Comments on: Mockup Sewing Shortcuts

By: Celeste

Celeste — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:36:34 +0000

I do literally ALL of that, even going so far as to make only half a garment. Ain’t nobody got time for that s%#t! I want the finished garment yesterday, not the mock-up two days from now.

By: Joy Flasher

Joy Flasher — Wed, 18 May 2016 03:54:14 +0000

I admit to clipping off the threads after stitching. I don’t want to deal with wayward threads during fittings. I also save larger scraps of fabrics, cottons especially, to cut smaller pattern pieces from. My mockups can be very colorful at times. On garments with a higher neckline I run a line of stitching on the seam line then clip in the seam allowance. I can judge the fit better this way.

By: Rebecca Conant

Rebecca Conant — Sun, 15 May 2016 05:14:28 +0000

Gingham! This is why the ginghams at GoodWill was calling to me this evening. If only I understood what they were saying to me.

By: Varika

Varika — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:42:13 +0000

I use a Sharpie to mark changes to be made onto the mockup, and instead of picking out seam changes, I’ll stitch on the Sharpie line and only pick out what I need to, if I need to.

By: Tsu Dho Nimh

Tsu Dho Nimh — Thu, 12 May 2016 23:24:53 +0000

When I sewed Vogue designer originals, I made the trial garment in a wearable WHITE fabric. I was a lab tech with some of the classiest lab uniforms in town. I was really close to the pattern size, so I could get away with it.

Were I to start with historic fashions, I think I would do mockups in fabric of similar weight to the final, but fasbric on the steampunky side so I could sell it.