One way to get well fitting, custom looking garments, is to sew a muslin before sewing the real thing. This is a great way to get a perfect fit and do a test run of new sewing techniques. See the process in creating a muslin with this tutorial.
Sewing a Muslin
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Decrease Hip Pattern Alteration
Learn how to make alterations to your commercial patterns so you can decrease the hip circumference for the perfect fit.
Increase Hip Pattern Alteration
If you find that the hip area is always too small when you use commercial patterns, check out our tutorial on how to easily adjust your patterns for an increased the hip circumference.
Decrease Waist Pattern Alteration
Our demonstration will show you how to alter your commercial patterns to decrease the waistline for a better fit.
Bust Decrease Pattern Alteration
By using the pivot method, I'll show you a fast and easy way to alter your commercial patterns in order to decrease the bustline.