Sewing puffed sleeves

The puffed sleeve is indispensable in women's traditional costumes, but the puffy sleeve can also be seen on fashionable blouses, summer dresses and …

The Japanese Kimono

The Japanese term "kimono" literally means "thing to wear". The term kimono traditionally refers to the complete clothing including underwear, socks …

Sewing Baby Clothes

Baby clothing should be as comfortable and functional as possible. This is all about sewing baby clothes yourself: patterns and important tips for …

Sewing Stitched Pleats

Usually press all seam allowances of darts, pleats and split seams towards the middle of the respective piece. Topstitch the pleats 0.2 cm away from …

Lapels drafted on the front and back pattern

Lapel and shawl collars are mostly drafted on the break line. But when the lapel will get a lager collar width or  a hollowed neckline the pattern …

Cutting Technique for a Capri Pants

Use a standard pants pattern with darts in size 40 (see measurement chart) as a foundation. Draw the new hemline 22 cm below the kneeline. Taper the …

Swimwear Pattern

The pattern sheet „Swimwear“ contains four designs in size 36 to 46. The technical drawing as well as the detailed description and measurement …

Pinching – Shaping with Dart Manipulation

On the subject of “Pinching”, we introduce more variations (see also DR10/2009) for dart manipulation. We show designs with crosswise seams, …

Basic Single Row Jacket Block Pattern

The pattern chart „Basic Single Row Jacket Block Pattern“ has eight sizes: 44 - 46 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 54 - 56 - 58. The pattern is constructed …