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The steps for getting started with clothing tailoring

The steps for getting started with clothing tailoring

Steps in clothing tailoring:

1. Preparation of muslin

To prepare fabrics, cut pieces of cloth of corresponding sizes according to the size of the desired draping style. Then use the pulling and ironing method to align the yarn direction of the cloth, and use a pencil to draw the draping pattern at the required position. The auxiliary line, at this time the spare cloth is completed.

2. Droping

Drape the prepared fabric on the mannequin, use darts, pleats, and cuts to keep the yarn direction of the fabric vertical and horizontal at the necessary parts, or sort out the desired shape and use pins to pin the fabric to fix the shape.

3. Marking

Use a pencil to mark various parts and stitch marks on the flat fabric.

4. Trueing

Take the cloth engraved with ink from the mannequin, carefully and accurately outline the stitching and cuts according to the marks, and carve it into shape to produce a prototype cloth board.

5. taecing

Transfer the original cloth board to another piece of cloth and cardboard using a pin roller and board-making copy paper. The shape and image will be exactly the same.