Autorentext

Claire-Louise Hardie is a former Sewing Producer for The Great British Sewing Bee on the BBC. She's an online sewing educator who loves making clothes fit and inspiring beginners to get started. For almost three decades she's worked as a freelance costumer for stage and screen. She's also a writer and columnist for Love Sewing magazine

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Everyone has their favourite items of clothing that they love because they fit them perfectly and look great. This practical guide explains how to remake your wardrobe favourites without having to unpick and ruin the originals.

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Ever found that perfect dress and loved how it fitted but wish you’d bought it in every colour before it went out of stock? Or maybe you’ve got a pair of trousers that are just your style and fit, but they’re falling apart? This book will teach you how to clone your wardrobe favourites into a custom pattern. Imagine never having to buy another pattern again because you have a selection of bespoke patterns in just YOUR size and style! Of course, the best way to get a truly accurate pattern is to take the garment apart, but this just isn’t an option when you don’t want to sacrifice your favourite clothes. By learning how to make patterns from clothes that already fit you well, you can skip some of the fitting woes that often come from starting with a new pattern. Once you’ve fine-tuned your cloned patterns, you can then make small tweaks or ‘hacks’ such as lengthening or shortening, making something a little bigger or smaller or just updating the style or details to make each new version unique. Your choice of garment designs is therefore now unlimited, and you’ll get to make patterns that suit your individual style preferences. As your cloning skills grow, you’ll finally be able to make the hand-made wardrobe of your dreams.