OK, I’m trying to organise useful reference info on my blog. Ideally this would be standardised for easy reference & presented as tutorials rather than meandering thoughts. But I haven’t found the patience for this. So you’ll have to make do with a list of links to old posts about my various experiments. Hope you’ll still find useful info in the haystack!
Woven Blocks
Usage Tips
- Using a Cling Film (& Tape!) Moulage: Designing your own patterns
- Using a Cling Film (& Tape!) Moulage: Checking the fit of commercial patterns
Skin-Tight Bodices + Sleeves
- A Moulage Fitting without the Master
- Moulage Fitting continued
- Making a Cling Film (& Tape!) Moulage
Fitted Bodices + Sleeves
- Top/Dress Block (Martin Margiela S/S97 Dress Form Top Wannabe)
- Fitted Sleeve Sloper: part 1
- Fitted Sleeve Sloper: part 2 – built-in gusset
- Using a Cling Film (& Tape!) Moulage: Deriving a Basic Block
Semi-Fitted Bodices + Sleeves
Jacket Blocks
Skirt Blocks
Pants/Trouser Blocks
- Pants/Trousers Wrap – Wrapping
- Pants/Trousers Wrap – Flattening & Tweaks
- Pants/Trousers Wrap – Worth it?
- 0-ease Pants Block > Slim Pants Block
Stretch Blocks
- Stretch Pattern School Block Experiments
- Dartless Knit Top Block Take 2
- Dartless Fitted Knit Top Block final (Camden Kids Wannabe Top
- Dartless Raglan Fitted Knit Top Block v1 + Dartless Semi-Fitted Knit Top Block v1 (Breton Odyssey Adrift)
- Dartless Raglan Fitted Knit Top Block the end
Custom Dress Forms
- Duct Tape Dress Form (Big Bertha: The Sloper Origin)
- Brooding & Plotting
- Paper Tape Dress Form (Custom Dress Form v2.0: part 1)
- Paper Tape Dress Form (Custom Dress Form v2.0: part 2)
- Paper Tape Dress Form (Custom Dress Form v2.0: part 3)
- Paper Tape Dress Form (Custom Dress Form v2.0: part 3 & a bit)
- Paper Tape Dress Form (Custom Dress Form v2.0: part 4)
- Custom Dress Form v2.0: wrap up
- Using a Cling Film (& Tape!) Moulage: Help making a custom dress form
Sewing Tips
- Twin needle light bulb moment
- Flatlock & Overlock Seams (Remind me never to buy furry mohair again!)
- Knit/Stretch Fabric Stripe Matching (Taming wiggly stripes)
