Unique Body Shapes and Sewing - Stoma Clothing Drafting

Sewing mostly relies on mirror images, but that isn't always reality. MOST of us are asymmetrical, but, some of us had life happen and medical stuff happen and asymmetrical existence becomes profound.

I was asked about how to draft and sew a pencil skirt for a body with a stoma. This video covers how i would draft this and how to aply vintage sewing aesthetics to the body you have in order to maximize the ways you can wrap cloth around the body and for you to feel the way you want to feel.

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