Saturday, October 10, 2009

On Fitting Sleeves - Threads

Here's another.....

On Fitting Sleeves - Threads

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Making Sense of Pattern Grading - Threads

I've always had trouble with patterns not being the right size and I stumbled across this article today, and thought I'd post it - first to share with others, and second so I could come back to it later. I bought some fantastic retro patterns and of course they are all a size 12 or something tiny and since I wear a G bra cup I'm considered a pattern size 24 or 26 depending on the company.

The other thing that is great about cutting to pattern grade (read the article...) is that you can do pattern alterations while you have the pattern all cut up to do pattern grading..... hmmm I think I'm on to something here.....

Making Sense of Pattern Grading - Threads

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Good news! ... well for me anyway....

Went home for the weekend and my mom looked at the sloper I had created in it's "so-far" state. She (with her whole life of experience) was really impressed and her only criticism was about the sleeve (which I had ascertained I did not have enough wearing ease yet) and the back seams weren't as smooth in the shoulders as they could have been after the alterations I had made and she pinned them for me how she would do them.