Pattern Drafting and Design 101 is a five-week course is for beginners who want to expand their garment design and sewing skills. This course will teach the fundamentals of creating custom slopers ...

This thorough debut manual from Jewell, founder of the sewing pattern label By Hand London, shows DIYers how to create and execute custom sewing patterns. She provides illustrations detailing where on ...

A brief history of patternmaking / Jennifer Grayer Moore -- An education in pattern cutting c. 1950; the work of E. Sheila MacEwan / Hannah Wroe -- "Knitting instructions": an analysis of Red Cross ...

Television programmes and YouTube tutorials are inspiring millions of people to make their own clothes First came the home-baking revival, which prompted trays, tins and icing accoutrements to fly off ...

"Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of ...