Estimating Your Fabric Needs
An important factor in determining your budget for production will be the yardage required to make your item.
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Sizing Up the Fit of Your Garments
Unless you’ve had a fashion design education, fit and pattern grading may be an unknown aspect of your apparel line.
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What Really Happens During Sample Making?
Sample making is more than just cutting fabric from a pattern and sewing it together. Many product determinations are made at this time.
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Labels: An Often-Overlooked but Crucial Element of a Clothing Line
Sewn goods labels have multiple purposes. They are also required by law. Do you know what to include?
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Source Fabrics & Notions Early On or Risk Losing Money
In the sewn products world, sourcing is finding the materials and notions you will use for your product.
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How To Get Your Products Into Stores
You're going the wholesale route, and have priced your products accordingly. All that’s left is to get them into stores. How do you do that?
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The World of Dye Sublimation: What It Is, How It Works and Why You Want It
Dye sublimation is one of the coolest things to ever happen to fabric decoration. When most people think of putting a piece of art onto...
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The Factory, the Client and the Other Vendors: A Dramedy in Many Parts
I’ve always liked the phrase, “Too many cooks in the kitchen.” When you hear it, you know what it means. You can easily visualize it. At...
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Tech Pack: What It Is and What It Isn’t
I selected this topic because in recent months, we’ve had many designers come to us to have their products produced, and while they...
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10 Ways To Save Loads of Money on Your First Apparel Line
There is nothing cheap about putting out your first collection. There are multiple steps just to get to your first approved sample of a...
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Understanding Timing Is Crucial for a Good Manufacturing Experience
It’s true we live in an instant gratification society, however when it comes to sewn products, here's what you need to know for timing.
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How Do You Know If You're Ready for a Sewing Factory?
We see a wide variety of clients at Detroit Sewn. Some are long-time designers who know how to sketch and even create their own...