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I am not native to Caldecote or Cambridge but my Grandparents on my mother’s side lived in Cambridge and my grandmother continued to live there after my grandfather died. As a young teenager I used to travel from where we lived to stay with her, sometimes taking my best friend. As a treat we would go into Cambridge by bus and one of my favorite shops to visit was a fabric shop a called Gordon Thoday on St Andrews Street opposite what was then Robert Sayle Department Store, (n

A is for Accuracy. This is very important characteristic in the field of historical and modern dressmaking. From the measurements that you take from the clients body, to the system you use to create a pattern draft, to putting the garment on for its first fitting, you should develop skills using tools (tape measure, meter rule, T square and drafting curve), mirror and your eye to transform and enhance the original design from 2D to 3D wonder. A is for Alterations. An alterat