Tag: dressmaking
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8 Reasons You Should Transfer Your Sewing Patterns
Exciting as it is to buy a new dressmaking pattern, and keen as we always are to just get sewing, it always pays to take some time to transfer your pattern onto a separate piece of paper first. Yes, it delays the point at which you can start sewing (never an appealing thought), but you…
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How to Transfer Dressmaking Patterns (so you can use them again and again)
You’ve bought your pattern, you get it out of the paper envelope and you are just itching to get stuck in and make that lovely new item of clothing. But wait! Tempting as it is to just cut away, there are a few things its worth doing first before you get going, one of them…
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Ethical considerations for dressmakers when working with cotton
Cotton has a lot of benefits. Cotton production provides income for over 250 million people throughout the world. The natural fibres enable moisture to be absorbed and evaporate, making it breathable and therefore a comfortable fabric to wear. There is virtually no waste in the production of cotton, as almost every part of the plant…