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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.
Basics of Measuring, Sewing, and Altering Pants Patterns

Learn how to choose and alter pants patterns that fit your shape and size, with tips and examples from top pattern designers like Vogue and Burda.
How to Sew Flat, Flattering Elastic Waistbands

Based on comfort and versatility, my favorite garments have always been skirts and pants with elastic waists, but whenever I set out to design and sew a garment with pull-on…
Reader Question: Fitting Pants Fly Zipper for a Short Torso

I have a short torso, so when I make pants that are the correct crotch length, I don’t have enough room for a fly zipper that opens wide enough. Any…

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Draping, with Karolyn Kiisel | Episode 53

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Replace a Jeans Waistband

Three Ways to Shorten Jeans

Getting Plastered with a Custom Dress Form

Top Down, Center Out Crotch Seam Adjustments

Top Down, Center Out: Practical Pants Fitting

Basics of Measuring, Sewing, and Altering Pants Patterns

How to Sew Flat, Flattering Elastic Waistbands

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Fitting - Page 2 of 35

Draping, with Karolyn Kiisel | Episode 53

Learn to Make Your Own Designer Denim

Replace a Jeans Waistband

Three Ways to Shorten Jeans

Getting Plastered with a Custom Dress Form

Top Down, Center Out Crotch Seam Adjustments

Top Down, Center Out: Practical Pants Fitting

Basics of Measuring, Sewing, and Altering Pants Patterns

How to Sew Flat, Flattering Elastic Waistbands

Reader Question: Fitting Pants Fly Zipper for a Short Torso

Threads Magazine

Live and Learn | Letter from the Editor

Reimagining a Couture Look by Galliano

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