OK, so if the finished measurements of a pattern are not provided, and you place your toile (which only has wearing ease) up against it, how can you tell if you will have the amount of design ease that is required to make the dress look like it should? And I must admit, after feeling delighted because I had a toile at last, when I compared it to the dress pattern piece it looked nothing like it and I didn't have a clue where to start to adjust pattern to fit me. Sigh, this fitting lark is MUCH harder than I thought.
Could we maybe set up a separate topic on these forums for fitting for when we sew for ourselves? Or am I the only frustrated person? I have the bistro and cinema dress but don't want to waste good fabric unless I am sure I can get it to fit me. I don't really want to have to make a toile every time. Or perhaps you have to?