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people who know sewing? are manequinns sold by size? i am a *size 3 long legged pant in juniors *size small shirt in juniors or 18 kids wat size would i be than? what experience do you need to get into the fashion institute of mechandise in san diego? would it be hard to get into fashion college. are spots really hard to get in. do i need to already no how to make good clothes to get in? wat books do you prefer for the beginner in sewing clothes and sketching i have taken a quilting class at my school does that help? i mean a dress form http://www.amazon.com/Fashion-Artist-Design-Sandra-Burke/dp/0958239177/ref=sr_1_19/102-3213527-5188901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194237866&sr=1-19 IS THIS A GOOD SKETCHING BOOK? is this a good dress form there's no size http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2658/index.cfm?pkey=gthmgrlmnd FIDM's admission requirements are here: http://www.fidm.com/admissions/application/index.html You'll learn to sew there if you haven't already (it's a requirement for fashion design), but learning ahead of time would be beneficial. The textbook for the sewing course there is Connie Crawford's Guide To Fashion Sewing, and it's quite thorough. If you're making clothes for yourself, you'll need a very small form. Your best choice might be a Unique form, since you're still young and growing -- the cover is fitted to you, and then you fit the cover over a foam mannequin to give it shape. The cover can be remade as you grow. You'll need a sewing buddy to help with that. The dress form you reference is a display form, and fairly useless for what you seem to want to do. At school, you'll be working on standard size mannequins.

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Get Quilting and Make Money

If you love to sew, and quilt, then why not incorporate them into a business?

I find a great angle for a business like this, is to offer to finish other peoples quilts. I know you may prefer to make them from scratch and show them off at craft shows, but what happens is, many people will walk by your quilt, admire it, then say “Oh I have one I am trying to finish at home”

They feel too guilty to buy your quilt, because they have one they started years ago, and due to time, kids, stress and life, they just have not got it done, and it sits in a corner somewhere collecting dust.

Since quilting is your passion, then why not offer to finish off these quilts for a price?

Or, offer to start one from scratch with their fabrics and colors.

Another great quilt people like, since they are fairly quick, are the rag quilts. You could offer to create a rag quilt for your customer, using their fabrics, or fabric squares you have, and make a rag quilt in a weekend.

A rag quilt is much faster to make, there is not the fancy stitching afterwards, and these rag quilts actually get better the more times they are washed, so they make for a very useful quilt.

If you just want to make your own rag quilt, then there are many books on the subject, and you can purchase many fat quarters, or quilt squares online now. This is a great way to get some unique fabrics, as you are looking worldwide while on the internet.

Get quilting, and make some money.
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learn how to make a rag quilt and also find some great unique fabrics online now. Article and website by Diane Palmer