by mariadenmark | Nov 30, 2015 | fitting, Tutorial
Today we are going to take a look at a sleeve adjustment. That’s because Anja wrote to me on Facebook saying: I could really use directions for how to add width to a sleeve pattern. I want to sew a dress for my daughter but the pattern sleeves are very narrow....
by mariadenmark | Oct 9, 2014 | Design, fitting, Tissue Fitting
Sometimes you just want to find a good way of removing bust darts from a pattern. Maybe you have been doing a full bust alteration and end up with a dart, you really don’t want in a t-shirt pattern. Or maybe you have a dress pattern for woven fabric that you...
by mariadenmark | Jun 30, 2014 | fitting, Tutorial
Sometimes you just come across a pattern where a traditional Full Bust Adjustment (an FBA) might be complicated due to cut lines or other things that makes it difficult to do the cutting and spreading of the usual FBA.. Sometimes you just want a really fast full bust...
by mariadenmark | Mar 13, 2013 | Design, MariaDenmark
Wow. I made it to March 13 before I was able to do a new blog post. I hope you guys are still there? I have been sick. And that made me stress out – and that made me more sick. SO I am now doing my daily meditations, trying not to feel behind schedule and...
by mariadenmark | Oct 11, 2012 | Design, fitting, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorial
The great thing about sewing is that we are all designers and we are all able to get clothes that fit us well and make us look and feel even better – and we can do that by just changing the neckline. But yet many people just sew up the patterns straight out of...
