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The Assembly Line sewing journal is a collection of sewing tutorials, styling ideas, tips and tricks for The Assembly Line’s sewing patterns.
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Meet a Maker: Natasa Simovic
How did you first get into sewing? I think I’ve been sewing ever since I can remember. My Czech grandmother Ruzena was a professional dressmaker. She would look after me after school, so I grew up watching her making magic with her hands and fabric. She never properly ‘taught’ me how to sew; she just let me play with her old Singer and fabric scraps. Occasionally she’d show me how to make whatever I wanted to…
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Meet a Maker: Rebecka Malmgren
How did you first get into sewing? Oh, that was quite late, actually. I dreaded sewing and knitting when in school, I think mostly because of all the rules around sewing, it didn’t seem playful at all to me. And too slow. I preferred arts and even carpentry classes. Sewing wasn’t a part of my…
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Meet a Maker: Annika Björndahl
How did you first get into sewing? Sewing and other textile crafting has always been a part of my life. Growing up my mother always had a textile project going on, either it was sewing clothes, knitting or an embroidery. In a family with four daughters, our mother made most of our clothes. An early…
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How to add the Wrap jacket neckline
Since we know a few of you have experienced some difficulty with adding the neckline to the Wrap jacket we have tried to explain it a little more in detail. Referring to step 13 in your Assembly instruction. First of all, make sure you have all pattern parts cut out in the same size. If…
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Meet a Maker: Corinna Sprang
How did you first get into sewing? Through my kids. They both have been skinny babies who didn’t fit very well in most affordable ready-mades. How would you describe your personal style? Casual-chic. Which is your favourite sewing tool and why? Good question. I’m a sewing scientist and as such I love (and hoard) tools.…
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Alternate front facing for the Kaftan dress neckline
Some of you have found the facing of the Kaftan dress neckline really confusing and therefore we have created a new front facing (that fits the original pattern) together with a description of the steps. Kaftan dress alternate front facing assembly instructionAlternate front facing XS-L for papersize A4Alternate front facing XS-L for papersize US LetterAlternate…
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