Author Archives: Ann Grose

Fitting Fiona Lace Culottes

I would like to introduce you to one of my pattern testers ( and student in my fashion school ) Kurvy Kim. She is one of my curvy testers and I would like to share with you today the steps we took to fit and alter the Fiona Lace Culottes pattern to fit her body. […]

block your interfacing

While working in the garment industry for many years I observed that this technique is key in the manufacturing process. In production clothing manufacturers have to rely on accuracy and speed so the production process is set up in a way that the “units” of a garment are never double handled. When heat setting interfacing […]