Posts Tagged ‘Holly McQuillan’
Recommended Reading: Ametora, I Can Make Dolls’ Clothes, and ZW Fashion Design
Here are some beaut books I’ve been reading or (in the case of Dolls’ Clothes) rediscovered. They are all very different! Ametora – How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marx (2015, Hatchette, updated with afterword 2023) I bought this book for Mr H to give me last Christmas, chosen on the strength of…
Read MoreSleeves, Triangles, and the Arc T-Shirt
Last week’s post had (I thought) satisfied the head-scratching on using triangles as sleeves. But was it “correct”? Here’s a quick re-cap: This is how I thought the sleeves might be formed: Here it is tried in fabric, full-scale. It works OK, although I’m not sure how to control the width of the sleeve for…
Read MoreMaking Holly McQuillan’s zero waste spiral trousers
In the world of zero waste pattern cutting, Holly McQuillan’s spiral trousers are considered a must-do/bucket list pattern. These unusual trousers have been on my mind for some time, but I didn’t feel brave enough to try them until I saw Sue Stoney’s blog post on them and saw Holly demonstrate how they’re constructed at…
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