Sewing Project - Fitting Tips

Hi Sewing Friends:

“Are two sizes better than one?”

That was the question sent to me this week.

I later learned exactly what the person meant.  She wanted to use two different size sewing patterns to try to make her pants fit, but not in the sense that you might think.

Now, most of you are familiar with multi-size sewing patterns.  You are also familiar with tracing one pattern size for your waist, tapering to another size for your hips, etc.

But, you generally trace the same pattern size front and back for the waist and the same size for the front and back hips.  For example, if your hips are 44, you trace size 44 front and back.

What this lady wanted to do was trace a size 42 for her back and a size 48 for her front.  Why?  Because she was so much larger in the front of her body than the back.  When she took a full hip measurement (which was 45 inches) and used that size for both the front and back, the garment never fit her.  She truly is different sizes front and back waist and hips.

I am different sizes right to left.  My right side of my body is two sizes larger than my left.  Full body measurements don’t work for me either.

That’s why I created my fitting method.  There are a lot of people like me and this lady who are different sizes front to back and right to left especially as we get older. 

It’s difficult to guess what you need and where you need it.  There is a way to absolutely know for sure exactly what, where and how much your body differs front to back and side to side.  We are all multi-size in more ways than one.

If you are looking for answers on how to solve these kinds of fitting problems, check out my skirt and pants fitting ebook, “Common Sense Fitting For Hard-To-Fit Folks Who Want Great Fitting Skirts And Pants”

Start your New Year with a resolution to resolve your pants fitting problems forever.

It just makes sense!

To Your Sewing and Fitting Success,

Marian

Sewing Project - Fitting Tips

 

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