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@amyfou I am super happy to have shared her to you! She also has a clothing construction book and I've got a copy of it. I mostly come at sewing from knitting and mending but I'm doing more and more of it as a side gig and getting some instruction in custom pattern drafting from a friend of mine. Because I am often somewhat tired and rarely long on budget, I usually tend to use patterns from before mechanized looms were common because the piecing is more economical and the construction is often less complex. And!! They're designed with repair in mind!! so even though it'll take forever to even need to repair them, it's soo nice when you do compared to a lot of modern styles. I meant what I said about using another piece of fabric as interfacing instead - basting stitches will hold it in place and they can be removed or left depending on how decent one is at invisible stitches (get out a hand lens and only cross one or two warps/wefts on the exterior) and if the outer fabric is heavy enough to hide that (in a coat or waistcoat that's fine, but in a blouse or a shirt the basting stitches will probably still show so best to take them out. This layer will breathe a lot better than fusible interfacing. It is often more durable than fusible interfacing depending on the quality of whatever is in there- good linen is nokia levels of indestructible but a lot of modern weavers put in "decorative" slubs (thick parts of yarn) that serve the dual purpose of adding texture and letting you know where the fabric is going to break early. Slubs in fabric and yarn are the pre-ripped jeans of textiles and are just as ridiculous. Btw - Pinsent Tailoring is another less prolific youtube that you'll probably enjoy!