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		<title>Book Review: Expecting Style</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/12/17/book-review-expecting-style/</link>
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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>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>Pants Fitting Issues</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/06/25/pants-fitting-issues/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2011/06/01/sway-back-posture/</link>
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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>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>Introducting the Bust Sling Bra</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/10/15/the-bust-sling-bra/</link>
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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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		<title>Changing One Dart to Two</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/07/03/changing-one-dart-to-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am working on a design concept for custom-fit bras based on the Bust Sling from my eBook How to Make Custom-Fit Bras. This design lends itself quite naturally to a bra for nursing mothers. A neighbor of mine is about to give birth to her second child. She has graciously agreed to test this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for Red Dress Day</title>
		<link>http://deofsf.com/blog/2010/06/03/preparing-for-red-dress-day/</link>
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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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