Women love adding variety to their wardrobes in terms of styles, shades and colors. These eye catchers do not always come with utility. Thankfully, straight skirts make the exception. Not many clothes carry style and utility in one package, but straight skirts do it easily. You can easily think of a different combination for each day of the week, provided you have a finely sewn straight skirt safely hung or tucked in your closet. Pair your skirt up with a stylish blouse and get ready to dazzle the crowd in the weekend nightclub party. For [...]

  PATTERN MAKING E-BOOKS Basic Guide to Pattern Making  (E-Book) This pattern making E-book is for all those who love to sew but don’t know where to start. With this e-book youwilllearn how to take measurement correctly, learn how to make the basic foundation pattern, then move on to making any style in this book or using your own creative fashion knowledge you will go on to making style upon styles for yourself and your family, or this may be the start of a fashion career for you.. I know this E-book will be of great help [...]

  The Skirt Yoke  1. Trace the skirt-front sloper. Cut out the tracing and the dart. Z. Draw the style line of the yoke and notch it. Extend the waist¬line dart to the yoke style line (Fig. 72a).  3.. Cut the yoke away from the lower skirt. Close the extended dart (Fig. 72b). Note that the dart control appears in the seam that joins the yoke with the lower skirt.  4. Correct the waistline with a smooth curved line. Correct the  seam line of the hip yoke (Fig. 72b).  5. Complete the pattern.    {Credit} [...]