Category Archives: Fitting

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 […]

Front Crotch Fullness

Good day to you and thankyou for coming over to read about adjusting a front pant for fullness in the crotch area.  Today we will be featuring our always gorgeous Luana F from the US who recently participated in the new London Ponte Pants road tester group. When I conduct my pattern tests I try […]

Adjusting Vertical Length for Bodice

Hello my lovely sewist friends. Today I have written a blog post for you all on how you can alter your bodice block for vertical length. Here we have used the Beth Dress. You will also learn how to recognize it on your body if you are not familiar with it. Our Julia McC recently […]

Fit Alterations Romy Cami Slip Gown

Good day to you my sew’ist friends. I hope you are all well, happy and safe. Today I would like to share with you 2 simple fit alterations that may be needed to fine tune the fit of your Romy Cami, Slip or Gown. The two fit alterations today will focus on:1. Height of the […]

Fitting for Lower Bust Point and Princess Panels

Hello my lovely friends and I hope today finds you all well and happy. Today is the 2nd blog post to celebrate the release of the gorgeous Madison Colour Blocked Dress and I would like to talk to you about changing your bust point on your pattern and how to do this given that you […]