Learning Tailoring Across Differing Budgets
Ive created a resource detailing how to create the ISOT jackets across three budgets. Highlighting alternative supplies. - A Fit-Focused Muslin (budget) Use when the jacket is mainly for fit and pattern correction, not long-term wear. No specialty domette, beetled canvas, or premium threads. Substitutions everywhere except outer fabric. - A Wearable Muslin (Medium) - Wearable and fairly true to final garment without overspending. Keeps key structural elements (premium body canvas, edge tape, sleeve roll), substituting inside layers. - A Showcase Jacket (Premium) All original materials, no substitutions. ISOT Purple box begins to offer savings at the Medium level, with quite a big saving at the Premium level. (Bonus: For us Australians, I've included local pricing & suppliers + UK Supplier add-ons for the Premium version) Kindly, Rachael
Hi Rachael! This is amazing. Very useful.
Question: does your list include shipping? Especially when ordering from multiple suppliers? And did you calculate potential replacement materials in the alternatives? For when something goes wrong and new material needs to be bought...
Free shipping and unlimited replacements are of course two very important benefits that Purple Box offers besides the materials themselves. We have also added the ad-free versions of our videos to each Purple Box order as we thought it would be a shame to have them use the best lessons with the best materials but then be constantly interrupted by YouTube ads.
I look forward to your answers.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to do this :)
Reza
International School of Tailoring