tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post4263573294004285466..comments2024-03-28T04:53:04.225-07:00Comments on SunnyGal Studio Sewing: A Fitting post: Watch your Back!Beth (SunnyGal Studio)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08891740887743925587noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-18770459796490489872015-08-22T05:46:45.882-07:002015-08-22T05:46:45.882-07:00I have been having the same issue. My quilting nei...I have been having the same issue. My quilting neighbor helped pin me in and when I looked - it helped the back a lot but then ended up with some diagonal drag line at the side front. I have been playing around with a muslin and think I am about to try dividing up the 2+ " extra between the lower center back and some around the shoulder blade area. <br />I am also going to add sooome vertical and horizontal line to the muslin - which should help keep things balanced and on grain. Wish me luck!!jwkilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06349975604839100327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-58942969823121195702014-05-10T01:27:52.925-07:002014-05-10T01:27:52.925-07:00Hi Beth, I had to alter this very dress in sage gr...Hi Beth, I had to alter this very dress in sage green for a bridesmaid. It is from Betty Page and I did the same alteration and it looked great once all the excess was removed. Most gals do not want to tackle removing a zipper and re-attaching but so many problems can be handled that way from tightening and snugging up a bridal gown to casual clothes. Love your most informative blog!mrsmolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329515914613595719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-72611918332049747262014-05-04T08:48:41.657-07:002014-05-04T08:48:41.657-07:00I haven't altered the dress yet. I have no oc...I haven't altered the dress yet. I have no occasion to wear it, so it is very low on the priority list. It looks to NYC for this SoCal environment. ;)SEWNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447977771494445400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-63093105738945605662014-05-03T16:32:57.957-07:002014-05-03T16:32:57.957-07:00Thank you for the suggestion. I was trying to find...Thank you for the suggestion. I was trying to find a dress form on the net that would come close to my torso measurement but there does not to be any. Sewing in Québechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181556090422897514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-86290385868026228992014-05-02T18:02:21.366-07:002014-05-02T18:02:21.366-07:00Thanks Beth - this is such a wonderful post and an...Thanks Beth - this is such a wonderful post and an issue that I am dealing with right now! I have linked to your blog post in mine. Very much appreciated.thornberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503174766017894067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-20098652987256939262014-05-02T06:42:13.116-07:002014-05-02T06:42:13.116-07:00I would think that it is hard to measure the back ...I would think that it is hard to measure the back and figure out how it relates to the pattern since the neckline is rarely located in the same place. A muslin is obviously necessary if you need this adjustment especially if you don't have a waist seam. This is a great fix for after the fact alteration and certainly one that can be done easily on rtw with a waist seam.Nancy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235347323004026695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-75579565199681407052014-05-02T01:24:13.705-07:002014-05-02T01:24:13.705-07:00I have a long torso (19") and can not find a ...I have a long torso (19") and can not find a dress form that would extent to that length where I live. Any suggestion? Sewing in Québechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181556090422897514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-88550481706269693722014-05-02T00:41:43.910-07:002014-05-02T00:41:43.910-07:00I have this problem all the time with patterns and...I have this problem all the time with patterns and ready-to-wear. I'm especially petite from shoulder to bottom of bust, so sometimes I can pull a bodice up at the shoulder and that will bring the bust darts and waist into line. But often, there's still excess fabric at the back. I do have a large bust like you mention, and I think it's especially interesting to note that though I have a large bust, I typically don't have to do an FBA because my bust size is pretty in line with the rest of me. I think that makes the problem particularly bad for me because many patterns have longer back bodice pieces as the sizes go up. Just this week I was muslining one of the Simplicity Amazing Fit patterns, and their measurement chart told me to use cup size D, which ended up being way too big in the bust but just right at the waist. The back was quite long. I used a pattern piece from another, well-fitting pattern instead of even bothering with Simplicity's pattern piece because I could tell it was going to be too long, even after doing the alteration the pattern recommends for