General Information Videos
Sure Fit Designs
General Information Videos
Whether you’re just beginning your pattern fitting journey or refining your technique, these videos cover the essentials of drafting, fitting, and designing with Sure-Fit Designs™. Click any title to watch on YouTube.
General Information
FAQ’s — Your Most Frequently Asked Questions & Answers SFD Learning Center — Video & Article Library Tour Closed Captions and Language Translations Introduction to Pattern Fitting & Designing Private 1:1 Workshops Offered by Sure-Fit Designs Understanding Seam Allowances & Pattern Designing with SFD Introductory How-To DVD — Highlights & Overview Weight Loss and Sewing & Style Choices
Essential Tools
Designing Stylus — What It’s For & How to Use It Designing Stylus — Adding Seam Allowance to Sewing Patterns Designing Stylus — How to Clean Off Graphite Smudges Designing Stylus — Finessing the Curves for the Full Figure Designer’s Companion — What It’s For & How to Use It Curved T-Square — How It’s Used & What It’s For Tracing Vellum — Benefits as a Tracing Medium
Dress Kit Dart & Adjust-A-Bust
Pattern Testing
HELP! My Pattern Doesn’t Fit! — Variables for Accurate Pattern Fit Testing, Sewing & Fitting Your Bodice: Tutorial Refining Pattern Fit — Minor Tune-Ups Truing & Perfecting a Bodice Sewing Pattern ‘Perfecting and Truing’ the Pants Pattern Prior to Cutting Fabric Ease Allowances in Dress Kit — Wearing vs. Design Ease Wearing Ease vs. Design Ease in the Pants Pattern Wearing Ease in the Shirt Kit Patterns Bodice Photo Guide for Fitting Help via Email Pants Photo Guide for Fitting Help via Email
Other Helpful Information
New Series: What I Didn’t Know… But Wish I Had!
Get Organized: Quick Pattern Drawing Preparation Tips Are You a ½ Measurement? When to Go In-Between the Dots Large Bicep? When to Start Drawing with the Sleeve Pattern Choosing the Correct Dart Shape Aligning the Waist and Hip Darts Easily Distributing Ease and When to Go Up or Down a Dot Order of Shoulder Adjustments How to Avoid Seam Allowance Peaks Perfecting/Truing Your Sewing Pattern When to Stop Fussing and Over-Fitting
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