Sleeve Pitch: Increasing the Sleeve Pitch

As you read in last week's blog - Sleeves and all their Quirkiness - the Sure-Fit Designs Sleeve pattern is designed for ease of use, both in drawing and in construction, meaning the hem level is straight with a 1"...

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Sleeve Facts: Sleeves & all their quirkiness!

Setting in sleeves and having them look totally perfect on your body is challenging to say the least.  Why?  You are taking a flat piece of fabric, cutting a shape with opposing curves and placing that sleeve into...

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SFD Shirt Kit Giveaway Contest

Satisfy your curiosity!  Sure-Fit Designs and Glenda the Good Stitch announce a new teacher association with Curious.com - a leading internet provider of courses and lessons on everything from 'soup to nuts' (of course,...

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Fitting Refinement: Dealing with the Skirt Dart

    I hear this all the time - 'How can I remove the dart?' Darts in fabric help to shape the flat fabric to our body curves and actually are very special since they can give you such great fit.  When...

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SFD is Mobile-Friendly!

Drum roll please!For your viewing and shopping convenience, Sure-Fit Designs has mobilized.  We've come of age and now have a mobile-friendly website!  What does that mean for you?  For those of you that have...

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Adapting and Drawing the Pants Front Waist/Crotch Grid for a Thick Waist and a Relatively Short Front Crotch Length

If you have a fairly short front crotch length measurement and you have a relatively thick waist, when drawing the pants pattern, you may find that your numbers 'fall off the Master Pattern Grid lines'.  This situation...

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SFD Introductory How-To DVD-on sale for a limited time

The most up-to-date introductory DVD on how to draw off your Sure-Fit Designs patterns is now on sale.  If you don't yet have the latest SFD How-To DVD (new as of 2015), now is your opportunity.It's regularly $29.95. ...

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Removing Horizontal Fold Under the Tummy

Some women experience horizontal fullness or bagging directly beneath their tummy and just before the crotch curve begins.  Once you've sewn your test muslin for your pants, if this is occurring, you will find one suggestion...

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