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By: Ruth Alawode & Wanda Golden

Free Hand Cutting Women’s Clothingof

Ruth Alawode is a native of Nigeria, where she received her teaching

degree from the College of Education. She also holds a B.S. in Home

Economic from Bendel State University. She has a masters in

educational administration; lectured at college of education Warri

and Yaba college of technology, Lagos.She attended the London

College of Fashion and the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.

She has extensive experience as a classroom teacher and lecturer

of pattern drafting, clothing construction, merchandising, soft

furnishings and accessories. She is a former owner/director of a

fashion training school. As well as the designer of an original clothing

line that supplied to hotels throughout her native country

Wanda Bruno, a native of Philadelphia, worked for many years on

the design teams at Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Betsey Johnson,

Saks 5th Avenue, Brooks Brothers and many other designer

companies and high-end retailers. She has traveled across the world

to personally oversee the development of many of these designer

lines. She is the founder and director of several boutique sewing

schools in select fabric stores and artisan boutiques throughout New

York City, that teaches hundreds of adults, teens and kids to sew

each year. Wanda has authored several sewing curriculum

workbooks in addition to editting the Freehand Cutting Book series

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