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Saving Money on Clothing Patterns

June 21, 2007

Sewing pattern and wheel marker.My subject is sewing patterns. I was making a lot of hats for my granddaughters so what I did was I took iron on interfacing and ironed it onto the pattern to make it last longer. No more tearing of the pattern and I am sure it will me last forever.

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By Cindy from Oxford, NJ

 
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September 16, 2011

To save money on patterns for sewing your own clothes, you need to watch for sales in the fabric stores. I recently got McCall patterns for 99 cents each at JoAnn's Fabric. Some of those patterns sold for $17.95.

 
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January 9, 2009

Scan small pattern pieces and vintage patterns! Since I mostly sew doll clothes, I'm used to scanning each new pattern as I obtain it. That takes several hours of image editing and standing at the printer/scanner, so it keeps me from going too nuts at the fabric stores' frequent 99 cent sales!

 
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November 18, 2013

Patterns have more than 1 size. I fold the paper pattern along the cutting lines, then I cut very close to the paper pattern edge without cutting off the folds I made.

 
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January 26, 2010

Where can I find free sewing patterns for women dresses, size 16 - 18?

By Dana from Palo Alto, CA

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January 26, 20100 found this helpful

sewingneedlework.suite101.com/.../free_online_sewing_patterns has some good suggestions. I've used burdastyle.com, which the article mentions. Good luck!

 
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September 18, 2011

I do sewing for a lady who wants everything made off the same pattern, with variations. I pinned her pattern to a percale sheet and traced all the markings onto the fabric.

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I've used this "pattern" for the past 6 years with no problems.

 
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January 24, 2009

There are just those classic patterns that you love, but for some reason are discontinued by the companies. When I find patterns that I really like and want to keep for reuse, I use medium weight non fusible interfacing and trace the pattern on it.

 
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January 3, 2007

You can spend a lot of money on sewing patterns, especially if you are an avid seamstress. Save yourself a little money by saving your original multi-sized patterns uncut.

 
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May 16, 2007

Tips for saving money and preserving sewing patterns from the ThriftyFun community. Post your own ideas here.

 
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