tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post289546472241476263..comments2023-10-08T05:08:27.408-04:00Comments on After the dress...: Friday ConfessionGwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12953347562329586677noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-12989639295618659932008-10-20T12:29:00.000-04:002008-10-20T12:29:00.000-04:00I have a standard set that I use when sewing for m...I have a standard set that I use when sewing for myself. I don't have to do FBA or SBA's, but I do know that I always need to shorten the sleeves, the overall length and the neck to waist length. For trousers, there is a whole list of alterations including the swayback one. <BR/><BR/>The best ones to tackle are those that are your own personal fit issues. As you sew things for yourself, you start to see a repetition of the alterations you make and can make them on the tissue before you cut and fit. Depending on the complexity of the garment, you may not have to do a muslin.Summersethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00364235843222794829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-63396817401365239602008-10-19T11:44:00.000-04:002008-10-19T11:44:00.000-04:00i went to school for fashion design (i have an AA)...i went to school for fashion design (i have an AA). i learned pattern drafting there, which has helped me understand how to add/subtract where i want for adjustments. after school i worked in the dressmaking dep't of a high end fabric shop, and there is where i learned lots of fitting techniques like a FBA, round shoulder adjustment, sway back, etc. that was 1990, and i was 20, so all the fitting stuff is second nature to me now.mamafitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532203067920083845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-4211668280286819282008-10-18T23:52:00.000-04:002008-10-18T23:52:00.000-04:00I'm just beginning to get confident with messing a...I'm just beginning to get confident with messing around with patterns!<BR/><BR/>I need to do a long waist adjustment on most tops/dresses, so that's not a problem for me now - but I really need to get comfortable with FBAs. (Fit for Real People is my bible!)<BR/><BR/>I must confess that I LOVE the patterns that already come with the different cup sizes - too easy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-89241714286950206142008-10-18T19:45:00.000-04:002008-10-18T19:45:00.000-04:00Fitting is no fun, but then badly fitting clothes...Fitting is no fun, but then badly fitting clothes are no fun either. As you know I have spent a lot of time on this and must get back to it...sigh I don't have a big bust so have not needed to do an FBA, but really it doesn't look that hard. Just trial and error. Good luck:)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529416439720810403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-75568151395033758632008-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:002008-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:00Sigh. My repertoire of pattern alterations has sl...Sigh. My repertoire of pattern alterations has slowly increased over the years. Used to be, I could wear an 8 or 10 straight out of the envelope...but then, I was twentysomething. Four kids and twentysomething more years means only stretchy things fit out of the envelope...and even then, I have to work on the shoulders, because the size I'm using out of the envelope is no longer an 8 or 10.<BR/><BR/>Hm...I think you've inspired a post about the transition from out-of-the-envelope to queen of paper tape....Lisa Lareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516986664460840579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-25297209085156423992008-10-18T14:26:00.000-04:002008-10-18T14:26:00.000-04:00Gwen give yourself some credit! Didn't you do a sh...Gwen give yourself some credit! Didn't you do a short-waist adjustment on "The Dress"? :)SunnyQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116060558849994175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-16403365858789157612008-10-18T09:36:00.000-04:002008-10-18T09:36:00.000-04:00Honestly, I don't have the first clue how to do th...Honestly, I don't have the first clue how to do those either. I wish I was better at fitting alterations, because most of my measurements tend to fall right between two pattern sizes (with my waist being even smaller). So my usual technique of fitting tops or skirts is to try and fit to my bust/hip size, and then try it on and see if I have to take things in for my waist or elsewhere. I haven't made many pants recently, but will have to make several pairs soon. So my fitting technique for that is going to be make a muslin and take it from there. :P I guess I'm much better at manipulating actual fabric than doing all that math!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913795373618902575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-56416397827082305062008-10-18T07:52:00.000-04:002008-10-18T07:52:00.000-04:00Well, this is something I've just now started to p...Well, this is something I've just now started to pay attention to. I don't have to make major adjustments, like FBAs, but I do want to avoid gaposis and the other things that scream poor fitting job. So I'm thinking a lot more about pattern adjustments and fit these days. Nancy Zieman's <I>Pattern Fitting with Confidence</I> is one of the clearest books around on this subject.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245730088359572839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-76117745192468824882008-10-17T19:15:00.000-04:002008-10-17T19:15:00.000-04:00Basically I haven't been sewing, but have rarely m...Basically I haven't been sewing, but have rarely made fitting adjustments. Oops... So Gwen I join you.....Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494354587324855883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-28603174348309051572008-10-17T10:05:00.000-04:002008-10-17T10:05:00.000-04:00This is where PR has helped me the most. Before s...This is where PR has helped me the most. Before sewing a certain pattern, I will look up the reviews and see what THEY did to the pattern to get it to fit. I can usually find someone my size and then I do what they did. If they said they didn't have to do a FBA, then I don't do one and I end up with great results.<BR/><BR/>But, admittedly, I am not proficient with altering patterns. But look at how many gals review patterns and the one thing they say is "I didn't have to do any alterations, no FBA or anything and it fit right out of the envelope" and they will be a C/D cup. There ARE alot of patterns out there that will fit us without many alterations. <BR/>The trick is to find those!!!Donna Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704336987498541444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704085174347222254.post-13152138558834507172008-10-17T09:01:00.000-04:002008-10-17T09:01:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, I am the same way. I need to learn ...Unfortunately, I am the same way. I need to learn more fitting techniques because my body is changing and I am not sure how to fit it. Just last night I had a few books pulled out to start studying!Toni Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301378153468384096noreply@blogger.com