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Drafting Basics 1 - Online Course

on May 11, 2020

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My Sewing Machine - Inaugural post

on August 17, 2008

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Daljeet: I started sewing at 9 years old. Yes, I was that child who cut old table cloths to make floral printed dresses for her stuffed animals. Two decades later, I quit a steady career in teaching to start my own business in the apparel industry. It's been a couple more decades and I can't seem to stop (yes, I have tried). So with a sense of joyous resignation, I continue to create custom clothing and patterns, and find time to teach drafting and sewing at my studio and online.

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Tutorials

Adapting a Basic Sleeve into Other Styles
Adding a Flat Collar to a blouse pattern
Child's Peasant Style Blouse
Drafting a Basic Sleeve Block
Drafting Facings
Easily turn points on collars (and other corners)
Fabric Covered Journal
Fitting a Sleeve
Ham & Seam Roll
Kaftan Blouse
Quick Way to Divide Large Spools
Shirred Tube Top
Using Slopers with Commercial Patterns
Wraparound Trousers (free download)

I hold classes in pattern drafting and sewing. You can book a private online coaching session with me by clicking the button below.

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With much appreciation and thanks!

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