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Learn the valuable skill of taking a pattern from an existing garment with this comprehensive tutorial from Craftbits. Also known as “rubbing off,” this technique allows you to replicate your favorite clothing pieces or create customized patterns tailored to your measurements. Follow along to discover how to trace the pattern directly onto paper without taking apart your garment seams.
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his belted pouch is large enough for a big mobile phone, a small wallet, car keys and a couple of cards.
Perfect for shopping, hiking, cocktail parties, sports watching, and makes an ideal gift for Christmas, you can’t go wrong with a belted pouch. You could add an internal zipper pocket if you want but I’ll leave that decision up to you. This is a relatively easy project to put together but, our ability to sew curves is what makes this project an intermediate one. Applying piping on a curve and then adding the gusset will test your patience so I suggest you used a lot of pins or hand baste the sides before using the sewing machine.
See the full tutorial here.
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