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Manhattan Trouser: How to Select the Right Pant Size for You
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When selecting a size for pants, the waist may seem like an obvious place to start, but it can be misleading. Your pants waist may not be at the same point as your natural waist which is usually located somewhere around your belly button. When you choose your size for a dress you compare your measurement with the sizing chart and then finished garment measurements and this usually works out … Read More →
Manhattan Trousers: Getting the Fit For Your Fabrication
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Expecting a pair of pants to fit on first try is like playing the lotto and expecting to win the jackpot. Mass production pants patterns are designed for one fabrication. If the fabrication changes then the fit process begins again. Modifications will be made based on different amounts of stretch and shrinkage. So how do I ensure that the Manhattan Trouser pattern will work perfectly, with so many variables to … Read More →
New Year, New Pants!
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Once we all shed the promised holiday pounds what will there be left to wear? Let’s be realistic, shedded pounds or not we all need a new pair of pants that make our petite frames look fab. Announcing the much delayed and highly anticipated Manhattan Trousers. Just like a Manhattan cocktail, and the Island of Manhattan itself, these are a classic. I am not going to wow you with edginess … Read More →
3 Sewing Tools You Should be Using
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Most of us are inundated by the discards of tools promising to make your sewing easier. I myself have a whole box of such devices (even though I generally dislike gadgets). But when it really comes down to it there are only a few items that I always go back to. These are my top 3: 1) The slivered ends of bath soap. Yes, you heard me correctly. This is … Read More →
My Interfacing of Choice
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The purpose of fusible is to add stability and body to a garment. This should not include making a garment as stiff as a board. Most options available at mainstream sewing retailers include the stiffest, paper-like interfacing and versions of. For me, anything paper, or pellon-ish is bad. Fusible should be so light in comparison to the main fabric that it is almost not noticeable. I prefer to use a … Read More →