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		<title>Book Review: Expecting Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year my model Alex has become pregnant with her first child. It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to observe how her body changes during this time and to help her with a few garments to wear.
One of the first things I did was to research the available literature for books on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Pixie Halloween Costume</title>
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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>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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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>
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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>Heat Sink Cord Finish</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/07/10/heat-sink-cord-finish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my frustrations has been to have a nice finish to the ends of elasticized cording for swim suits. For some time now I have been meaning to try heat shrink tubing. I finally did it the other day and was very pleased with the result. It is very similar to the finish on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for Red Dress Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[







Bill Rivers

Raj and Susan Walia


To see a larger version, click on an image.More Photos on Flickr



Awhile ago a friend of my wife and I, Bill Rivers, mentioned he was going to celebrate his 50th birthday by doing the AIDS/LifeCycle 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles from June 6-12, 2010. We got to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marking for DIY Fittings</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/04/20/marking-for-diy-fittings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the 1970s I wrote in my book How to Make Sewing Patterns about how you could fit yourself using typewriter ribbon to mark those hard to reach places. Who would know back then that typewriter ribbon would become so hard to obtain. 
Fortunately I have found a product that works as a wonderful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Sewing Patterns &#8212; book update</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/03/09/how-to-make-sewing-patterns-book-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote my book, How to Make Sewing Patterns, back in 1977 and have been asked if I had plans to revise it. There are only two things I do differently today than when I wrote the book 33 years ago. So I am focusing my time on teaching my online Patternmaking Classes and developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of a Custom Made Garment</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/03/04/the-joy-of-a-custom-made-garment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I wrote the post &#8220;Tyranny of Standardized Sizing&#8221;. I am pleased to be able to follow that up with the results a student in my &#8220;Swimsuit, Lingerie, and Empire Dresses&#8221; class had. With Deborah&#8217;s permission I thought I&#8217;d share this experience. But first&#8230; 

&#8220;The most comfortable panties I&#8217;ve ever worn!&#8221; &#8212; Deborah Castle
I use [...]]]></description>
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