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ARTICLE PREVIEW
from Threads February/March 2007 (#129)
No Pattern Required
Take your favorite garment and clone it
by Michaela Murphy

Sewing enthusiast Michaela Murphy shares her technique for re-creating a garment using the original as a template for the new one. The idea here is to work backwards, mentallly deconstructing the garment, with an eye toward reconstructing it in a new way. If you have the perfect dress, but wish you had more like it in different colors, you can clone it, using the original as a template for the new ones. The technique works best on simple, straightforward designs.

Photos: Gregg Snodgrass

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From Threads #129, pp. 45-47
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