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From Pattern Pieces to Publication

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pattern drafting 5

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

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How To Make A Shirtwaist, part 1

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

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Drafting 4: Sleeves and Skirts

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Pattern Drafting 4: Sleeves and SkirtsJennie demonstrates how to draft different styles of sleeves (long and short), skirts, and finishes up the 1812 dress.

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Tassels by the Yard

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tassels-iconGina Barrett shares with us the easy method for making yards and yards of tassel and pom-pom trim for your Victorian gowns.

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Drafting 3: Regency Bodices

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Pattern Draft 3 - Creating a Regency BodiceHow to transform a basic bodice pattern into three Regency bodices styles: gathered and two different styles of crossover bodices.

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Sloper to Historical Bodice Pattern

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Pattern drafting, part 2

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

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Pattern Drafting 1: Bodice Sloper

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Pattern drafting, part 1Who better than the founder of Sense and Sensibility Patterns to walk you step-by-step through the art of patternmaking?

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Perfect Hand Sewn Buttonholes

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Detail from Portrait de Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BuffonThe art and science of hand sewn buttonholes, looking close-up at museum examples and then making our own in four simple stages.

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Passementerie Buttons

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Thread wrapped buttons

Gina Barrett shows us how to make Deaths' Head buttons, one type of the many different type of  passementerie buttons. 

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Passementerie Ornaments

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passenentarie-iconHow to create stand-alone miniature works of textile art with cord, thread and a few pins.

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