{"id":2522,"date":"2013-04-11T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2015-06-03T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T16:56:10","slug":"fitting-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/fitting-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I ask your fitting advice?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I'm making a dress. \u00a0Its from a commercial pattern, and its for an upcoming wedding I'll be going to next month. \u00a0Knowing how pattern sizing is always off, I've made a test from some dollar fabric to see how it fits. \u00a0According to the pattern envelope, I should be between a 14 and 16 – so I cut a size 10 and guess what, it's still a bit too big.<\/p>\n
But sizing aside, what do you think? \u00a0I know there are a lot of very\u00a0experienced\u00a0sewers out there who have given advice before – can I ask for your fitting advice on this test please?<\/p>\n
The front view looks not too bad, although I'm not too keen on those chubby bits by my armpits. \u00a0It's my least favorite body part – do you think I should try to bring up the bodice front by reducing the amount of gathering in those pieces and sewing them in higher up on the front V ? \u00a0Or should I try to make the bodice side pieces bigger to allow them to be gathered all the way including the extra height? \u00a0It's a funny shaped piece so it would be a bit of trial and error.<\/p>\n