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Thank you, that is very helpful!

@whimsy hi Mary, depends on what you want to have “work”.
From the pattern pieces, and the way the underarm gusset becomes part of the sleeve, if you want to match the pattern of a plaid that sounds like a nightmare.
If you don’t care about pattern matching, or want to embrace the “lines” of the pattern by highlighting them with mismatched plaid…[Read more]

Will this pattern work for a plaid fabric?

The digital version of the pattern includes A0 pages which can also be used for a projector if you like.

Hi @mollyshark
There are two versions of the pattern you can click on to purchase.
The first: ‘Fira Top + Dress Pattern” is a paper pattern that will be posted to you.
The second: “Digital Fira Top + Dress Pattern” is a digital pdf pattern that you download. You can print at home, or at a copy shop on A0 or 36″ plan printing. I don’t believe they…[Read more]

Our patterns are designed for someone of average height–approximately 5’6″–but whether you want to lengthen or shorten, and the location of that lengthening or shortening, will depend on your particular body. I’m 5’8″ but I’m also very long through the torso so I usually need to lengthen the torso of our patterns to fit myself. But if you have…[Read more]

No, seam allowances are included in all our patterns.

Eurkea! Now I see!! Thank you for your response. I was fatigued, but made a muslin anyway, and having confused the dot for the size it looks like I made myself a size 4 hip thinking it was a size 8. This is why we do muslins I guess. Thanks again! I love the pattern and have a very nice shot cotton woven waiting in the wings.

Eileen, I think you’re confusing the markings for the dots with the markings for the lines themselves. The lines are marked directly ON the line. The dots are marked next to the dots. I hope that helps.

Eileen again: I tried joining piece 4 with piece 1 at the indicated marks, and thought I’d snap a pic to show how it lined up. Same basic issue: If I follow the pattern key, the line for size 4 should remain dashed and the line for size 6 dotted, but from the markings it looks like 0 becomes 4, and 2 becomes 6 and so forth. So where to cut?? I’m…[Read more]