Author: worrywart
Date: 04-30-06 08:06
I think you have touched on the hardest part of garment construction, for me anyway, ...fitting. I have determined that a fit garment, or "muslin" is essential to getting a garment to fit. I might be able to get close by flat pattern measurements, but I still have had to tweak things. I know that taking the time for a fit garment is not a fun thing to do, but I have just resigned myself to that step. I start with the pattern measurements as compared to my body measurements. I draft off the paper pattern onto pattern paper ( exam room paper). Then, I use some sale rack , generally from WalMart, to cut out and run up a fit garment. I generally don't do things like collars and cuffs, buttons, and sometimes interfacings. Then I can adjust the garment on my body, drawing things with pens or pencil that need to be changed on the paper pattern. Back to the paper pattern to make the adjustments and then I am ready to cut out the fashion fabric. I know this is a lot of trouble, but it is the safest way for me to avoid ruining expensive fabric. Once you get a pattern fitten like this, you can use it again and again, so the effort is not totally wasted.
Does this seem tortured to you ladies? Anyone have a streamlined idea?
Glynda
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