Bloggers who do illustrated tutorials have my full admiration. Because it’s bloody hard to do well! I started out with the best of intentions to make my FFRP Odyssey a tutorial of sort. But I ran out of patience. Sewing is supposed to be fun. This bodice fitting is turning out to be a chore. […]
So back to fitting. I started out with all intention to follow FFRP to the T. I ended up with a puddle of fudges. It started well. Sort of. Here’s my no alteration try out of a size 10: The back width seems OK at upper back – where the horizontal line is. There’s a […]
Pattern Preparation continued… Tissue paper being rather fragile, I decided to take a few precautions and get the pinned tissue pattern to lie as flat as possible before I try it on. Initially I folded back all the clipped curved edges – neckline and armhole. This also helped me see better when evaluating the fit, […]
So here goes. Some notes on my experiment with Palmer/Pletsch’s Fit For Real People fitting approach. Pattern: I’m working with Palmer / Pletsch’s McCall fitting shell (M2718). In retrospect I could have just used my Vogue fitting shell (V1004) because I didn’t need any of the extension outlets. But I was curious whether the instruction would […]
So now that you have your 0-ease Moulage Block, let’s talk about what you can use it for. Usage Overview Designing your own patterns: You will still need Flat Pattern Design books for instruction on how to turn your 2D body map into different styles of Blocks (TNT/tried & trued master patterns/templates) & individual derivative […]
