What and how?

Vera Olkhovskaya 2014

So, what book should I buy so that I can read it right away - and I can do everything! ..

If you have read previous article on this topic, then you already guessed that you first need to choose the cutting technique and the presentation method that is suitable for your future activities.

Let's agree right away: in this article I will not write about my books. If you want to, see books by Vera Olkhovskaya I have on the site.

When choosing, you should also pay attention to the fact that ALL books on cutting techniques become outdated over time, therefore, you should not get hung up on old editions.

I will start my review with my favorite authors and favorite books, which I return to from time to time.

If we sew ourselves, then we need to be able to process any materials on household sewing machines.

In this video sewing master class for beginner couturiers, you can learn simple techniques for processing a rather thick woolen stretch.

So, sewing online! ..

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1. Fashion literature

Analyzing book production on fashion and tailoring, one can notice that the proposed methods for constructing patterns have some differences, which are visible in measurements, formulas and the style of presenting the material. According to the nature of the presentation, book methods of designing clothes can be conditionally divided into two categories: written by a cutter specializing in the field of individual tailoring and written by a clothing designer who develops patterns for large sewing enterprises.

The technique of the individualist cutter is usually elegant and simple. Few letter designations and transparent formulas, as well as an emphasis on the eye and common sense, make it easy to understand the logic of construction. The sequence of building a drawing is easy to remember.

The constructor's technique is described ponderously and is replete with letter designations, coefficients and indices. Two-story formulas make it difficult to include logic.

The popularity of ethnic clothing is growing every day!..

Please note that regardless of the “nationality” of the product, the cutting rules are always the same.

Let's consider them on the examples of men's t-shirts and women's blouses, embroidered in the Ukrainian style.

The men's shirt on the set-in placket has a large embroidery on the front, embroidered fragments on the bottom of the sleeve and an embroidered collar. On the women's blouse, only a shelf is embroidered ...

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As it turned out in the course of my communication with visitors to my site and members of my groups, everyone has difficulty finding children's patterns, which can be downloaded completely free of charge, without registration and without a subscription.

Many people have questions about how download paid patterns and whether we send them by e-mail.

I will answer that both options are possible and it depends on the payment method you choose.

If you paid for the pattern via SMS, LiqPay or Robokassa, after payment you are immediately automatically provided with a link to the pattern, where you can download it three times. The link is valid for 5 days.

Of course, it is better not to postpone, because if you lose this link, you will need to write to the Admin (responding to the letter that came to your mail after placing the order) and he will give you a pattern

When you start embroidering on a typewriter, many questions arise.

Some of the most important ones are what interlining to use and how to embroider a pattern that does not fit in the hoop.

In addition, after watching this video tutorial on machine embroidery for beginners, you can figure out which embroidery is better - machine or manual.

I embroider a polo shirt (T-shirt) in the traditional Ukrainian style.

The design imitates cross stitch...

This video was promised to a member of my group "Cut, sew, free and paid patterns". 

We will talk about how to simplify the processing of a bow in a dress “a-line with a neckline and a bow”, the pattern of which you can download almost free of charge on the Vera Olkhovskaya website.

The tattooing method was not chosen by chance, but because it allows, in the process of working with a minimum investment of time and effort, to go through several options and stop at the best ...

For trousers without a crease, the hem is actually the last sewing operation.

The marking of the position of the bottom has certain subtleties.

It is especially important to correctly put the first label.

Another video master class on cutting technique.

This time you will learn how to put into practice the simplest modeling techniques and use the knowledge of designing clothes if there is not enough fabric for cutting ...

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Machine embroidery has become available to home couturier relatively recently.

I'm not talking about embroidering on grandmother's hoop, when you had to move them under the needle manually.

This video tutorial on embroidery for beginners will talk about the process that is entirely performed by a computerized machine, and the embroidery pattern is a file designed on a computer.

The embroidery designs shown in the video were made on thick wool knitwear...