how to blend sizes between waist and hip

Fuller Waist compared to a Smaller Hip Size. Another teachers Hat !!!. Good Morning to you all. One of our fabulous pattern testers – Stephanie KT – had to blend sizes for her Estelle Pants pattern. She has a size 7 for the waist and a size 5 for the hip area. Stephanie’s original toile […]

the process of pants fitting and adjustment

Mini teachers hat! Hey there. Good to see you come over to our new blog post to follow the pattern alteration/fitting journey our Barbara B undertook when pattern testing the new Estelle Pants. But I will back track a little bit as I had a great question asked of me by our France Langlois. France […]

Estelle Pants Pattern Testers Roundup Part 2

Hey ho my friends. Thank you for joining us in the Estelle Pants Pattern Tester Roundups Part 2. Yesterday’s post – Part 1 – gives great insight into the skills of our pattern testers. As does todays Part 2. As I shared yesterday the roadies specific brief for this road test was all about fit […]

Estelle Pants Pattern Testers Roundup Part 1

Good day to you all my lovely sewist’s. Thank you for coming over to read our latest tester roundup blog post – the Estelle Pants. Our pattern testers certainly excelled themselves this pattern test – well they actually do every time. What was fabulous about this test was the time my roadies spent making sure […]

Milla Dress Pattern Testers Roundup Part 2

Greetings my friends for Part 2 of our Milla Wrapped Draped Dress Pattern Testers Roundup. And how spectacular they all are. I am loving all of the fabric choices – from bold solid colours, to gorgeous prints and checks. The styling and shape of the new Milla Draped Wrapped Dress is such a wonderful design […]

Milla Dress Pattern Testers Roundup Part 1

Hey everyone. Thank you for coming over to check out Part 1 of the new Milla Wrapped Draped Dress where our wonderful family of pattern testers – aka pattern roadies – test the new to be released PDF sewing pattern from Designer Stitch. When testing the pattern, they approach it from a purchaser’s point of […]