As I mentioned in a previous post, I had purchased the CD book - De-Mystifying Fit: Using the moulage to adjust commercial patterns by Lynda Maynard. I heard about this book on Patternreview. It cost US$27.95 (less for members of PR). $8 international postage.
The CD book comes just in a CD case without any pretty cover or printed notes. It is a PDF file that you can print out. I printed mine out on my home laser printer - all 282 pages of it.
It has an introduction, notes on the photos and how the book is set out, and then the process of using the moulage to adjust the commercial patterns. You don't need Kenneth King's moulage to be able to make use of this book. Any sloper that fits you will work. The examples in the book show mainly a sloper with wearing ease.
The book contains 9 case studies and covers just about everything including bust adjustments, petite adjustments, sloped shoulders, large hip etc etc.
I used my sloper made from my saran wrap. I used this method of fitting for my party frock and now am putting it to test on Burda 09-2007-109.
109 comes in sizes 36 to 44. I need a 34 in the shoulder and chest area. I could have graded down the 36 but decided to start with the 36 and compare to my sloper. This pattern is called a blouse jacket and is more of a blouse really. I won't be wearing anything under it except maybe a cami or t-shirt. And it does not have shoulder pads. So I can use my sloper as it. I don't need to adjust the sloper as I would for a tailored jacket.
(click on the photos to see the pencil lines of the pattern. The black lines are my sloper on plastic)This picture shows me putting my sloper over the back and side back pieces. I match up the waist and check my neck shoulder point with the pattern. I need to shorten my back by 2cms.
Once I have done that I check for shoulder slope(adjustment needed here too). The back is also too wide - see the armhole? The next photo shows the changes made so far in red. I have adjusted the armhole halfway between the pattern and my sloper. I am hoping that this will work - bringing it down to about size 34 but also leaving a bit more ease.
You can see my new cutting lines in red. I have adjusted the shoulder according to my sloper - taken it out and down a bit. I am not sure whether I should adjust the neckline as well. I have just drawn a dotted line where my sloper goes. I can check this when I get to the muslin stage. Also I am not sure about my curved back. Do I add a back seam to fix that? Or adjust the side back seams? So much to learn..... Hopefully the muslin will also tell me something there. I am sure I will have more than enough ease and I can take the seams in to fit where I need.Also you can see my sloper has a back dart but the pattern has princess lines. My dart is larger than the dart created by the princess line so again another reason to think that this pattern will need to be taken in in the seams.
Next post I will show the my front adjustments.
13 comments:
Interesting - thanks for sharing. I'm finding all of these posts very informative.
This looks very interesting. I would think you can adjust for the curved back at the princess seam without adding a center back seam. Love these posts Vicky!
I am watching with bated breath.
I need to do this, too. And may I just say you are the youngest looking 50 year-old I know!
Very interesting, thank you so much for posting/sharing.
Wow, even WITH a sloper it seems that there is still a lot of work to do in adjusting a pattern... I had been kind of hoping that if you just left the pattern in the room with the sloper over night, they'd work things out together... ;)
Well, I can't wait to see how it turns out! Fingers crossed! :)
--Gwen
You are doing great so far! Thank you for sharing this fabulous experience!!
Vicki, thank you for these posts. Are very interesting and instructive. I am sure that you will come to take his slopper perfectly adjusted. My best wishes for this project. Up soon. Paco
I bought this CD last year about this time. I attempted the techniques but really ended up screwing up my pattern. So I stopped. I should have used a more simple pattern to test first not the one I did.
I will continue to follow your progress with this as I think it is avery helpful process.
I really appreciate all you're doing and the fact that you're sharing the whole process so thoroughly.
You make a compelling argument for going back to the drawing board.
I just tagged you :-) so what are you reading?
Hi Vicki,
First off you got tagged, so let's hear your book spot. Secondly, you don't need to let the ego talk, if you know what I mean. Just put out a little note saying life has gotten busy or showcase anything sewing related. Now you have me intrigued to read the rest of this great book!
Dear Vicki - thank you for this wonderful information! I cannot locate this - PR has removed the link. Where could we purchase this? BTW: you have a beautifully informative & succinct site. God Bless you! - Adrienne
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