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Everyone has their goto items of clothing in the wardrobe that fit them perfectly and look great. This practical guide for home dressmakers explains how to remake these bestloved garments without having to destroy the originals! Discover how to create a wardrobe full of perfectly fitting garments that can be remade again and again in different fabrics, using accessible techniques to create your own dressmaking patterns. In conventional patternmaking, the original garment is unpicked and taken apart but the nondestructive approach of Clone Your Clones changes everything! This instructional guide to patternmaking reveals the secrets of remaking without ruining, through a range of techniques, including Direct Measurement Ideal for simple shapes without too much shaping or detail. Tracing A quick and easy technique suitable for lots of different styles of clothing. Over Draping Perfect for complicated designs like a waterfall frill or a ruched panel, where measuring or tracing would be impossible. Combining Techniques Using a combination of methods to get the best results for your specific garment. Adapting Designs How to adapt your cloned patterns to create new and exciting pieces for your wardrobe. All of the cloning methods are explained in the Cloning School section, with stepbystep instructions and photography so you can follow along. Each technique is illustrated using an example garment so you can see how it works in practice. From there, the Design School section shows... | Claire-Louise Hardie Clone Your Clothes : Pattern-making & sewing techniques to