Long time no see! The baby girl who brought me here is now 16! I might have to update that picture. I am not sure how that profile picture happened!

I have a gelato DRESS question.

I purchased the 16-30 range. I am petite and round!~. 🙂

I made a 16 with a slight lowering of neckline.

Here are my fit issues:
1) the extra…[Read more]

Full bust? 18. But no way am I that wide in the shoulders.

So the 10 would be the better fit.. except..

While tons of ease? How much is there for purposes of the more buxom of us?

Also my cup size is more an F/G than a D.

Do I need an FBA on the D cup shelf? Would that…[Read more]

Thanks to Building Block I can draft any sleeve style.

But I don’t know if the shape of the armscye is symmetrical front and back. I also don’t know how to draft the right size.

Tips?

Long time no chat!

I love the Marais. Is it better to pick the size based on upper bust or full bust and do FBA/grading?

UB 37 (sized M)
FB 42 (between L and XL)
Band: 37 (sized M)
Waist:39 (XXL)

The fit point on this seems to be shoulders and bust.

Do I start with a M in the shoulders…Then do a bit of an FBA on a D cup?

Then…[Read more]

high Bust 39
Full bust 41
natural waist 39
Hips: 43

I am petite but round..

This is the tutorial I use because I am super lazy.

So many questions…

1) Sizing… my G is a 5 chest, 10 waist, 4 hip . (she has no butt at all and a distended belly). She has a long torso. For the reason of the belly, we usually do a line and high waisted/yoke dresses. But a wrap will also hide the belly deformation. This has a traditional waist placement… is it right on the…[Read more]

On an interesting side note,…[Read more]

Today I am making something for MEEEEEEE! All about meeee!

I am making the Chai Tee. So excited to have a D cup so the girls don’t bring the shirt up short!

Anyways, I would like to make the sleeves a bit more fluttery.

Do you think it would work if I just used the gathered sleeve method on page 55 of the BBB,…[Read more]

And I thought, didn’t I have this similar problem before and I wonder what the forum has to say. Voila!

I guess I just have a lot of ease. I will try it. The thing about doing a new thing… you aren’t sure you’ve done it correctly until it turns out or doesn’t and it’s “too late.” HA! But once you have the…[Read more]

Nope!

Here is my picture.

Note I have sandwiched the shirt between the collar band and the rough edges of the band and shirt are aligned.

I’m having a hard time understanding what you mean by by pin at the seamline.

I am aligning rough the cut edges of the neckline and the collar band right?

I will see if I can take a small file picture to upload. Although I’ve never had any luck uploading pictures to the forum.

My band seems way too long. When you place the band and align the dots with the folded edge of the button placket, there should be 1/2 inch excess at…[Read more]

My child is a narrow string bean with a long rise…[Read more]

1) take the short sleeve and lengthen and narrow as it you would like; or

2) find a sleeve you like and take the pattern’s sleeve cap and draft that onto that sleeve pattern.

Although, looking at the pictures (I don’t have the pattern) it looks like it might be a boxier…[Read more]

Omg. I made my husband sit next to me and look through the book and to talk about the modifications that our daughter, she who is addicted to mommy couture, might like.

Reaction one- well now you have to put pockets on everything. No excuses.

Reaction two- Glancing as I’m closing the book- “a hidden zipper?? OMG how…[Read more]

I just did a quick peruse and wow… this is great!

This shows so much about lengthening, shortening and spreading. Changing silhouettes, finishes and details and pockets and so much more.

Sewists, Oh my! There is so much to…[Read more]

I just did a quick peruse and wow… this is great!

This shows so much about lengthening, shortening and spreading. Changing silhouettes, finishes and details and pockets and so much more.

Sewists, Oh my! There is so much to…[Read more]

My 6 year old was trying to con her grandmother (my mother) into making her an alternative dinner since she didn’t like what was made. (An expressly against the rules thing.)

She told my mother that “You don’t have to follow mommy’s rules, because you are mommy’s mommy and she has to follow your rules. And besides sometimes adults…[Read more]

I still haven’t figured out how to successfully add a photo here! LOL

She said she wanted to wear a dress that I had made. I promptly vetoed that because it was the dress I made for her last year and…[Read more]

Try this:

Pant Alteration

PS. Did you know that author’s get a greater cut on ebooks than they do paper? A friend of mine is a NYT bestseller. And that’s how I learned that.

I have a suggestion for PDFs in the future. Today when I went to print up the badminton skort, I only want to print the pages I need and not the entire thing. When I open it, some of the pattern pieces aren’t “labeled” because they are just small parts of the pattern. So I sit and look and tile between pages to see if 4b is part of my…[Read more]

Thanks! Funny you mentioned badminton, because I was thinking of buying that to make school skirts. She liked the butterfly, but hated wearing both shorts and skirts (2 waist bands) so I was thinking badminton for the skort for school!

And I love that Tania culotte. The shorter version is exactly what she…[Read more]

So I’m looking for a pattern suggestion. I just didn’t feel like starting a new thread.

Gigi informed me that she wants to shop and do rtw. (Gasp). Today we went out for some shorts and to look. She lost interest quickly. Lol

Why? She would finger fabrics, make moue over their quality…[Read more]

Too big. Oh well off to Flickr.

I was thinking of buying adjustable strap stuff so it lasts longer in terms of sizing. (Btw- the dress turned out stinkin cute- I’ll post on Flickr). I used a Lisette lawn and some yellow trim. Added jump rope pockets. A little ruffle. It’s a bad picture. But so cute. We…[Read more]

She is only in kinder mind you and she said sadly- but mommy what if a boy pulls the bow and they see my body.

Sigh. Feminist mommy says wear it and punch the lights out of anyone who touches your clothes and does that to you. Since it is her body and if…[Read more]

I can’t see cutting a size 2 width and a size 7 length!

Got advice? (other than make a muslin… I am lazy today and need a quick fix for finding my mojo!1)

I can’t see cutting a size 2 width and a size 7 length!

Got advice? (other than make a muslin… I am lazy today and need a quick fix for finding my mojo!1)