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PATTERN RULERS

In this workshop, Simply Sewing’s Senior Technical Editor, Roisin, explains how we can successfully trace a pattern using curved pattern rulers.

As any sewist will tell you, one of the greatest pleasures in life is a new sewing tool or gadget that makes life easier. So when team Simply Sewing were sent a set of dressmaking rulers by Sew on with English Rule I did a little gleeful dance.

A good pattern ruler is hard to come by, and the thickness and durability of these rulers really does make them stand out in the crowd. I was given three

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