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clevermanka) wrote2006-11-16 10:00 am
clevermanka) wrote2006-11-16 10:00 am
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This is why I make muslins...
But it still doesn't make it any less of a blow when the finished garment doesn't fit.
I made up a charming little shift dress/jumper last night. Something I could wear over a thin turtleneck or a blouse for a little retro mod-style winter fashion. Same size, same pattern company as the highly successful summer shift dress I made earlier this year. The pattern envelope and line drawings show a loosely fit A-line mini-dress. In actuality, what resulted was a slim-fitting sheath that I could barely pull on over my chest and didn't have a hope in hell of fitting over my hips. I squirmed back out of it and measured across the hipline of the garment. Barely thirty-eight inches. WTF??? On the pattern envelope, it says the finished garment at the hipline should be forty-one inches.
Shit.
So, does anyone on my f-list have a desire for a little black dress (I make my muslins out of inexpensive but nice fabric, you know, for the occasions when the muslin does fit), with a dark orange stripe detail around the neckline and down the front? I estimate it would fit someone 36-26-36. I haven't seen those measurements since high school and I don't have any interest in starving myself down to that size again. In all honesty, I don't know if my hips can get back down that small without significant loss of ass (and nobody wants that). I haven't hemmed it yet, but everything else is finished. And it has one of the best zipper jobs I've ever put in. Of course.
Tonight: a tried and true pants pattern that I've worn for years. I need some positive reinforcement.
I made up a charming little shift dress/jumper last night. Something I could wear over a thin turtleneck or a blouse for a little retro mod-style winter fashion. Same size, same pattern company as the highly successful summer shift dress I made earlier this year. The pattern envelope and line drawings show a loosely fit A-line mini-dress. In actuality, what resulted was a slim-fitting sheath that I could barely pull on over my chest and didn't have a hope in hell of fitting over my hips. I squirmed back out of it and measured across the hipline of the garment. Barely thirty-eight inches. WTF??? On the pattern envelope, it says the finished garment at the hipline should be forty-one inches.
Shit.
So, does anyone on my f-list have a desire for a little black dress (I make my muslins out of inexpensive but nice fabric, you know, for the occasions when the muslin does fit), with a dark orange stripe detail around the neckline and down the front? I estimate it would fit someone 36-26-36. I haven't seen those measurements since high school and I don't have any interest in starving myself down to that size again. In all honesty, I don't know if my hips can get back down that small without significant loss of ass (and nobody wants that). I haven't hemmed it yet, but everything else is finished. And it has one of the best zipper jobs I've ever put in. Of course.
Tonight: a tried and true pants pattern that I've worn for years. I need some positive reinforcement.