Fit for Real People: Sew Great Clothes Using Any PatternProper clothing fit is the biggest challenge when sewing with common patterns. Fit for Real People helps the reader understand the techniques that determine fit, and provides valuable information on solving common problems. People who sew clothes for a living know that a good fit results from a hands-on approach with each person's shape and proportions in mind. This process can be a rude awakening for some, but it insures that clothes will fit properly. After 25 years of fitting thousands of different bodies, the authors have found a way to teach proportionate sewing that really works. |
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User Review - mombearof2 - Overstock.comI cant buy clothes to fit me so I need to try to sew for myself. Most books give instructions to fit patterns for larger sized women only. This book doesnt leave out the smaller sized women for which I am grateful. Read full review
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User Review - sewfullyhappy - Overstock.comThis book is an absolute must have. If you want your pattern made clothes to fit you perfectly this is your book. I have a friend that is a professional pattern fitter in the fashion industry and as ... Read full review
Contents
The PalmerPletsch Approach to Fitting | 6 |
A History of Pattern Sizing | 11 |
Fit Facts | 20 |
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Fit for Real People: Sew Great Clothes Using Any Pattern Pati Palmer,Marta Alto No preview available - 2006 |
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added adjustment alteration amount apex armhole Average base basic bodice body bottom broad center back center front CHAPTER close clothes curve dart deeper Draw dress ease edge fabric fashion flat fold forward front and back full bust fuller garment height horizontal jacket larger length lengthen less look lower Mark Marta match McCall's measurements Misses move narrow neck neckline NOTE Pati pattern companies Perfect pieces position princess pulled raise Remove round seam allowance seamline shape short shoulder shoulder pads shoulder seam shown SIDE FRONT side seam sizes skirt sleeve slope smaller spread square Step stitching lines straight styles tape tapering tissue tissue-fitting Trim true tuck tummy underarm upper vertical Vogue waist waistline width wrinkles yoke