For many fashion designers, sourcing fabric is the first step of the design process. The next step is designing garments around that fabric. Choosing the right materials for your products can make an impact on your sales and customer satisfaction—no one wants a scratchy t-shirt or pants that...
Step 3: Make Them Into Tags Once your ribbon is dry, grab some good fabric scissors and cut into lengths. These tags are folded over and the cut end is sewn into a seam. Make sure you cut enough room to fold your label in half! Grab an iron and make that fold nice and crisp, ...
For the full step by step, see here: How to Make Vinyl Labels with a Cricut | A Comprehensive Guide. Design your labels in Cricut Design Space. Ensure all labels are set to “Cut” in the Operations menu. Cut the pantry labels out of your preferred color and size of vinyl. Use a ...
4. Cutting the fabric 5. Making sets for the seamstresses 6. Colours and Trims 7. Adjusting the machinery 8. Finally, Sewing 9. Finishing This week we took it to one of the garment factories to find out how a piece of clothing is made and what sort of work is put into making your...
If you’re ready to start your clothing brand, you’ll have some important choices to make at this point. There are several directions you can take to create your own brand which are all pretty different from one another. And most importantly, the difficultly, costs, and time input vary ...
For more details on how to prepare a full Tech Pack, refer to our article - Eliminate Clothing Manufacturing Errors: How to Make a Tech Pack. 4) Fabric and materials Consider what fabric, lining, zips and trims you want to use. Be specific about the fabric composition, weight and colo...
1. Using your kitchen scale, weigh your dry fabric (write this number down or make note of it). Round your number up if you are dealing with decimals. This number is important because you need it to make measurement calculations for your scour and mordant mixtures. ...
Sophia Amoruso turned vintage clothing into a cool, edgy fashion brand with Nasty Gal. She carved out a space for trendy, affordable fashion that spoke to young, independent women. Yael Aflalo started Reformation to make sustainable fashion sexy. It responded to the fast fashion crisis and resona...
Making your own clothingis the most demanding option – financially and time-wise. It involves design development, fabric research and testing, and manufacturing costs. The key to each model is tocombine your creativity with a business strategy.For POD, the primary expenses are design creation and...
How To Use Your DIY Wrinkle Releaser Make sure the nozzle on your spray bottle is set to “mist” to avoid using too much, then lightly spritz it over the wrinkled areas of the clothing item. (You’re aiming to lightly dampen the fabric, not get it wet.) Wait a minute or two to ...