If you use commercial sewing patterns regularly, it's likely you've learned what a standard pattern looks like. As you start custom-fitting those patterns to your own figure, you may find yourself doubting the pattern shapes you create. Armscyes may look too deep or shallow, seamlines too straight or curvy, and darts too short, long, deep, or narrow. I'd like to give you a more realistic idea of how patterns look when adjusted for a range of body types, so you feel more confident in your own fitting work. My fitting method involves pinning and adjusting a muslin test garment on the body, then transferring these changes to the pattern. You can find out more about this method in the articles listed in "Fitting Tutorials," p. 47. Even though I thoroughly trust my process, there have been many times I have looked at an adjusted pattern and wondered if it could possibly be right. The proof comes when fitting the next muslin. Usually, there's a definite improvement. That better fit reassures me that the adjusted pattern is correct for the figure I'm fitting, even if it doesn't correspond to the standardized patterns I'm familiar with.
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