
It’s time for the final installment of the Sewing Pants series β a full report on the Cali Faye Hampshire trousers I sewed using this thorough pants-fitting method! […]
It’s time for the final installment of the Sewing Pants series β a full report on the Cali Faye Hampshire trousers I sewed using this thorough pants-fitting method! […]
Altering pants pattern pieces calls for comparing body measurements to flat pattern pieces and making adjustments. Here’s how it works. […]
Hey, friends. Let’s have a heart-to-heart convo, right here, right now. Does sewing pants freak you out? Yes? Me, too. That’s why I went to pants school. […]
I signed up for “How to Fit a Dress Form to Your Body” at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo to learn how to pad a dress form the right way. […]
I’ve been interested in body type analysis recently because of my fitting drama with the M6696 shirtdress. You can’t talk about fitting without talking about unique features of your body β short waistedness, sloping shoulders, swayback, etc. Body type analysis lets you identify unique figure features and sew clothes that better fit everything you’ve got going on between your chin and ankles. […]
After my last postΒ on working with McCall’s M6696 shirtdress, I checked out some books on pattern fitting. One of my library books is “Pattern Fitting with Confidence”Β by longtime public television sewing educator, Nancy Zieman. I just happened to start with her book first, and I haven’t looked back. Her fitting technique made a world of sense to me, and I don’t understand why I haven’t seen it in other places. […]
I wanted to post a blow-by-blow pattern review and tips for sewing McCall’s M6696 shirtdress, sewing friends. Alas, my fitting skills came up short. […]