Women

How to Sew an Infinity Dress

One dress - 70 different looks. With its numerous binding options, the simple Infinity dress is an beautiful allrounder for every festive occasion. …

Pattern Design for Plaid Fabrics

Working with plaid fabrics requires not only special considerations to the pattern layout and cutting in the matching repeat, but also affects design …

Sleeve with Gathered Seam

Blusen und Kleider Blouses and dresses with pleats and gathers are the latest fashion trend and can be seen everywhere on the catwalks. Decent …

Sewing a Onesie

The ONESIE is a comfortable overall, often made of sweat fabric, fleece or plush. The idea of this unisex overalls originates from the Norwegian …

Grading a Cape Pattern

The Cape pattern is graded in the same way as the jacket pattern and the coat pattern. The grading increments can be found in table 3. The sideseams …

Sewing Ski Clothes

The ski suit is an outfit for winter sports, which is worn when skiing (downhill skiing and cross-country skiing) but also when sledging or ice …

Pattern Construction for Vest

Here we show how to construct the pattern for a classic ladies vest. This is an excerpt from the book Patternmaking for Jackets and  Coats. The …

Pattern Construction for Hoods

Hoods are omnipresent and totally in trend. It is worn not only for practical reasons, to protect against wind and weather, but also for fashion …

Dresses of the 50s – Neckline Shapes

Particularly in the 50s, very body-focused feminine dresses were created that showed ingenuity and originality of vintage fashion in every detail. …