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Cal Patch

Cal Patch

Cal Patch is a sewing teacher, patternmaker, and handmade-clothing designer based in Kerhonkson, upstate New York, who runs calpatch.com and teaches pattern drafting and hand-sewing workshops.

Sep 25, 2026

Cast On

Cast On

213 Fit

Sep 25 · 25m

10:40
Yeah.
10:40
And I, I understand why people are daunted.
10:42
I'm sure I would be, too.
10:44
Yeah, that moment when they try on the first muslin, and they usually need only very slight tweaking, because we started with our measurements.
10:53
And you, quite often, the things that went wrong are more in the process of, like, they didn't add enough ease, or maybe they added too much ease, or something like that.
11:05
[upbeat music] One interesting thing about making your clothes in general is that we can, we now take control of what we're gonna wear, you know, as opposed to being reliant on what the fashion industry is offering you.
11:55
Mm-hmm
11:55
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