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items Ready to turn your fashion dreams into something real? ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ is your personal guide to unlocking the world of fashion design. Whether you're sketching your first dress, sewing your own perfect fit, or just daydreaming about a f...
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You are designing!
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Inspiration everywhere
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Learn to stitch
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Tools of the trade
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First task for you
You are designing!
I have a secret for you:everything you can imagine-you have allready designed it yourself,you just don't know it yet!And here are all the ways you can bring your dream garments to life and start wearing you own fantasies:
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Get that perfect dress out of your head and put it on paper.Use the nearest pen to you and start sketching,you can use coloured pencils and acrylics,too.And if you think you don't know how-trust me-the fashion will find it's way.It always does.Your w...
Fashion sketching
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The first step in creating your dream clothes is pattern making,which is really just creating different parts of a garment to connect them later.Although it looks confusing,once you get to it you will see it is not complicated at all.And the best thi...
Pattern making
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One of the most important steps in clothes making is choosing the right fabric which makes or breaks your entire design.Geting to know your fabrics is an essential and usefull skill-don't overlook it.
Fabric hunt:choosing the best option
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This is where the magic happens!Watch your garments come to life in the warm light of your sewing machine.It might not be easy at first,but there are many many tutorials and books on sewing.Try to watch as many as you can to get to know the sewing vo...
Sewing
Inspiration everywhere
The key is to stay open-minded and observe the world around you. Inspiration can come from a single moment, a texture, a color, or a memory that you can transform into your own unique design.
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A fantastic platform for creating mood boards and finding endless inspiration across all styles, eras, and themes.
Pinterest
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Visit places like the Louvre or MoMA for visual inspiration. Fashion has always been influenced by the arts, whether through color palettes, textures, or shapes.
Art museums
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The colors, textures, and forms in nature can provide endless inspiration. Think of how patterns found in flowers, landscapes, or animals can be translated into fashion.
Nature
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The lines, shapes, and colors in architecture can serve as amazing inspiration for creating structured or asymmetrical designs
Architecture
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Observing different cultures, local styles, and everyday street fashion can help bring a fresh perspective to your designs.
Travelling
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Whether it's the latest issue or vintage archives, Vogue is an essential source for high-fashion inspiration.
Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Fashion Shows | Vogue
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Paris, Milan, New York, and London fashion weeks are essential places to find cutting-edge, high-fashion designs.
Fashion Shows: Fashion Week, Runway, Designer Collections
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An online archive with a comprehensive collection of recent runway shows from designers around the world.
Vogue runway
Learn to stitch
These are the books,yt chanells and web pages focused on designing and creating fashion.Feel free to check them out and get into it yourself!
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An older but timeless channel, filled with practical sewing techniques and tips.
Sewing With Nancy With Nancy Zieman
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A popular book with a strong focus on the essentials of fashion illustration, from proportions to sketching techniques.
Amazon.com: Fashion Sketchbook
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A comprehensive guide for all skill levels,with clear instructions and techniques.
The Sewing Book: 300+ Step-by-Step Techniques
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Great for beginners,focusing on simple patterns and easy-to-follow tutorials
LOVE AT FIRST STITCH sewing book for beginners
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A classic that covers everything from basic to advanced sewing techniques
Singer: Complete Photo Guide to Sewing
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Offers clear, professional tutorials for sewing beginners and advanced sewers alike.
Made to Sew
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A fantastic channel for reviews, project ideas, and sewing tips for all skill levels.
Sewing Report
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A brand with fantastic sewing machine tutorials and techniques, helping users master their equipment.
BERNINA International AG
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Offers online classes for sewing and fashion design, from beginner to expert levels.
Craftsy.com | Express Your Creativity!
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A treasure trove of tutorials, tips, and advice on various sewing techniques.
Free sewing projects, free learn to sew articles, charitable sewing, my sewing room , bridal and more
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Along with being a shop for patterns, the site offers detailed tutorials and sewing tips.
Megan Nielsen Patterns
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โ A sketchbook with template pages to help you draw and design your own fashion illustrations.
The Fashion Sketchpad: 420 Figure Templates for โฆ
Tools of the trade
In this section you will find all the tools you need to get started with creating fashion,whether you are interested in fashion sketching,pattern making or sewing.
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When it comes to sewing-your machine is your best friend.This one's a personal favourite as I've had it for years and it has been trough a lot.Helped me make tops,birthday dresses,and gifts for my loved ones.I couldn't reccomend it more!
SINGERยฎ M2605 Sewing Machine
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Feed your sewing machine the most beautiful treads and in return expect it to make you the most beautiful clothes-it's all about balance๐คญ
Thread - SINGERยฎ
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In my own sewing beginnings I broke many needles.Luckily,singer makes them affordable and easy to replace.Where would I be otherwise?๐คญ
SINGERยฎ 80/12 Universal Needles
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Good scissors are an essential tool in sewing and pattern making.They need to glide trough fabric,paper and thread seamlessly and these are just it.
Sewing Scissors, Fabric Scissors & Shears | SINGERยฎ
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If you decide you really like dress making you might want to splurge on a manequin to make your sewing adventures easier.Then it will certainly be a good idea to consider this singer manequin.
SINGERยฎ Adjustable Dress Form - Small/Medium
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For your first projects a good idea would be getting fabrics from Shein so you can always start again if things don't go as planned.Just remeber-practice makes a perfect seamstress!
Fashion Fabric - SHEIN USA
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A great tool that will help you in pattern making!
SINGER 24-Inch Folding Ruler with Precision Marking & Grid Lines โฆ
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Colour your fabulous designs with alcohol markers and watch them come to life exactly as you have imagined them!
Alcohol markers - SHEIN USA
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Great for adding a pop of color to your sketches!
Faber-Castell Color Pencils
First task for you
Take your first steps in fashion creating.Whether you have been interested in fashion sketching or making-I have a task for you!
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Design a basic piece of clothing that can be worn in different settings (casual, work, evening). The goal is to create something that feels "timeless" but is easy to make and stylish.
Steps:
1.Pick a Simple Item
Choose one basic item to design, such...
A fashion task for you:design