In Fitting Fashion

  • Mar 16, 2012

    The Cool Cowl Tank

    New pattern now available for download!    This is the perfect summer top for keeping cool and staying stylish!  Designed specifically for knit fabrics, this top features a front cowl neckline and sleeveless styling; perfect for warm summer days or under a jacket at the office.  Self fabric bands at the armholes and bottom hem make this top super quick and easy to stitch up, you will want to make several versions for an easy summer wardrobe add on.  This is a multi-size downloadable PDF sewing pattern in women's sizes XS - XL.  This is the perfect pattern for a...

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  • Mar 12, 2012

    Fitting Books

    Let's face it, fitting can be complicated and confusing so it's always good to have some good references available to help you figure it all out.  Books are a good place to start when you are just beginning the fitting journey.  I currently have two books specific to fitting.  The first one I purchased was Fitting & Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach.     I bought this one sight unseen, hoping it would be a good reference when I first got my job as a fit technician.  It did come in handy a few times but I found the black and...

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  • Feb 29, 2012

    A Few Laughs on Leap Day

     In the off chance that you haven't heard of the Center for Pattern Design, please follow the link and check them out.  They are doing great work to preserve the skills of pattern making and draping and have many books and workshops on the subject.  They are worth a go see! I received their newsletter today which included a link to this video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  Mary Martin 1953

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  • Feb 28, 2012

    Fitting Sleeves - Ease

    To catch up on the progression of this sleeve check out "Fitting Sleeves" and "Fitting Sleeves Continued".   I think I am finally happy with my sleeve!  Granted, it took me three full days of trial and error to bring it to this point but I feel most satisfied with this version.   Here is the comparison of the sleeve pattern.  If you remember, the black dotted line is the sleeve draft, the blue is my first successful sleeve, the red is my second (not entirely) successful sleeve, and the green is the pattern for the sleeve pictured above.  The higher...

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  • Feb 23, 2012

    Fitting Sleeves Continued

    Admittedly, I am a bit of a perfectionist.  This drives me and others crazy because I spend too much time on things that are already "good enough".  Jo, from Making It Well reminded me of this post by Kathleen at Fashion Incubator and got me to thinking that maybe, I can still make some improvements to the sleeve from yesterday's post.  So my sleeve fitting journey continued. So let's compare the photos.  This is yesterday's "last sleeve": This is today's "final sleeve: This is a comparison of the sleeve patterns: I think it is clear that today's final sleeve looks...

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