Cutting and sewing technique

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In this article, we will analyze examples of modeling dress patterns with pleats or gathers converging at one point.

Let's conditionally call this point a "knot" and look into the features of styles unmodeled on various bases.

Let's start with the simplest style variations that beginner couturiers can sew on their own.

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How to process the neck? - Another difficult question that confronts a home couturier who wants to conscientiously master the art of cutting and sewing.

This processing option is suitable for almost any product without a collar and for a neck of any shape: “round”, “square”, “mysik”, fantasy ...

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Sleeves come in different designs. In this master class, a sleeve with a fit is considered. The bodice is shirt. The pattern of this season's fashionable "dress-shirt" can be downloaded almost for free here:

Non-stop sleeves can be omitted and the sequence of sewing the product will be different (for more details, see the article "How to Sweep a Sleeve").

Sewing lessons from Vera Olkhovskaya

The set-in bar is probably one of the best inventions of mankind in the field of sewing clothes. It comes in a variety of styles, lengths and widths and allows you to cleanly finish the closure when sewing a dress, blouse or polo shirt.

In this video tutorial on sewing, we will look at one of the simplest set-in slats available in complexity for beginner tailors.

This set-in bar is somewhat different from the traditional one, since the strips of which it consists do not overlap each other, but are arranged end to end ...

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Pocket "cut barrel" (picture 1) you should learn how to sew yourself.

I consider it a must-have item in cutting and sewing courses for beginner couturiers, not only because of its simplicity, but also because of the "good compatibility" of this pocket with women's patterns.

However, with men's and children's patterns, the "cut-off barrel" also goes well.

Take, for example, the so-called denim cut.

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Sewing yourself is one of the trends of times of crisis. Most of the questions I get from beginners in tailoring.

A great example of sewing for beginners is the straight skirt.

If you have not yet mastered the construction of a drawing of this universal model (photo 1), follow it according to the description.

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Sewing yourself is not the most common national pastime, but it is the most honorable one.

And the ability to cut makes the home couturier a very respected person, even in the eyes of his “worst friends”.

So let's keep learning!

In this article, we will look at how to build or modify a pattern for sewing unisex sports vests for both women and men.

The description of the modeling in the article I will do based on my free pattern of a children's vest.

If this topic is interesting for you, then before reading the article, download one of the files (or both) of such a vest pattern for a range of children's sizes from 28 to 36. ⬇️

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This is one of the simplest types of patch pockets (Fig. 1), which do not require professional sewing skills for tailoring.

Ideal for men's "hunting" vests, popularly called Wasserman vests.

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As a basis, we take a bodice with one tuck.

The finished bodice pattern can be downloaded here almost free complete with a flared skirt pattern and two patterns of puffed sleeves.

Variations of cutting skirts we have already considered in the description article to the original model.