistband

Jeans are a wardrobe staple for many, but unless you make them yourself, it is difficult to find a great-fitting pair. A common issue is that the waistband is either…
Three Ways to Shorten Jeans

Maybe you only know one way to shorten jeans, but take it from custom jean designer Angela Wolf who can give you two more simple ways, here.
Getting Plastered with a Custom Dress Form

My friend Paula and I set out to create the one sewing tool that would catapult our sewing to couture status: the custom dress form.
Top Down, Center Out Crotch Seam Adjustments

When using this innovative pants-fitting method, you may need to make crotch seam adjustments. Here's a simple way to make those changes.
Top Down, Center Out: Practical Pants Fitting

Every fix has unintended consequences that affect another part of the pants. Learn a sensible approach for pants fitting, here.

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