Sewing Around the World with Sure-Fit Designs

Week-long Event - Sewing Around the World with Sure-Fit Designs   Hats off to our International Distributors...they provide you with valuable support and information that leads to your sewing and fitting success.  We are celebrating by offering you specials unique to each dealer.   All of you, our valued customers, are so fortunate to have a SFD distributor in your region of the world. In celebration, each dealer is offering their own unique special for this week-long April event - April 13 through 19, 2019. Please click on their link below to take advantage of their particular offer.     Elsabe (South Africa) - Receive a FREE   Designer's Companion  - great for drawing mini curves   (value R160.00) when you purchase any of the following SFD Combos: Dress Kit Combo, Pants Kit Combo, or Shirt Kit Combo. Click Here Judith's (UK/EU/Ireland)                        'Rollbe' - great for measuring all  curves - is now 10% off with the  purchase of any Kit, Combo or DVD. Use Discount Code 'Rollbe10' at checkout. Click Here Anna (Canada) - Have you been longing to purchase a Sure-Fit Designs pattern Kit & Designing Stylus? Now is your opportunity.  With the purchase of any SFD Kit and Designing Stylus, you'll receive a 25% discount on the Designing Stylus (saving $5.90). Offer excludes already discounted Combos. Use Discount Code 'SF25' at checkout. Click Here Martha (Australia/NZ) Essential Notions - Martha has gathered together essential notions as a FREE gift with the purchase of any Kit or Combo.Click Here Use Discount Code 'FREESNGK' at checkout. Included notions ($11.40 value): 1 Point Turner 1 Stabilizer cotton tape 6mm 1 Sewing Gauge 1 HB pencil Free 10yd Vellum in the USA Glenda, in the USA, is offering a totally FREE roll of 10yd Vellum ($13.95 value) with your purchase of any Regular Kit Combo, 3-Kit, Works or Works Combo PLUS. Use Coupon Code 'TV10' at checkout. Click Here  Closed Captions & Language Translations We're doing our best to share the Sure-Fit Designs system with everyone around the world, no matter your language. Now, many of our free educational videos have Closed Captions (in English for the hard of hearing) and these captions can be easily converted into your native language. The following video describes how to use the YouTube software to hear our lessons in your language. Click Here to watch. International distribution in your area? If your country isn't already represented, would you like to be a Sure-Fit Designs distributor in your region? If you are interested, contact Glenda (USA) at info@surefitdesigns.com.  Please include your name, country, sewing history, business experience and contact information. We welcome customers from all over the world. We hope you enjoy sewing with the Sure-Fit Designs Fitting and Sewing System! Glenda the Good Stitch!

A Sign of Times 1940’s

Here's another installment from Anna Espindola on the influences on fashion trends. Enjoy!

The 1940's were a decade many countries around the world will never forget. With the second world war (WW2) and clothing rationing, the war time pride of fashion on a budget became the norm.

1940's fashion for men and women experienced deep changes but also created some of the most flattering designs of the 20th century.

Here is a cool video of the 1940’s:



https://video.vogue.com/watch/sarah-jessica-parker-fashion-history-vogue-125th-anniversary



1940’S


OVERALL MOOD

Wartime preoccupation
Grave
Strong nationalism
Common cause philosophy


POLITICAL & HISTORICAL EVENTS

World War II
Paris falls to the Germans (Fashion Houses close)
Shortage of materials, priority is for the war effort (Consumption Laws)


ECONOMY

Directly linked to the War effort


TECHNOLOGY

Synthetic fabrics become extremely popular


LIFESTYLE & SOCIAL VALUES

Everything was based on the War effort
Rations and confiscation of goods
Men are in the army so women take men’s jobs
After the War, women return to their role as homemakers


MASS MEDIA & THE ARTS

War reels at theaters
Radio and records Crooners: Crosby, Sinatra


INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

Pinup girls
Emergence of American designers


KEY DESIGNERS

Claire McCardell
Bonnie Cashin
Christian Dior




We hope you are enjoying these posts. Stay tuned for next week when Anna will be presenting the decade of the 1950's.

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FREE STUFF - half size designing templates

Recently one of our wonderful customers had watched one of our Sure-Fit Designs videos. As part of my explanation of the topic, I'd used half scale templates to illustrate the concept that I was teaching.  Wouldn't it be great if these half size templates were available for all of you to experiment with your designing ideas?  The answer of course is a resounding YES!

I've just finished adding these to the Free Stuff page on the Sure-Fit Designs website - just click here to access the webpage, and then you'll see the links for the individual templates.  They all print on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet size - standard for our US printers and sheet size.

Practice on the templates before charging into your actual body blueprint.  It's fun, you'll learn a lot, and develop your designing confidence as you experiment with different designing ideas.

Have fun!
Glenda the Good Stitch