Use these indexed posts to locate the professional information you need to make beautiful clothing that fits.
More information is in Contemporary Fashion Education’s books and videos. Also consider watching Creating Fashion with Laurel videos on the local Philadelphia TV station every Wednesday morning at 9 am at https://phillycam.org/watch
This is how high-end clothing is sewn in the industry.
Developed by the USA manufacturing industry during the First and Second World Wars, these drafting and sewing procedures are easier, faster, and far more professional than the home-sewing techniques currently on the market. Now available to you, thanks to years of research and testing with people just like you, these procedures can be used in the home with minimal equipment and expenditure. Comments or questions? Please contact Laurel at 215 884 7065 or by email.
About the author 36: Why I write 48: Why I Write
Blouses 79: How Shirts Differ from Blouses
Books: fashion/business 32: About Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts 103: Fashions from Lady’s Godey Book, 1858 104: MORE Lady Godey’s Book Fashions – May 1878 110: FASHION BOOKS for design and business 102: Sustainable Fashion – Small is Beautiful
Business 33: Starting a Clothing Factory 62: Pricing
Bust fit 67: Choosing your bra size 77: Moving the Bust Area
Caring for clothing & fabric 93: Washing Tips
Children’s clothing 58: Designing and Sewing a Little Girl’s Dress and Bonnet
78: Making a Child’s Dress from a Home Sewing Pattern 90: Anything that can go wrong, will – Murphy’s Law 91: Sewing a Baby Boy’s Hat with a Matching Band
Classes 40: Fit, Sewing Techniques Classes 45: WINTER 2015 CLASSES 54: PRIVATE LESSONS 121: The Skirt Course
Color 98: Planning Your Spring Wardrobe with Professional Color Techniques
Costuming 42: Interview, Also, Preview of Downton Abbey Visit 51: Winterthur’s Downton Abbey Clothing Exhibit 52: More Downton Abbey Clothing From the Exhibit 61: Mummers’ Costumes 66: Belly dancing attire
Cutting 9: Cutting a Blouse 59: Shira Cuts 84: Sewing for Entrepreneurs – Cutting to Match 87: Custom Couture – Cutting to Match 128: High-end Cutting Tips 132: How to Make Hand-Rolled Scarves
Business 138: How to Start a Fashion Line
Designing a professional wardrobe involves coordinating what you have with what you decide to make.
Design – Personal 137-why-home-sewing-patterns-dont-fit 44: Beauty Secrets 67: Choosing your bra size 77: Moving the Bust Area 80: How to Choose the Right Size Sewing Pattern 82: Professional procedure for Designing & Sewing Personal Clothing 98: Planning Your Spring Wardrobe with Professional Color Techniques 105: High-fashion wigs and other items 113: Career Dressing – Presidential Candidate Wardrobe Considerations 119: Christine Lagarde, A World Leader’s Wardrobe 120: Designing a Practical Wardrobe
Doll Clothes 43: BARBIE’S PROM GOWN 46: DOLL CLOTHES 96: Historical Doll Clothes ALSO on Display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 125: A Christmas Story
Drafting 32: About Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts 77: Moving the Bust Area 86: Professional Drafting and Sewing Techniques
Draping 34: Dress Form Usage
Dress forms 34: Dress Form Usage 135: How to use a dress form – https://cfashionedu.com/135-how-to-use-a-dress-form/
Dressy clothing 66: Belly dancing attire 70: The Prom Dress
Teaching technical fashion school students
Education – 140: Contemporary Fashion Education’s program 139: Problems with Fashion Education
Correct drafting requires careful measuring. A plumb line, which can be easily made with a small heavy object tied to a string, can determine where a side seam should be drafted.
Fitting 32: About Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts 39: Pattern and Clothing Sizing 74: How to Measure Crotch Depth 77: Moving the Bust Area 80: How to Choose the Right Size Sewing Pattern 107: Grading – How Fit and Sizing are Achieved 112: Fitting Pants 137-why-home-sewing-patterns-dont-fit
Grading 65: Scanning for fit 107: Grading – How Fit and Sizing are Achieved
Hats 91: Sewing a Baby Boy’s Hat with a Matching Band
Hemming 88: Hemming Pants
History of Fashion 63: Fashions in the Thirties
Home sewing vs industrial/sample making 109: Home Sewing Instructions – why they lag behind industrial methods
Knitting 58: Designing and Sewing a Little Girl’s Dress and Bonnet 118: Liberty Bell Knitting Guild
Machinery 49: Safety-Stitch Problems 57: Fabric Jams 60: Winding Bobbins While Sewing 73: Efficient Feed Dog Usage
Make up 44: BEAUTY SECRETS
E.F. Schumacher says industry needs to be scaled down so it can be used at the village level.
