Monthly Archives: February 2010

Designing with Dusan: Magic Fit Master Pattern

Designing with Dusan:  Magic Fit Master Pattern

By the American Fashion Institute, Inc. The new Magic-Fit Master Pattern, Designing with Dusan. Developed to help sewers learn how to create their own designs by mastering the art...

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Need to Know Vintage Sewing Skills

Vogue evening wear

1. How to Make Darts Darts provide shaping and are actually tapered tucks.  Darts should be a width and length that’s smooth and have no bulges at its end. ...

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Muslin Resources

Muslin Resources

1.  Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Book (1972) in hardback or spiral. Chapter 3:  The Alteration Pattern contains 24 pages of information on how to make and alter a...

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