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By: Fashion Incubator » Anatomy of a Camel Toe pt.1

Fashion Incubator » Anatomy of a Camel Toe pt.1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:01:24 +0000

[...] Jeans and pants fitting tutorials Marking & Cutting Jeans fit so lousy these days Jeans fit so lousy these days pt. 2 Yet another pet peeve: Waistbands [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:13:48 +0000

Let the quilters swear by whatever they want to. I have found too many rulers that where usually off by 1/16″ compared to an etched stainless steel ruler. The B-95 rulers are usually quite good. I check them with my handy dandy stainless steel ruler (12″ or 8″ model made for machinists).

Still looking for an equivalent B-95 in cm. The inch grid with one cm scale is the most popular even here in China.

By: Donna S

Donna S — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:56:15 +0000

I teach sewing to home sewers and have adapted as many practices from industry that are practical for home sewing. When using those flimsy home sewing patterns I back them with freezer paper. The trick is too shrink the freezer paper first by swiping the iron over it a few times, then carefully lay the pressed tissue on top and and adhere with a dry iron. I have also used spray mount and adhered them to tag and then cut out as prescribed above. Only use a “good” spray mount as the cheap stuff doesn’t work very well. In time the tissue does come loose but I can use my pattern over and over and treat it as a master block for drafting.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:07:04 +0000

See the rotary cutter post, again, it applies to industry. Take what you can use and leave the rest. I wrote a post comparing scissors but it was for paper scissors, not fabric ones. Most people get fabric scissors right, it's paper scissors that are the oversight.

By: sewiknittoo

sewiknittoo — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:16:12 +0000

Kathleen thanks so much for this information I can’t believe I didn’t know how to cut out a pattern properly…can you cut off the line with a rotary cutter…or do you have to use scissors…I hate scissors they fatigue my hands so much…any idea of a good alternative or a great brand of scissors?

By: Sabine

Sabine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:02:44 +0000

I totally understand the cutting the lines off, to me it made sense. I wish the guy I paid a few hundred dollars to to do my cutting for me last time thought like that. He didn’t. Sometimes he left up the 1/4 inch extra, sometimes he cut up to 1/4 inch too much, making for rather interesting assembly, especially because my underwear design does not get serged, so Farwa and I did a lot of trimming on the assembled panties. Needless to say, for the next patch I will just go and buy a knife and pay someone to help me lay out the fabric (it gets heavy )
Well, and then there is the fact that I mark with Crayola markers….can’t leave THAT showing lol

By: kitty

kitty — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:11:39 +0000

lol you’re a funny writer. I love your site!

By: Million

Million — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:19 +0000

I love this post!

By: Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » The 7 minute cutting test pt.2

Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » The 7 minute cutting test pt.2 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:41 +0000

[...] it was lack of a Best Practice. There is a best practice to prevent this. It’s called Always Cut the Line Away. Always. No Exceptions. You might think it doesn’t matter, that you’re the only one doing the work but as you [...]

By: Tracing and Marking

Tracing and Marking — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:22:28 +0000

[...] sewing contractor who didn’t have much experience. This is somewhat related to a previous brief tutorial I wrote on marking and cutting. Specifically, this entry is about the proper method of tracing [...]