Construction: Helpful Links

Here are some of the best sewing tips and techniques we've found, for the new beginner or even the seasoned seamstress!

• Padawan's Guide sewing tips and other crafting techniques

• Alley Cat Scratch's costume construction and sewing tips

• Definitions of Sewing Terms

• Making your own Dress Form: 4 methods with illustrated tutorials

• PatternReview.com: Look up and submit pattern reviews; construction tips available through their forum, as well

• Simplicity Patterns

• McCall's Patterns

• Butterick Patterns

• Vogue Patterns

• Measuring for a Pattern Size

• Dyeing tips

• Sewing Knits

• Sewing on the bias, including how to adapt a pattern for the bias

• More bias basics

• Hand-sewn eyelets

• Latex

• More Latex

• Photographing your costume!