Joyful dressing

Joyful Dressing: Safari Jacket Construction

Pamela Howard shares her joy in carefully constructing a safari jacket featuring a flat lining, Hong Kong seam finishes, bias-cut sections and carefully stabilized areas.
2023 Joyful Dressing Challenge and Sweepstakes

Four sewing pros show what brings them happiness in the Threads Digital Ambassadors' Joyful Dressing Challenge. Vote for your favorite look for a chance to win $500-plus in prizes.
Joyful Dressing: Inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s Safari Jacket

Alterations pro and advanced garment construction teacher Pamela Howard takes on the Joyful Dressing Challenge with a safari jacket pattern and a fabric choice that surprised her.
Joyful Dressing: Ode to Joy with an Assist from Artificial Intelligence

Design guru and fashion professor Gilbert Muniz taps into artificial intelligence and a fabric printing service to create vibrant fabric and a dress for the Joyful Dressing Challenge.
Joyful Dressing: AI, Spoonflower, and the Prints of Joy

Learn how Gilbert Muniz created his own printed fabric, with the help of AI and fabric printing service Spoonflower, which he sewed into a dress of his design.
Joyful Dressing: Tie-dye Shirt and Polka Dot Shorts

For JW Loveday, joyful dressing means letting an outfit's colors and prints do the talking. His tie-dye shirt and polka dot shorts speak volumes.
Joyful Dressing: From the Collection, a Hand-Embroidered Shirt

Learn the techniques Nisan Aktürk used to create the hero piece in her collection: the hand-embroidered and hand-finished Olya Shirt.
Joyful Dressing: A Four-Piece Collection to Mix and Match

Nisan Aktürk has created a four-piece, mix-and-match collection for the Threads Digital Ambassadors' Joyful Dressing Challenge that you'll want to live in.
Joyful Dressing: Techniques for a Colorful Shirt and Shorts

Intentional sewing and design choices, from needle and thread to self-made bias and waistband pattern changes, elevate this colorful shirt and shorts outfit.

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Joyful dressing

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