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	<title>Don McCunn&#039;s Blog &#187; pattern making</title>
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		<title>Online Patternmaking Classes Closing Dec. 2013</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time is nearing for me to retire from teaching online thorough my Patternmaking Classes. I will be closing these classes in December of 2013. 
There has been some questions about what my classes include, such as the 28 1/2 hours of demonstrations in 346 streaming videos. So I decided I should provide some inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Pixie Halloween Costume</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Pixie Costume

My background is costuming. So when I worked with my model Fallon Niedzwiecki on Wed, Oct. 19th and she mentioned she tried to find a pixie costume for Halloween but none fit her&#8211;how could I resist? On top of that I had just received an email from Mood Fabrics saying they were running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bust Sling Nursing Bra</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/07/20/bust-sling-nursing-bra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The basic concept of the Bust Sling Bra is to support the breast from above instead of from the side (which is the cantilever structure of a conventional bra). For more on the comparison of these two structures see my post Introducing the Bust Sling Bra. It was my hope in developing this design that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Period Patternmaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of patternmaking is an interesting field which I have only explored minimally. From the research I have done, the early patternmaking techniques use detailed instructions to create patterns from measurements for specific garments. These instructions must be followed by rote.
To show you what I mean, below I am including an illustration and instructions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pants Fitting Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting pants to fit can be a challenge. My mantra is nature never makes the same shape twice. Working with people in my online How to Make a Pants Sloper class I have had the opportunity to hone and fine tune some of the ideas in my book How to Make Sewing Patterns. The information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sway Back Posture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fitting issues that has come up in my online class How to Make a Lower Torso Sloper is the sway back posture which some refer to as a &#8220;tilted waist.&#8221; If a body has this posture, it can affect the fit of any pair of pants or skirt you buy or make. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Custom Quorra Costume</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/05/18/creating-a-custom-quorra-costume/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


More Photos
The movie &#8220;TRON: Legacy&#8221; (2010) has inspired an interest in the costumes worn by the principle actors. In February of this year I had the opportunity to create a Quorra lookalike costume for an Equity actress I have worked with, Alexandra Matthew. She used the costume for a corporate gig in the Silicon Valley.
When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adjusting the Sleevecap and Armscye</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/02/08/adjusting-sleevecap-armscye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My current thinking about sleeve caps is a little different from what I have in my book How to Make Sewing Patterns. I have used the approach I described in my book for a long time. But since I have been teaching my Online Classes, I have had some additional thoughts and observations which I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bra Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last four years I have run the Yahoo group How to Make Custom-Fit Bras. During this time I have listened to the issues women have with the design of conventional bras. The result is the concept for a different type of bra based on a suspension structure rather than the cantilever structure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducting the Bust Sling Bra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have developed a new design process for my online patternmaking class How to Make Bust Sling Bras &#038; Variations. 
The premise of this design is that the conventional bra has been designed for the young woman in her reproductive years. When women enter their post reproductive years, both the body and the personality can [...]]]></description>
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