Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure by Sandra Betzina

Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure Sandra Betzina ebook
Page: 256
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9781561586493

In reality 'ease' on a well-fitted trouser is more flattering. Even when you've gone through the pattern-muslin-pattern-muslin cycle several times and have a good fit, it's best to check that length, ease, and style elements such as collar shape, pocket placement, etc. Experience for all concerned." Chapter 2 is about design principles and elements, such as line, shape, color, texture, pattern, balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, harmony, and unity. Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure - Easy Guide to Sewing Tops & T-Shirts, Skirts and Pants And I already had: - "Reader's Digest" Complete Guide to Sewing I love that one! Basically I do the same as would be in Fast Fit. Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Each fitting solution is illustrated with a step-by-step description of the pattern alteration and a photo of the correctly altered pattern. Sandra Betzina, the host of HGTV's Sew Perfect, knows exactly how to alter a pattern to compensate for just about every figure flaw or to accommodate any figure type. I usually make slight alterations every time, so that the finished garment doesn't look exactly the same as the previous one. The authors say explain it thus: "Within each section, the first variation to be presented is the first that needs to be altered if the entire fitting process is to be successful. Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure. For me it's easier to see how the alteration you're making to the pattern shapes relates to the difference in fit when you're doing it on the body - i can see why the 'standard flat alterations' were developed, but they're so abstract! I find it quicker to sew, and there I want to expand my sewing but I also want to make garments that I know I will wear so if I like the fit, shape etc I have no problem at all making multiples from a pattern. Fitting and pattern alteration (hurrah, my birthday present this year). Fast Fit is packed with dozens of clear analyses of all the patterns are shown quite small. One other drawback is that, easy as these fixes may generally be, they're not necessarily fast from the start, since Betzina recommends that you first make a fitting shell to highlight problem areas. Our bodies are all unique and - as sewists - we've all had different experiences and been exposed to varying resources and yet we have commonalities that allow us to help each other. Pati Palmer and Marta Alto's book, 2003, Pants for Real People is published by Palmer/Pletsch. In Chapter 8, Measuring for the .. Taking my It's easy to change the measure much more by a slight change in tension of the tape measure or posture of the person being measured.