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Find out what we have been getting up to and our thoughts on everything sewing. Learn new skills and techniques with our free instructions and YouTube tutorials.
Full Bicep Adjustment
Learn how to increase the bicep area on a sleeve pattern in today’s tutorial. I share tips for measuring the bicep on a mannequin and on mysel...
How To: Small Bust Adjustment
Learn how to do a Small Bust Adjustment (SBA) in this tutorial. In this lesson I discuss what size pattern to choose and how much to remove from the p...
What Is? Small Bust Adjustment
Learn what a SBA is, understand the term Small Bust Adjustment and whether you might need to do a Small Bust Adjustment on garments you are making. In...
How To: Full Bust Adjustment
Learn how to do a Full Bust Adjustment in this week’s tutorial. In our basic FBA tutorial Aneka will share tips for choosing the right size pattern,...
What Is? Full Bust Adjustment
Have you heard of the term FBA – Full Bust Adjustment? Are you unsure if you need to do an FBA on your garment? In this What Is? tutorial, I discuss...
Lower & Raise (Move) Darts
Learn how to move darts, both bust darts and contour darts to work with the position of your individual Bust Apex. In this tutorial I share tips for r...
How To: Sew a Contour Dart
Today’s tutorial shares tips and techniques for sewing a contour dart. Also known as a fish eye dart and/or double ended dart. In this tutorial Anek...
What Is? Contour Dart
Today’s What Is? video has launched on YouTube. Learn and understand the sewing term ‘Contour Dart’. A contour dart can also be known as a doubl...
How To: Sew a French Dart
Learn tips and techniques for sewing a French dart and/or cutaway dart in today’s YouTube tutorial. In this tutorial Aneka shares how to sew a dart,...
Measure Your Bust Apex
Learn how to take measurements to your bust apex and mark these details onto a dressmaking pattern. This will allow you to move the bust apex to the p...
What Is? French Dart
Understand the term French Dart in this week’s What Is tutorial. Learn what they look like and where you would find a French Dart on a garment....
How To: Find Bust Apex
Learn how to find a bust apex on a dressmaking pattern that doesn’t have one. This tutorial will show you how to work with a bodice that has a singl...