3.24.2011

how not to grade a pattern

do not add 4 inches to side seams and 6 inches to center front because you just feel it will work. it will not.


11 comments:

  1. ARGH SO MUCH FUN!

    I think so many things will 'work' and they don't! I wonder why our brains get caught up in the moment!

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  2. Thanks for sharing! I'm fighting a losing battle with a t-shirt pattern (of all things!) I went the opposite direction and now can barely squeeze into it.

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  3. BAAAAAAAAAAAAH hahahahahah hahahah hahhhah hahahahahhaha


    haha


    ha


    -wheeeeeeze-

    hahahahhahahahaha



    I feel your pain.

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  4. Oops! I've done that, at least, I tried to eye the pattern and adjust instead of measuring.

    Will you be able to adjust it back?

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  5. Well, look at it this way, in the really stinking hot days of summer you'll have a VERY stylish muumuu to float around in!

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  6. Oh no! This brings to mind my first grading adventure! Disastrous. I have a true abhorrence for grading, but sometimes the pattern is just too good to pass up. I graded a jacket up last time and boy, after grading 20 pattern pieces for one garment, I never wanted to do it again!

    You could still wear this with one of your fancy schmancy belts....maybe??

    xoxo,
    Sunni

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  7. LAUGH IT UP, BEANIE.

    well, ladies, i may have salvaged something... and it involves no stunt usage of belts! we'll see....

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  8. gosh, you're so sweet!:)) I wish I were that brave to publicly admit my mistakes. On the other hand, I think I don't start because there are so many that it would take forever if I wanted to mention all, and it would soon get boring.

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  9. You're so funny. But isn't it nice to know you're so much tinier than you apparently thought you were? I, on the other hand, often think I am quite svelte and smallish. Then I sew, and find reality is quite the opposite.

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  10. I think you have a couple of really cute dresses in there! So far, I've successfully avoided grading anything more than a few cm...

    Glad you found a fix!

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  11. + magda: i thought it would be fun to show an abysmal fail every so often, god knows i have PLENTY.

    + kelly: i do the SAME THING! i mean, i even look at the measuring tape and refuse to believe the number, and cut my size 4 years ago. every. time.

    + robin: HA! that was my second thought; if i can't save it, i've still got plenty of yardage...

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i thankya truly for taking the time to comment, i love a good conversation-- and hope you know my thanks are always implied, if not always written!