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How to use the lengthen/shorten line and a little personal and pattern-drafting analysis to customize the fit of sewing patterns for your body and preferences.

Lyndsey is sharing her new Santa Rosa Dress for The Fitting Room series. In this post, she analyzes the muslin for fit and demonstrates how to make a forward shoulder adjustment. In the final dress, you can see how the fit adjustments paid off!

We love Lyndsey’s new pink Cannes Wide-Legged Trousers. She walks us through the method she used to fit the trousers in this Fitting Room post.

In this installment of The Fitting Room, Lyndsey shares adjustments to her Strasbourg Henley to get an amazing fit, including how to raise the neckline. Click over to see all the adjustments and the final outcome!

Lyndsey shares how she applied a new pants fitting method to the Lisboa Walking Shorts pattern. While several methods are available for fitting pants, stitchers still find the task challenging. The new method that Lyndsey is trying in this post gets results faster, taking the fear and frustration out of the process.

Lyndsey demonstrates how to use a full bust adjustment and dart manipulation to add fullness to the Enmore Top without adding a dart. The result is a fantastic fit and great look for this pattern.

Hello, everyone! I am Lyndsey Stanfill, and I am sharing how I adjusted the Camp Shirt sleeve pattern to add cap-height. Assessing cap-height fit When sewing the muslin for my Camp Shirt, I had a great fit in the bodice …

Lyndsey from the Advisors Circle discusses how to add contouring by adding a vertical dart. Even better, you can use this technique on shirts that are already sewn and even ready-to-wear. If your shirt is too boxy, this is a great way to make it more flattering.

Even simple silhouettes like the Fira Dress can benefit from a bit of custom fitting. Lyndsey walks us through the adjustments she made to create a special dress In this installment of our Fitting Room blog series.

If at first you don’t succeed, make a muslin. That’s what Asmita did, and she ended up with a Cinema Dress that fits her exactly the way she wants. It’s the latest installment of The Fitting Room blog series.

Mire made some patterns adjustments to tweak the fit of the Classic and Recital Shirt patterns. Now she’s got three new shirts that fit her perfectly. The details are in this installment of our series, The Fitting Room.

Lyndsey talks about how she fit the Fitzroy Blouse to her shape and showcases the pattern in two different fabrics, one drapey and one crisp. It’s the latest installment of The Fitting Room.