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Pattern Feedback Form

Please use this form to turn in notes on the instructions and the pattern itself. This also helps us double check areas of the pattern that are the most prone to containing mistakes. Once we receive...

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Perfect tailored sleeves

Create a smooth cap on your jacket sleeves for a figure-flattering, professional finish. Nothing is more aggravating than an unplanned pucker on the top of your sleeve.  Yet apparel makers can create...

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Free pattern! Make a seam roll

Here you are pressing a sleeve flat — only to press in wrinkles on the other side. Ever wish you had something you could stick down that sleeve or pants leg to isolate your pressing? Here it is. It’s...

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Why you shouldn’t buy cheap clothes made in China

Think that $19.95 jacket is a treasure? It’s not. Here’s why.  We found the Factories inside China’s mass internment camps.  China built its vast network of detention camps to do more than simply keep...

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What it takes to get a product to market — and make a living

  The steps to making something you love that also sells are simple and finite.  If it makes you a living.  Wow!  You’ve done it.   Here are the six simple steps to get  you there: 1. Idea Research +...

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Blazer traded to Raptors takes PFI grad’s designs with him

  Gary Trent Jr may be traded by Portland’s Blazers to Toronto’s Raptors, but that doesn’t stop Lake Oswego-based designer Charlie Ryan from designing for him. “I’m still going to be doing the same...

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PFI Annual Fashion Design Scholarship Contest announced

# # # The post PFI Annual Fashion Design Scholarship Contest announced appeared first on Portland Fashion Institute.

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What is the best iron to buy?

Q. I need an expert opinion, so I am turning to you. I need a new Iron and am sick of “home professional’ ones that don’t seem to last. Do you have an iron you like? — Elizabeth A.  For as much...

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Area fashion school and design house give creatives special access to...

https://portlandfashioninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AltarPDX-Insta3.mp4 Portland has always had its own quirky style.  Classic comfort.  Unisex.  Tomboy.  Upcycling.  Interesting prints....

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Workwear meets sportswear concept wins Portland teen a Fashion Scholarship

Tuesday, June 22, 2021     Workwear meets sportswear concept wins Portland teen a Fashion Scholarship The pandemic is nearly over. It’s time for a new, more practical way to think about clothes. What...

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