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TNG jumpsuit as a first-ever sewing project under con crunch sounds incredibly stressful, but I’m glad you made it and got to experience some corresponding satisfaction! Congratulations! 🙂

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My new TWOK enlisted jumpsuit sewing tutorial is now available on my “Star Trek Costume Guide” blog!

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/twok-uniforms/enlisted-jumpsuit/sewing-tutorial/

This detailed sewing tutorial is specifically intended for use with my new movie-era sewing patterns. 🙂

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My new TMP “Class D” jumpsuit sewing tutorial is now available on my “Star Trek Costume Guide” blog!

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tmp-uniforms/tmp-class-d-jumpsuit/sewing-tutorial/

This detailed sewing tutorial is specifically intended for use with my new movie-era jumpsuit patterns. 🙂

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It is finished! After many trials and fails, i have a full jumpsuit assembled. I had to jump trough some hoops. No braided piping at any sewing store near me, not enough time till the con to order online (i used braided yarn), the pattern being way to big for me (i basically sewed the Mock-Up smaller until it fit me, so now some seams dont…

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After a Mockup version were i figured out the pattern is way to big for me i made some adjustments. Some seams are still a bit weird. But hopefully i can correct them with some handsewing once everything is assembled!

I am already so proud how far i got in one single sitting. (On the final version)

I am totally con-crunching btw. Gotta…

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I just bought the fabric today! And yes, i bought some (really ugly) cheap spandex fabric so i can make a mock-up.

Finding the right colors was a struggle for sure though.

Now i just need to figure out where to print the pattern and then we are ready to go. \(-ㅂ-)/ ♥ ♥ ♥

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TNG jumpsuit is an ambitious first project! Ordinarily I’d suggest starting with something easier and working up to this, but you sound like you’re wanting to do this one, so I wish you the best. 🙂

I definitely suggest making one (or two, or three) practice jumpsuits first to get the hang of things before cutting into your proper fabric.…

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So i bought the pattern a while ago for the male TNG jumpsuit. It took me a while to figure out the measurements for the pattern. But tomorrow i will finally buy the fabric and sewing feet.

Any tips for a first time sewer who hasnt done anything besides hand stitching pillows?

Im planning to keep this entry updated on my progress, since i want…

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Hi Nerys,

Thank you for your kind words about my costume research. 🙂

Most of my older (pre-2017) sewing patterns are available in our Tailors Gone Wild Etsy shop, at least for a while longer:

https://tailorsgonewild.etsy.com/listing/1634432870/mens-uniform-jacket-sewing-pattern

Thanks again for the kind words and interest.

– Alex

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Hi Alex! I came across your work when trying to find a good pattern for the Voyager Duty Jacket. Your research is incredible and has been a treat to read.

I wanted to leave a comment and ask about the availability of your older patterns. It appears that while the research and instructions for the Voyager jacket are available online, there is…

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In addition to the aforementioned blog post, I posted a YouTube video examination of this screen-used male extra’s TNG jumpsuit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSSeFSWiOpY

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This time we’ll be taking a look at a screen-used male extra’s TNG jumpsuit. 🙂

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2024/09/screen-used-male-extra-tng-jumpsuit-examination/

This uniform has several interesting differences to all the previous TNG jumpsuits I’ve recently posted about – most obviously, that it’s a front-zipping later-style uniform,…

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Haha, no problem! Thank you for your pattern order!

I’m still developing dye recipes for everyone interested, but “Starbase375logistics” on Etsy offers excellent jumbo spandex in TNG division colors:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/875317646/jumbo-spandex-fabric

The red and gold swatches are from there. The teal is something I custom-dyed a year or…

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HAHA. Well, I just found your blog entry on STCG about fabric sourcing that asks people not to message about fabrics sooooo I will chase down those leads and see what I can find.

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Hello! I just purchased the men’s and women’s TNG jumpsuit patterns and they came with three little samples of fabric. I was impressed with the quality and came here to see if it was available for purchase but nothing is listed in the ‘fabric and trim’ section.

