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Make your own Clothing Guide
Make your own Clothes including Patterns Dresses Skirts Pants Kimonos and Jumpsuits with these great Tutorials and Youtube videos.
Basic Tools
At a minimum you will need pencils - rulers - a variety of curves - pattern paper - scissors - pins - a tape measure - a tracing wheel - and fabric.
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Basic Tools
At a minimum you will need pencils - rulers - a variety of curves - pattern paper - scissors - pins - a tape measure - a tracing wheel - and fabric.
Follow links to Full Article and Video Tutorials
Learn to Make Your Own Clothing Patterns
Pattern making is based on what is called a basic block - sloper. You will likely only be interested in creating a basic sloper for your own unique body shape and measurements. Most pattern making textbooks recommend starting using a fitted bodice with a waist seam.
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How to Create Patterns from Existing Clothing
There are a few different methods for making your pattern. A simple knit top can be copied by tracing directly on wax paper. The “pin-through” technique works well for duplicating garments with multiple elements, such as a jacket or blouse. With jeans, I find that tracing the various pieces on silk organza works well. For whatever method you choose, here are a few tips to help you to make a pattern from a piece of clothing, and you don’t have to take it apart to do it!
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How to Sew by Hand
DCO FASHION SEWING MACHINE TUTORIAL
How to Make Pleated Skirts and Dresses
To sew a pleat, begin by marking your fabric. Precise marking will help you get crisp, even pleats. For each pleat, you’ll have three marks: two fold lines and a placement line. When sewing a box pleat, I find it’s easiest to make my marks on the wrong side of the fabric.
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How to make a halter dress
Step 1. You're going to want to take some measurements. This is easier to do if you enlist a friend to help, but you can do it yourself if you have too. You'll need the measurement of your bust. Make sure you're wearing a bra so everything is positioned where it needs to be. Measure around the middle of your ta-tas. Then measure just under your bust. The bottom of your bra is a good guide. Just follow it around your body and write it down. Then your waist. If you bend to one side you'll see where your body bends naturally, measure there. Lastly, you need your hip measurement, use the top elastic of your panties as a good guide. Not pictured above, you'll also need the measurement from the underbust to the hips, so measure from the base of your bra to the top of your panties. Look at the picture if you're confused.
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How to make an Elsa Dress
Step 1. Begin by cutting two pieces for the bodice – one front and one back. The width of each piece should equal 1/2 chest measurement – 1/2 inch. My working measurement was 22″ so I cut each piece 10.5″ wide. The length of each piece should be from about the underarm to the high waist – mine was 5″.
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How To Make A T-Shirt In 5 Easy Steps
First off, you need a pattern. You can trace one from an existing shirt, but I'm not covering that step in this tutorial. I'm using the size 4 t-shirt pattern from my beloved vintage Sew for Toddler. All the patterns for this book are on a large pattern sheet and you have to trace off the size you want. I usually trace my patterns onto freezer paper. If you look closely you can see I traced the wrong size first; I don't remember what happened there but it was one of two tracings I have of this pattern. My pattern has 4 pieces: front, back, sleeve, and neckband.
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How to Make Womens Fashion Pants
Pants might seem like a great challenge, but they are actually pretty easy to make from scratch. The measurements are perfect when you use a pair of pants that fit you as a pattern.
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DIY Fashion - How to Make a Kimono
Step 1 - Fold your main fabric in half lengthways with the folded edge on the right. For the front opening and neck hole, mark the halfway point on the folded edge. Cut up the folded edge until just before the mark, then cut a smooth half- keyhole shape around the mark.
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HOW TO MAKE A JUMPSUIT EASY
Step 1. Lay the pants and the blouse in the wide fabric to mark, trace and cut it out.
Step 2. Remove jeans and blouse from the fabric. Cut the upper size of jumpsuit.Sew both sides of the lower part to form a pants. Step 3. Grab an elastic garter to place at the edges of the suit and the waist. More Steps and Information with Video Tutorial on How to make your own Jumpsuit here |