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    Creating A Dress Pattern For You

    May 28, 2017 4 minutes
    By Maureen Thompson

    You know the one; the problem that is so big in your head that it takes over your whole sewing life and you avoid many a sewing journey because you dread the tension that comes with fitting a new garment. Why are you continuing to put yourself through the stress of fitting each and every pattern you buy?

    Somewhere in your stash you will have a BASIC SHIFT PATTERN that, with a little bit of tweaking, will fit you perfectly.

    Making something new is exciting but usually fraught with anxiety because there is always that fitting problem that pops

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