Your Wardrobe Unlock'd

What if you want to "standardize" your patterns and sell them? It's not as complicated as you might think... Jennie shows how.

Monique begins a series on drafting a pattern and constructing a 1906 Summer shirtwaist, with tucked front, high collar and elbow sleeves.

Jennie demonstrates how to draft different styles of sleeves (long and short), skirts, and finishes up the 1812 dress.

How to transform a basic bodice pattern into three Regency bodices styles: gathered and two different styles of crossover bodices.

Taking the basic bodice slopers from part 1, Jennie provides several examples of how to transform them into a new design.

Who better than the founder of Sense and Sensibility Patterns to walk you step-by-step through the art of patternmaking?

What books would have influenced fashion choices for a lady of 1912? What dress advice would a "stout" lady have been given?

When making a costume, an extant garment is the ideal research source. Once you have one,  how do you analyze it?

I'm back with a tailoring topic that some of you requested and I'm more than happy to supply: how to cut and sew a pair of gentlemen's trousers. 

Marion shares with us her secrets of drafting stress free fitted sleeves that set into the armscye easily every time.

Making historical fashion wearable: original 1910s design & 1970s revival, all intended to flatter a curvy body as it is.

How to make your own personalised Victorian corset pattern - a class suitable for beginners! You'll be surprised how well it fits...

Taking the mystery, the jargon and as many numbers as possible out of the process of drafting your own patterns, step by step.