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Don McCunn  |
California USA
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| Pattern Review | 7/31/08 6:58 PM | Self Drafted Pattern - 52689-1001 PDG-2008-2
This is a wedding dress I am using to demonstrate a new pattern design system I am developing. It is a full length wedding dress starting from a bandeau top. It has a train and veil. I have a description of the design process I followed for this garment in a Story Board.
The pattern design system I...more... |
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| Pattern Review | 6/2/08 12:22 PM | Self Drafted Pattern - 52689-1000 Wedding Dress
This is a wedding dress I am using to test a new pattern design system I am developing. I plan on a full length wedding dress starting from a bandeau top. It will have a train and veil of some type. Definitely in the early planning stages at this point. Gosh I am having to say a lot here to get this...more... |
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| Sewing Tip | 11/17/07 5:38 PM | Avoiding Snarled Thread when Hand Sewing
Hi All,
I read a tip somewhere, maybe here, that if you hand sew with the thread going in the same direction it comes off the spool, it wouldn't get snarly. That applies of course to sewing with a single thread. I thought yeah sure. Well maybe I'll try it sometime.
Yesterday I was hand basting som...more... |
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9/5/07 12:54 PM | Sewing Casings and Cording
Hi All,
I have been doing some work with swim suits and found a handy tip I though I'd share. The project has included sewing straps made from fashion fabric around elastic then also sewing casings for cording for Bikini tops.
The idea for both the straps and the casings is to sew as close as poss...more... |
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| Sewing Tip | 5/6/06 2:20 PM | Shoulder Point -- Another approach
Ladybegood's description of locating the shoulder point was a nice one. I've always used the approach of locating the point of the shoulder by lifting the arm directly out from the side of the body. The part of the body that moves is the arm, the part that doesn't is the body. It seems to me that th...more... |
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I am the author of the book "How to Make Sewing Patterns" which has been continuously in print since 1973. I teach pattern design in San Francisco and online. I have a line of patterns for fashion dol...more
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