Pattern alterations

Not all bodies are the same shape, so it's natural to need to do a small adjustment or two to get the bodice sitting nicely. It is easy to alter a

Learn a pro's systematic method for adjusting patterns, in which pinned fitting changes on a test garment are accurately transferred to the pattern tissue.

Often a big fault in style is fit issues. This weeks post is all about alterations for petites and what to expect from your tailor.

Armhole depth is the straight vertical measurement from the center back neck to the underarm point. While some use chest measurements to calculate this, it's more closely related to height. For women's waistcoats, starting at 8" is ideal, with adjustments made during fitting by widening the armhole.

Before we begin, it's important to remember that each sewist is unique. Bodies are infinitely varied, and all equally worthy of well-fitting clothes. Dressmaking patterns are created to fit an average set of proportions, but it's very rare for any individual person to precisely match those proportions, so don't be disheartened if your measurements don't match those on a pattern. In ready-to-wear clothing, you have to take what you're given, but when you make your own clothes you have the…

Pattern adjusting is the new trend, and tomorrow will be no different! If you’re tired of seeing the shoulders on your garment fit too tight or too loose,

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Greetings my friends and a big Aussie hello to you all today. I hope that you learnt a new fitting technique from the previous post How to Lengthen Your Back Rise in relation to the new Harper Pants Pattern. For today’s post I am going to share with you the method on shortening your front [...]

Download these easy instructions on how to enlarge any pattern, from small templates to your own halfscale designs.

This is the fifth and final part in a series of posts: Comparing close fitting slopers: Bunka vs. Aldrich Drumroll please… let’s see how the slopers fit Greta I transferred the patterns…

A bit of construction detail of the gym slip - big bum alteration.Ever since since I was a young teenager I have known that my bum sticks out. Recently I have discovered that my bum doesn't stick out but that my back sways! I have sway back - considerably I may add.Don McCunnHowever a different…

In this post, I will teach you how to draft a bodice sloper pattern in any commercial or custom sizes with a detailed visual tutorial.

Hi Clouds, today im sharing with you a basic bodice sloper ive been working on, to make a set that is easier to make and equally effective than the complicated ones. The most important thing when tracing any garment pattern is to take the measurements correctly. so here you have some pictures that will help you. And remember we have this video about how to take measurements of others and also your own measurements. And here you have the video class to trace your basic body sloper, and some…

Learn the best solution for fitting a rounded upper back.