{"id":4414,"date":"2013-08-29T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2020-12-13T10:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T15:42:10","slug":"making-a-muslin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/making-a-muslin\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a muslin, bodice pattern adjustment – Sew the Perfect Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'm embarking upon an epic fitting exercise and learning to sew the perfect fit this year, following along with the Craftsy course of the same name and the lovely instructor Lynda Maynard. \u00a0You can read Part 1 of the series at\u00a02013 is the year of Sew the Perfect Fit<\/a>\u00a0and Part 2 at\u00a0Muslin Bodice Adjustment<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong>Today, more on making a muslin and transferring the bodice adjustments onto the paper pattern.<\/p>\n

\"Transferring

In the last post I had completed and pinned the adjustments I wanted to my original muslin which had been made up straight from the pattern. \u00a0Here was the result after much slashing and pinning.<\/p>\n

\"Bodice

Added length to both the front and back bodice. \u00a0Marked to lower bust darts on pattern and next trial bodice. Opened from waist to side dart and increased at waist, tapering to nothing at bust.<\/p>\n

\"Bodice

Added additional length to back bodice to align waist seam with natural waistline. \u00a0Slashed from waist to shoulder and widened primarily at waistline, tapering to nothing at shoulders.<\/p>\n

So then it was time to transfer the adjustments made to the pattern pieces. \u00a0I used my favorite method for tracing patterns<\/a>, and transferred all pattern marking including seam and stitching lines to medical paper<\/a> which is much stronger than regular pattern tissue.<\/p>\n

\"Sewing

\"Sewing

I quickly ran up a new muslin (in a more concealing darker fabric) to check the fit. I made another few small adjustments, making a change to the shoulder and also letting out the side seams just a little. \u00a0Although this might be reversed when I fit the final dress. \u00a0It's just a bit of ‘fitting insurance'. \u00a0And here is the revised muslin based on the pattern alterations.<\/p>\n

\"Sewing

I don't think any expert in sewing would call this a perfect fit just yet, but I am delighted with it. \u00a0Compared to what I started with, and how much trouble I always have fitting patterns, this is a revelation! \u00a0There's a little bit of loose fabric just yet. but I'm sure once attached to the skirt, this will hang much better.<\/p>\n

Talking of the skirt – I'm not looking forward to that part coming up next. \u00a0It's not going to be easy getting my bum into a skirt muslin I know is probably 3 sizes too small. \u00a0But Lynda will see me through it!<\/p>\n

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Authored by:\u00a0Deby at So Sew Easy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m embarking upon an epic fitting exercise and learning to sew the perfect fit this year, following along with the Craftsy course of the same name and the lovely instructor Lynda Maynard. \u00a0You can read Part 1 of the series at\u00a02013 is the year of Sew the Perfect Fit\u00a0and Part \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":4421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[7,52,15,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67609,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions\/67609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}