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How to make any skirt - design your favorite style by using a basic skirt pattern — If you already know how to draft the basic skirt or, you own a commercial skirt pattern that fits well, you can easily design any skirt that you want. And I mean any skirt – pencil or flared, gored, A-line, mini or maxi, mermaid or balloon, asymmetrical, etc. Clothing design […]

Clothing design – How to make any skirt

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Fitting pants - the most common pattern adjustments — From all the basic patterns, pants are the most difficult to fit. It is so because they cover a big part of the body and they pretty much follow all the shapes and curves of the legs, bottom, and waist. The legs bend at the knees as well as at […]

How to fit pants – pattern adjustments

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DIY box pleated skirt — This is a tutorial on how to make a box pleat skirt. In the instructions, I tried to explain the math behind the pleats with examples in inches and centimeters. If you prefer to go straight to the video, scroll down to the bottom of this page. When I say […]

Embellish Your Wardrobe: Create a Classic Box-Pleated Skirt

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DIY wrap skirt with a great fit. — In this post, I am going to show you how to make a wrap skirt. You are going to need an existing straight skirt pattern that you drafted yourself or purchased. If you don’t know how to draft the basic skirt sloper, read the instructions here. Or, use a commercial […]

How to make a wrap skirt with a great fit

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You already know how to draft the basic pants pattern, or you might’ve bought one that fits great. But you want to add some variations in the design. Who wants to make the impression that they wear the same pair of pants all the time? So, you ask yourself how to […]

Clothing Design – How to Design Pants

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draft harem pants — In a previous post, we already showed different options to draft the harem pants pattern from scratch. Our goal now is to show you how to design harem pants, by modifying a commercial pants pattern, or one which you drafted yourself. Don’t be overwhelmed by how this sounds, this is […]

DIY Harem Pants: Transform Your Pants Pattern into a Stylish ...

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ways to draft harem pants pattern — Harem pants and all their variations never seem to go out of fashion. They are a great project for beginners in pattern making and sewing. There are many different options to style those types of pants, and they can be approached differently when drafting. In this tutorial, I am going […]

3 Easy Ways To Draft a Harem Pants Pattern

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Are you looking for the perfect circle skirt pattern? Why don’t you draft it yourself? It is easy and doesn’t take a lot of time. In this step by step tutorial, I am going to show you how to draft a circle skirt pattern. I am going to give some […]

How to draft a circle skirt pattern

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Sometime around Christmas, we were invited to an event with costumes required. We had some alternatives, but finally, we chose the ladybug costume. I had some foam rubber leftovers and some red knitted fabric. I love making costumes from foam rubber because it gives them that 3D effect. The foam […]

DIY Ladybug costume for Halloween with a Free Pattern

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