FYI- do not use old
sheet, the weave it tight making it difficult to get pins to into the fabric
and it wrinkles like hell, no amount of ironing takes the wrinkles out.
My DD belongs to an organization that wears white to their
formal and semi-formal events. This organization has rules regarding the type
and length of the garment that can be worn by the ladies. Three weeks ago she
asked me to sew a dress with a jacket for an upcoming event. I decided to use a
fitting pattern that I had in my collection B-6092. My goal was to work out her
fitting issues in the muslin, make a customize dress form and have a basic TNT
dress pattern for her.
I choose the size of the pattern based on the high bust
measurement. I compared her measurements
against the pattern measurements and I did the following changes to the pattern:
1.
Decreased the shoulder length
2.
Lowered the bust point
3.
Lengthen the waist- this was done after the bust
point length was adjusted
4.
After comparing the slope of her shoulder and
the pattern, I did a slope shoulder adjustment
5.
Added 1-inch from the bust point to the side
seam
6.
Added 1- inch to the front waist pattern
The muslin was cut and fitted and
the following alteration/adjustments were done:
1-
1-inch of fabric was removed from the chest area
above the bust
2-
1.5-inches of fabric was removed from the lower
back
3-
Adjusted the shoulder line for a forward shoulder
4-
Re-adjust the position of the bust dart
5-
Pin-out two inches from the center back; this
change the center line seam line from straight to the shape of a S; this
corrected most of the swayback issues.
The second muslin was cut and fitted after the above adjustments
were made. I added the skirt to the second muslin, and it only needed minor
tweaking. I followed the instructions for customize your dress form (CRAFTSY Class) and padded the mannequin
and here are the results. I check the measurements of the dress form and the
shoulder length, center front length, center back length, waist and bust
circumference are exactly the same as my DD. I need to adjust the side seam
line to balance the hip measurement.
Please forgive the wrinkles it is the fabric. Remember don’t use 110% cotton old sheets
4 comments:
Awesome job !
Great job!
You did a great job!
Thank you Etta, it was a lot of work,
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