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This is an index to all the tutorials and series published on Fashion-Incubator and was last updated August 14, 2012. Be sure to check back frequently for progress.

All tutorials and projects are free but I do appreciate donations. If money is too crass, consider selecting a book from my Amazon wish list. If you like the material on this site, you’d probably like my book too so please consider purchasing it. Book sales pay the bills around here.

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The zipper tutorials (lapped, centered and invisible)

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Process review: lapped zipper

Lapped zipper template

Lapped zipper construction

Lapped zipper specs

Centered zipper template

Centered zipper construction

Invisible zipper tutorial pt.1

Invisible zipper tutorial pt.2

Shorten a separating zipper

Zippered welt pocket tutorial

Deconstructing a zippered pouch

How to sew a vintage invisible zipper

Welt pocket tutorials:

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Zippered welt pockets

Welt-Reece machine operations

Marking & Cutting

Welt and paper jig

Welt pocket construction

Tutorial: Finishing the welt pocket

Zippered welt pocket tutorial

How to sew a single welt pocket

Misc:

Misc Pattern Tip: trim darts

Marking & Cutting

Re-framing industrial methods

Interfacing: 10 tips

How to find the grainline on a sleeve

How to find a missing dart end

How to sew V necklines with facings

How to make men’s ties

Shirt making tips

The 7 minute cutting test

The 7 minute cutting test pt.2

Tutorial: one piece neck & sleeveless facing

A tale -and tutorial- of three collars

A tale -and tutorial- of three collars pt.2

Jacket, vest and leather tutorials Also see the “nameless tutorial series” below this heading.

A better way to sew linings and facings

A better way to sew linings and facings pt.2

Sewing with leather pt.1

Sewing with leather pt.2

How to use wigan

Vest sewing tutorial

Prototype bag Style# 4216 pt.1

Style 22692 Bundling & Bagging

Bagging Tutorial

22692 Bagging kit

22692 Bagging Tutorial #1

22692 Bagging Tutorial #2

Thrift store shopping (indirectly related)

Nameless Tutorial series aka the facing/lining/hem juncture in tailored jackets and suits (jacket bagging). It was called this because nobody knew what to call it. A must read if you’re bagging lined jackets.

Name this tutorial

Nameless tutorial #2

Nameless tutorial #3

Nameless tutorial #4

Nameless #5 (back vent)

Nameless #6 -Troubleshooting

Nameless Tutorial #7

Nameless Tutorial #8

Nameless Tutorial #9

Copying Processes (how to copy industrial sewing methods)

Copying processes

Copying processes #2

Copying processes #3

Copying processes #4

Copying processes #5

Reverse engineering shirt making (the reverse engineering standard work series of how to copy industrial sewing methods)

Shirt making tips

Standard Work (sounds boring, read it anyway)

Reverse engineering standard work pt.1

Reverse engineering standard work pt.2

Reverse engineering standard work pt.3

Reverse engineering standard work pt.4

Reverse engineering standard work pt.5

Reverse engineering standard work pt.6

Reverse engineering standard work pt.7

Reverse engineering standard work pt.8

Reverse engineering standard work pt.9

Spin off entries of Reverse engineering standard work pt.5:

A failed experiment

A failed experiment pt.2

A failed experiment pt.3

Reverse engineering standard work pt.5.1

Saran Wrap Patternmaking method

Saran wrap pattern making method #1

Saran wrap pattern making method #2

Production pattern tutorials

Production pattern tutorial 1

Production pattern tutorial 2

How to re-shape armholes

Tip for checking your patterns

How to check for nap & one-ways

How to remove sleeve cap ease

How to remove sleeve cap ease pt.2

Notch maps: suit sleeve & armhole

Notch maps: suit sleeve & armhole pt.2

How to match stripes and plaids

Jeans and pants fitting tutorials

Jeans fit so lousy these days

Jeans fit so lousy these days pt. 2

Yet another pet peeve: Waistbands

Anatomy of a Camel Toe pt.1

Anatomy of a Camel Toe pt.2

How to fix a camel toe

Adding a gusset to pants pt.1

Adding a gusset to pants pt.2

The vintage pattern project articles:

Vintage pattern design contest

Vintage pattern design update

Re-inventing Vionnet & 24001 draft

Vintage pattern post #4

Vintage pattern post #5

Vintage German Patterns

Sizing:

How to get sizing and grading standards

How to create grade rules 1

How to create grade rules 2

How to create grade rules 3

How to check the accuracy of graded patterns

How to check the accuracy of graded patterns pt.2

How to check the accuracy of graded patterns pt.3

What are grade specs, grade rules and grade rule libraries?

Pattern and style management

A cutter’s must

A cutter’s must pt 2

How blocks work

PN numbers

Style Numbers revisted

How to issue style numbers pt.127

How to issue style numbers pt.128

How to issue style numbers pt.129

How to issue style numbers pt.130

How to write garment & product descriptions

Operations: organizing production

Batch product development

Batch product development 2

Batch product development 3

Batch, UPS and Modular (Batch pt.1)

Batch, UPS and Modular (Batch pt.2)

Batch, UPS and Modular (UPS pt.1)

Batch, UPS and Modular (Modular pt.1)

Misc Industrial Sewing

Industrial sewing instructions

A refresher on basic industrial sewing concepts

Beginner’s guide to sewing with industrial machines

Beginner’s guide to sewing with industrial machines pt.2

Beginner’s guide to sewing with industrial machines pt.3

The rules on seam allowances

The rules on seam allowances pt.2

How to sew faster pt.1

How to sew faster pt.2

How to sew faster pt.2b

How to sew faster pt.3

How to sew faster pt.4

Business: Sales Line sheets, labels and sales tools series

How to make a line sheet

How to make a line sheet pt.2

Budget Marketing Materials: Large Format Postcards

Good Logo Design

How to order labels pt.1

Importance of Product Identification

Importance of Product Identification pt. 2

Line sheets revisited

Internet related

Designer’s website design

Designer’s website design pt.2

How to write an email

How to pitch me

The vanity sizing series:

The myth of vanity sizing

Fit and sizing entropy

Push manufacturing; subverting the fit feedback loop

Sizing evolution

Shrinkage and fit

The birth of size 10?

History of women’s sizing pt.3

Vanity sizing shoes

Tyranny of tiny sizes?

Tyranny of tiny sizes pt.2

Vanity sizing: generational edition

Vanity sizing: generational edition pt.2

Vanity sizing: the consumer spending edition

My Vanity Sizing Website

Why larger sizes cost more or Size is nothing but a number

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