Does anyone have specific fabric brand or suppliers they’ve used and would…

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In addition to the aforementioned blog post, I posted a YouTube video examination of this screen-used Worf uniform:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv8R9lt5yJM

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Continuing our series of screen-used TNG jumpsuit examinations, this time we take a detailed look at this Worf season 1 uniform. 🙂

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2024/08/screen-used-worf-tng-jumpsuit-examination/

Aside from being a fantastic costume in its own right, there are several interesting differences to both of the previous…

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In addition to the aforementioned blog post, I posted a YouTube video examination of this screen-used Dr. Crusher uniform:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMwAT7xlCb0

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We continue our series of screen-used TNG jumpsuit examinations with this Dr. Beverly Crusher uniform from season 1. 🙂

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2024/07/screen-used-dr-crusher-tng-jumpsuit-examination/

Aside from being a lovely costume in its own right, there are several interesting differences to both of the previous two uniforms I…

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In addition to the aforementioned blog post, I posted a YouTube video examination of this screen-used Ensign Sito uniform:

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Next in our lineup of screen-used TNG jumpsuit examinations is this Ensign Sito Jaxa uniform from the excellent season 7 episode, “Lower Decks.”

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2024/07/screen-used-ensign-sito-tng-jumpsuit-examination/

Being is a later-style jumpsuit from the final season of the show (updated from William Ware Theiss’…

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In addition to the aforementioned blog post, I uploaded a YouTube video examination of this screen-used Tasha Yar uniform:

In this video I provide some color references, demonstrate the closure system, and discuss some of the highlights from the blog post. 🙂

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In the course of my TNG jumpsuit research, I had the privilege of examining five (!) screen-used uniforms from throughout the series.

I’ll be posting detailed examinations of each of these individual TNG jumpsuits over the coming weeks, beginning with this season one Tasha…

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My TNG jumpsuit sewing tutorial is now available on my “Star Trek Costume Guide” blog:

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-jumpsuit/sewing-tutorial/

This detailed sewing tutorial was reverse-engineered directly from multiple screen-used TNG jumpsuits I studied and will be posting all about soon. 🙂

Note that this new tutorial…

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This sewing/DIY tutorial is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/twok-uniforms/engineering-radiation-suit/sewing-tutorial/

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My full engineering radiation suit sewing/DIY tutorial is now available on my “Star Trek Costume Guide” blog:

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/twok-uniforms/engineering-radiation-suit/sewing-tutorial/

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Congratulations on finishing the jacket! Nice job! 🙂

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Finished product!

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Hand sewing the sleeve lining to the sleeve – the instructions said to sew raw edges together but I found the lining was way too long and almost peaked out past the edge of the sleeve when I did this. I ended up turning the sleeve lining up a full inch and sewing the fold line to the inside of the sleeve. It seemed to work much better…

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I know it’s not part of a screen replica uniform, but I couldn’t see wearing this jacket and not being able to close it. Alex advised that if I wanted to install a zipper, it should be a separating invisible zipper. So I set out to learn yet another new skill. After fretting about it for weeks, and installing and ripping out the zipper from… Read more

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This lining fabric is going to be the end of me. It is so slippery that I have trouble keeping the edges of the fabric lined up. But it’s all hidden so it doesn’t really matter. I opted for a pocket in the lining so I made good use of the pieces of lining I discarded earlier to practice this new skill. I relied heavily on the video at …

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For all of your more experienced sewers out there, you’ll be happy to know I didn’t stretch the yoke to fit the body assembly. I cut two more back yoke pieces and attached the longer piece to the body assembly. That means I didn’t have to skimp on the sleeve allowance seam and all was happy in the area of the armscye. The sleeve didn’t…

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Assembling the pieces was going smoothly, after all it’s my fourth time
doing it, until I pinned the back yoke to the back body assembly. I
discovered my back yoke was about 1/2″ too short. It must have happened
when I had to make modifications to the action pleat after I took an
inch off the shoulder seam. It seemed to work OK on my muslin…

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I extrapolated a sewing pattern from the screen-used Admiral Nakamura uniform I examined a while back, and I’ve (re)posted it on my “Star Trek Costume Guide” blog as a free PDF download.

https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2022/03/free-tng-admiral-pattern-s2/