In Which The Pattern Is Still Wrong

[madamemodiste]

Hrm...this is not working out. When I put a paper mockup together, the shape of the bottom is all wrong. The pink lines show where it should fall, and the red lines outline where it falls in reality.



*disappointed*

OK, I took scraps of tracing paper and added to each pattern piece to make it the right shape. God, I hope I'm doing this right. I'm flying by the seat of my pants!!



Better?

Comments

[sarahlizzi.livejournal.com]

here's the thing - it's not you, it's the pattern. it's an old pattern from peterson's magazine, which means that it's meant to be scaled up with a sloper specific to peterson's (most likely). that's why it's not proportional. here is an explanation from peterson's of how to scale up w/o actually having a custom sloper (though you can find them on ebay - I remember jenthompson finding one some time ago.

for straight-up, uncomplicated enlargement, you can use patterns out of patterns of fashion, the cut of womens clothes or any of the hunnisett books - they've all been scaled appropriate without any crazy mind-boggling disproportionate math involved.

in any case, you're probably better off continuing w/the draping method you've started - you obviously have enough experience sewing that this will work out, even if you're new to draping/drafting.

and the promenade jacket looks lovely. can't wait to see how it turns out!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

I had read those instructions and tried to enlarge them myself using a grid, but I couldn't get the curves right. At least now I don't feel so bad about having a hard time now that you've told me about the sloper.

I have Patterns of Fashion I&II, but I have the same trouble with those. It's nice to look at, though!

Thanks again for the encouragement!!