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Altering A Dress Size

Altering A Dress Size

I’d like to make a costume dress http://www.simplicity.com/p-2098-costumes.aspx Up until now, my costumes have been separates, with no boning. the problem I have is that I am a 12 in...

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Reply To: Bottom piece too big for yolk

...to fit in between. You can see me to a demonstration of this here: https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/fabric-easing/ Sometimes it doesn't seem like it'll work but you'd be surprised. Hope this helps! 🙂...

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Reply To: Replacing Elastic Waistbands

...elastic, sew the ends together, and resew the casing shut. Check out our tutorial on the elastic waistband if you need help putting the elastic in the casing. 🙂 https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/elastic-waistband/...

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Reply To: fabric width

Hi there! Check out this tutorial for reading the label on the bolt. https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/fabric-bolt/...

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Reply To: Pleated skirt

...because I can't find it on their site anymore. I think the print is called Geo Shapes and here's a fabric that's from the same line with similar coloring: http://www.joann.com/easy-wash-and-care-fabric-large-floral-black--gold-and-grey/12471140.html#q=easy+wash+&start=33...

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Reply To: Sizing up a whole pattern

...don't have a tutorial on this yet. (I hope to have one in the future) Here is a good article on Threads about it so I hope it helps: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading/page/all...

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Reply To: Alter a pattern

...to a size 14, we don't have a tutorial on this yet. This technique is called pattern grading and you can find a pretty good article on it here: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading/page/all...

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