Over the last few years of working with beginning design students we found that most want to understand how to actualize their own designs from start to finish. This is the goal right? How do we get from step A to step Z? This can be a daunting process for someone to little or no sewing experience. Let me try and break down the process in simple steps to help you understand how it happens as well as give you some shortcuts that will help expedite the process. I’ll list the steps below and categorize them into 3 parts.
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