In Fitting Fashion / fitting
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Aug 12, 2016
Another New Take on the Full Bust Adjustment
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Apr 28, 2016
A New Take on the Full Bust Adjustment
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Mar 28, 2016
Fit! Fit! Fit! The Great Frustration
Read more →Do you remember a time when you could take any sewing pattern right out of the envelope and it would fit? I do! It was glorious! No measuring, no adjustments…not a thing to do but cut and sew… …or… perhaps I didn’t really know any better. Maybe I wasn’t as fussy, maybe the styles of the time were more forgiving, maybe my 8 years as a fit technician make me see things a lot differently now. Whatever the case, those times have disappeared. I am fussy about fit. Weird pulls, pooling fabric and draglines make me crazy! Even when I...
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Mar 24, 2015
Sleeve Fitting: How to Adjust Bicep Width
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Sleeves too tight? Too loose? I've got the quickest and easiest solution to that fitting problem on the blog! -
Aug 22, 2013
The Cowl Front Neck Drop Adjustment
Read more →Yesterday I got a great question from Marta who recently purchased the Cool Cowl Tank pattern:
"I just purchased your cowl neck pattern. I was so pleased that your patterns are made for a D cup. Now that the pattern is made up I have a problem. The drape is so low that the bottom band of my bra shows:-( So, I looked up one of your blogs to see what to do about it. Your solution is to fold out (or overlap) from the CF waist. But this will reduce the front bust circumference, and I can't "afford" to make it any tighter across the bust. Is there any other way to raise the drape? I can wear the top, but have to pin it together to keep the drape from revealing more than is modest."