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Hello Needle workers...

It's a blessing to be alive today and to share some of the things I learned the first week of class.

As fashion designers, we need to learn the accurate way to read a tape so as to measure correctly and transfer measurement on pattern and fabrics accurately.

The first thing I was taught in school last week was unlearning the unprofessional way of tape reading and embracing the right and professional way.

At the local shop where I first learnt how to sew,my boss taught me how to read tape but the terminologies she used were unprofessional like half an inch, quarter inch, tri quarter and the likes.

In school, we were asked to discard using those terms and rather than saying half an inch, we say 0.5 inches, rather saying quarter inch we say 0.25 inches and tri quarter, we say 0.75 inches.

We were also taught to avoid appromixating measurements, example of measurements like 8.3555 shouldn't be approximated to 8.4 or 8.5 , it should rather be taken as 8.3 , that helps a designer to accurately get the client's bodice without altering it.

Another thing I learned was learning to use a tape for a particular project, not changing tapes in the middle of a project as they are different and can alter one's measurement.

For instance Teni walks into my office to make a dress and I used tape A to measure her, I am expected to use that same tape A to draft her pattern, transfer measurement on fabrics and even use the same tape A to shape her outfit.

See what I'm saying here.

Do you understand what I mean now? You can see I placed all four tapes equally but they slightly differed.

We were given classworks and assignments to be sure we understood what was taught and I can tell you that it's been an amazing process all along.

Meanwhile I made an elastic turtle like kind of dress with the new way of handling tape.

I am currently in class but lesson starts 30minutes from now, so I decided to update my amazing needle workers family.

I made a video for everyone who is interested, so that we all can grow together. There's no such thing as wasted knowledge and learning never stops until our last breath.

Did you find this piece valuable? Would you love me to share more tips on my next Needlework post? Your response will determine. Loads of love guys!!!❤