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Seamstress vs Tailor: What's the Difference? in 2025 | Fashion sewing tutorials, Sewing alterations, Sewing tutorials clothes

A seamstress sews garments using precut fabric and may take on some alterations or repairs. Tailors work with finished pieces, making alterations to customize the fit or style for a specific person.

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Handmade on Broadway: General Tips, Pressing, Sewing Preparation PDF resources | Sewing clothes, Sewing essentials, Tailoring techniques

Tailoring Touches, 1974 From my apparently interminable supply, here is the twelfth post of DOWNLOADABLE PDF pamphlets. I have gathered these from around the web - almost entirely from various American university cooperative extension programs or university archives of such. (If you are not familiar with extension programs, they are pretty cool. They date back to 1914 and are the precursor to community colleges.) Please note that these are historic resources. They may refer to methods and…

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Taking In a Shirt | Sewing circles, Sewing hacks, Sewing for beginners

The first step to taking in a shirt is obviously trying it on, not just relying on the size on the tag. This allows you to see how much larger the fit is for a big shirt and to also determine if different areas of the shirt fit better than others. Aurora shows you how she recommends trying the shirt on inside out, making the shirt ready to pin for the needed alterations.

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