tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post459926209234779534..comments2024-02-20T18:35:50.964+00:00Comments on The Crafter's Apprentice: A skirt that is too small and obscenely shortWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05167739272302561918noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-55734801132929614922013-02-26T17:04:52.938+00:002013-02-26T17:04:52.938+00:00Sounds like the dressmaking was a doddle but the s...Sounds like the dressmaking was a doddle but the sizing wasn't! I thought that making your own clothes was supposed to make getting the size right easier not harder!<br /><br />Thanks for linking up to New to Me in 2013, you have been trying out lots of new things this month.Celtic Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033484481693226138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-57246815019139477892013-02-26T04:00:49.992+00:002013-02-26T04:00:49.992+00:00These patterns are a nightmare - I look forward to...These patterns are a nightmare - I look forward to hearing how you go on :)Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850681754516767449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-91216990608823276272013-02-26T03:41:21.993+00:002013-02-26T03:41:21.993+00:00Nicely done anyway - I truly don't care for se...Nicely done anyway - I truly don't care for sewing clothes but there is something so darn fun about zippers. <br />I hope you have better luck with your new book and look forward to seeing some more "design decisions" in teh future!Jillaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533504920962855079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-46093861918887425942013-02-25T16:50:57.855+00:002013-02-25T16:50:57.855+00:00Well done on your first skirt and finishing first!...Well done on your first skirt and finishing first! The zip detail is brilliant. Like others have said go for measurments rather than the size. Highland Monkey'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288377600742888550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-287698861722191822013-02-25T15:23:09.252+00:002013-02-25T15:23:09.252+00:00Your skirt looks great! I have hardly any sewing ...Your skirt looks great! I have hardly any sewing machine skills and reading a pattern and making a skirt with a zipper and darts would be beyond me. Too bad that it doesn't fit though. Even bought cloth sizing is bizarre at times. One place I'll fit into something and another place with the same size I'll be too small or too large. Doesn't make any sense at all. Good luck though in finding a pattern though!JennyPennyPoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044863693451568388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-6941509684560935662013-02-25T14:52:04.863+00:002013-02-25T14:52:04.863+00:00Stitched Together has it spot on and I was about t...Stitched Together has it spot on and I was about to leave a similar comment. I normally buy size 8 or 10 in the shops but when making a dress I had about a 12 bust, 14 waist and 16 hips (I am a total pear) so I had to make loads of adjustments to my pattern. Totally forgotten how to do all that now hever, including the covered zip thing....pennydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425898433355516938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-69591137466871401062013-02-25T09:55:22.792+00:002013-02-25T09:55:22.792+00:00hi wendy, Im very impressed with what you made.......hi wendy, Im very impressed with what you made.....it looks perfect - I have no dressmaking skills whatsoever. Thanks also for your recent comment on my blog, Alicrazydazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360325378437047939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-62428180917965479872013-02-25T08:41:33.277+00:002013-02-25T08:41:33.277+00:00If your skirt is obscenely short, then it'd be...If your skirt is obscenely short, then it'd be just right for the 70s, or perhaps a tad long. I'm not surprised that you made it easily, Wendy. Until recent years, I'd only ever sewn covered zips or invisible zips and I've often wondered why bag patterns didn't incorporate the covered zips. It's <b>really, really</b> hard to get the sizing right in store bought patterns.Pam @Threading My Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-15047377127013039472013-02-25T05:55:00.604+00:002013-02-25T05:55:00.604+00:00Well done for taking the plunge, I'd love to m...Well done for taking the plunge, I'd love to make clothes, but getting them to fit always seems to be an issueJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473367240638223881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-86203903412547522862013-02-24T22:32:12.732+00:002013-02-24T22:32:12.732+00:00thanks for the heads up on the workshops. sizes a...thanks for the heads up on the workshops. sizes are a pain- i'm amply boobied and it's so difficult!moirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590289694546014050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-47798628922145804382013-02-24T19:59:27.229+00:002013-02-24T19:59:27.229+00:00I'm with JoJo, lol! I think you should make A...I'm with JoJo, lol! I think you should make ALL clothing with an outside dart - it'll become a worldwide sensation - even Poshy Spice will start wearing hers on the outside! :DSandra :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16239494415344028806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-60571968091224270252013-02-24T18:36:00.565+00:002013-02-24T18:36:00.565+00:00I read somewhere that standard pattern sizes for t...I read somewhere that standard pattern sizes for the major publishers were standardised just after WWII, which means that a. they haven't been updated since then and b. women were even skinnier then than they normally would have been due to rationing. I'm an NZ size 6 in ready to wear, but normally a 16 in dressmaking!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146620986831885505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-44707369833030810862013-02-24T14:09:57.185+00:002013-02-24T14:09:57.185+00:00Well done with the skirt making it gives you a rea...Well done with the skirt making it gives you a real boast when you find you can do something you think you can't. I like some of the styles of the 40/50 but women seemed to be much slimmer then. Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973602477081090162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902503112918417582.post-67367263388702964242013-02-24T11:24:25.745+00:002013-02-24T11:24:25.745+00:00Welcome to the truth of sizing in dressmaking patt...Welcome to the truth of sizing in dressmaking patterns. Basically as the average size of people increased so did the dressmaking patterns, but ready to wear stuck with smaller sizes because it make people feel better about their size, plus it was around the "average" for women of the day. You need to buy pattern sizes according to your measurements and not what "size" you think you are, because your assumption will be invariably be wrong. It's a scary thing at the beginning but you begin to get your head around it when you make something that fits you!Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254578516714017969noreply@blogger.com