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This guide will provide you with a simple framework from which you can structure measuring yourself, adjust your pattern, make a toile that fits, research fabrics, make notes which jog your memory throughout the make-up process and work out how much your make is going to cost.

Before buying the right size pattern you need to take your body measurements... correctly, or as correctly as possible. Here are a few tips to get your measuring 'groove on', so you can (i) measure yourself properly in order to (ii) use the correct size pattern, which (iii) specifies a specific amount of ease so that you can (iv) get the best fit for your personal style. In the studio we often tell customers to come in their slim fitting yoga gear when they've got a first fitting. This...

Why Every Bride Should Make a Toile (Test Garment) Ok so you know the style of dress you want. You've got the fabric swatches or perhaps have bought the fabric. You've downloaded the pattern. You've drawn new size lines on your pattern pieces if/where required. The next step is to source a cheap fabric which is as close as possible in weight and handle: drape, to that of your chosen dress fabric, so that you can make the toile. A toile, also called a muslin, is a practice or test version of...