Manufacturing 138: How to Start a Fashion Line 33: Starting a Clothing Factory 41: SEMINAR – From Conception to Production 71: Producing a Fashion Line in America 102: Sustainable Fashion – Small is Beautiful 123: High-end vs. Mass-produced
Manufacturing – History 106: The Development of Modern Apparel Manufacturing Methods
117: USA Fashion’s Fight for Better Working Conditions and Wages
Masks 130: CoverAidPHL Fabric mask v1 Production 131: Tips for Mass-Producing CoverAidPHL Fabric mask v1 132: How to Make Hand-Rolled Scarves 133: How to Hand-Sew a Mask 134: How to Make a Mask Without Sewing
Measuring 67: Choosing your bra size 74: How to Measure Crotch Depth
107: Grading-How Fit and Sizing are Achieved 112: Fitting Pants
Men’s Clothing. See Pants
Movies 126: Bombshell – movie review
Pants 32: About Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts 74: How to Measure Crotch Depth 75: Preparing to Sew Pants 76: Sewing Pants 88: Hemming Pants 112: Fitting Pants
Patterns 35: Home Sewing Pattern’s Sleeve Cap/Armhole Problem
Pricing 62: Pricing
Quilting 47: A quilt, made by a child in the late 1800s 50: READERS’ QUILTS
Recipes 95: Decadent Cherry Chocolate Chip Valentine’s Day Cake
Sample making, also see Sewing 31: Sample Making Defined 69: Why learn sample making – sewing as done in industry? 99: Sample Making Process 100: Couture Sewing defined 116: Basic High-End Sewing Procedures Everyone Needs to Know 122: Professional, High-end Tips to Speed Your Sewing
Sample making vs home sewing 35: Home Sewing Pattern’s Sleeve Cap/Armhole Problem 36: Why I write 124: Sample making vs. Home sewing
Scanning 65: Scanning for fit
Schools – fashion schools
37: Jenna is back from her internship in India 64: NYC Fashion Schools
Sewing, also see Sample Making 49: SAFETY-STITCH SEAM PROBLEMS 75: Preparing to Sew Pants 76: Sewing Pants 83: Sewing for Entrepreneurs 84: Sewing for Entrepreneurs – Cutting to Match 86: Professional Drafting and Sewing Techniques
90: Anything that can go wrong, will – Murphy’s Law 99: Sample Making Process 100: Couture Sewing defined 101: Finishing Seams
Shirts 79: How Shirts Differ from Blouses
Shopping 108: Fabulous Shopping in Cape May
Shows 38: Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Fashion Exhibit 42: Interview, Also, Preview of Downton Abbey Visit 51: Winterthur’s Downton Abbey Clothing Exhibit 52: More Downton Abbey Clothing From the Exhibit 53: Winners – Clothing/Textiles at the PA Farm Show 56: African Fashion on a Global Stage 68: Philadelphia Flower Show – 2018 92: Texworld Trade Show Visit 94: Fabulous Fashion: From Dior’s New Look to Now 96: Historical Doll Clothes ALSO on Display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 97: Flower Power – PHS Philadelphia Flower Show
A set of graded front bodice slopers
Sizing 39: Pattern and Clothing Sizing. See also Grading 80: How to Choose the Right Size Sewing Pattern 107: Grading – How Fit and Sizing are Achieved A set of graded slopers is shown above.
Skirts 32: About Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts
Sleeves 35: Home Sewing Pattern’s Sleeve Cap/Armhole Problem
Student work 37: Jenna is back from her internship in India 85: Students display professional skills
Sustainability 102: Sustainable Fashion – Small is Beautiful 114: Texworld USA Trade Show, Upcycling, Summer 2019
Teaching Styles 55: Styles and Methods of Teaching Sewing
Trade shows 115: US Trade Policy – Seminar at Texworld Trade Show – July 2019
Trends – fashion trends 81: California Fashions
Wardrobing 82: Professional procedure for Designing & Sewing Personal Clothing 98: Planning Your Spring Wardrobe with Professional Color Techniques 105: High-fashion wigs and other items 113: Career Dressing – Presidential Candidate Wardrobe Considerations 119: Christine Lagarde, A World Leader’s Wardrobe 120: Designing a Practical Wardrobe
Wigs 105: High-fashion wigs and other items
Zippers 89: Setting a Zipper in a Lapped Seam
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4 Comments. Leave new
Hi Laurel I was scrolling through your post and noticed your zipper been attached to a ribbon . Can you help me to understand that demonstration with the red zipper? Thank you Laurel.
Thanks for asking about this, Marlon. I’ve corrected the caption under the picture to read, “Narrow grosgrain ribbon sewn over the teeth prevents a skirt fabric’s loosely woven yarns from catching in the teeth.”
Sewing the narrow grosgrain ribbon over the teeth is only needed when the garment’s fabric is loosely woven and likely to catch in the teeth. Lrl
So much information. I have read most if not all of these posts. I am so excited to be able to easily review any post from your index. This is a great blog. Thanks for sharing and being so generous.
Jnetti
Thanks, Jnetti
Laurel