shorter back waist length - much of the problem was likely that their shortest back waist length listed was still much longer than mine! The substitute back bodice was much shorter and had larger darts, because I think my back is also somewhat narrow in relation to my front. Even after all that, I discovered that I must have never properly fitted the substitute pattern piece because I still needed to pinch out about half an inch in the upper bodice between the shoulder seam and the bottom of the armhole. Once I did that, though, the fit was much better. I see people often discussing alterations for "swayback" when I think the real problem is what you describe here. Some recommended modifications I've seen for swayback will help the issue, but some others I've seen are unnecessarily complicated and leave people with excess fabric still pooling at the back waist. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15400739077092686995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-43992112921093699082014-05-01T20:41:47.231-07:002014-05-01T20:41:47.231-07:00What a great post!!! do you think you could write...What a great post!!! do you think you could write one about what happens if the back is too short? As I think that is what happened to me with the black ruffle dress I made last year. I think I took too much out.<br />Thank you as always for all of this free fitting advice!Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074339341919661384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-75081416733186967962014-05-01T19:58:40.746-07:002014-05-01T19:58:40.746-07:00This may be a question that is clear to everyone b...This may be a question that is clear to everyone but me :) So I see how the fitting should work, but to get to that point how should you measure to get a basic idea of what the length was? Do you make the muslin first then adjust or measure first then do the adjustment and tweek it after it's sewed? Where do you start the measurement from the bone starting at the top of your back? I have sewed a long time but have taken to trying to have my stuff not so homemade looking. :) VWBUGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516040909356280930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-43976133440974097062014-05-01T07:46:09.226-07:002014-05-01T07:46:09.226-07:00Interesting! This is so informative. Thanks for sh...Interesting! This is so informative. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-84341486382675869732014-05-01T07:39:19.489-07:002014-05-01T07:39:19.489-07:00Fitting is such a pain, but I've found it'...Fitting is such a pain, but I've found it's also a necessary in order to truly understand clothing construction.<br /><br />I love the smell of jasmine, it makes me thinking of the jasmine bushes everywhere in Italy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-69288300037041594772014-05-01T05:03:35.495-07:002014-05-01T05:03:35.495-07:00Thank you for a well illustrated lesson in fitting...Thank you for a well illustrated lesson in fitting. As a petite, who fits her sewing solo, I appreciate learning this.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517527498809073174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-88148072696118085492014-05-01T05:02:35.203-07:002014-05-01T05:02:35.203-07:00The Jasmine is gorgeous! As are both your friends&...The Jasmine is gorgeous! As are both your friends' dresses. Such a simple fix for an annoyingly regular problem... it seems to obvious when you clearly explain it like this, but I'll admit that fitting oneself is often a quick-sand pit with the instructions to get out in another language and no rosetta stone in sight. The more I muslin, the more I learn about fitting myself... I'll admit I thought I was ok at fitting until I went to fit two of my best friends (both with very different body shapes to me) as made them dresses to wear at my wedding. It was the most stressful thing! Practise really does make perfect.... eventually :)poppykettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089242289854891320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-47689545945519425372014-05-01T04:48:52.382-07:002014-05-01T04:48:52.382-07:00Helpful post. Thank you!Helpful post. Thank you!sew rachel!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06569084994328220284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-87656565481574504102014-05-01T04:39:28.628-07:002014-05-01T04:39:28.628-07:00I too have thought that I needed more hip space wh...I too have thought that I needed more hip space when I had exactly the problem you illustrated. It sometimes means I need that center back seam to be added but the difference is amazing. This is such a good example of why we have to look for the length of various parts of the pattern before we worry about the circumference. Jane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236298438179825569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-40853458139761811152014-05-01T03:21:04.333-07:002014-05-01T03:21:04.333-07:00Too much length in the back can also make me think...Too much length in the back can also make me think that I need more room in the back hip. But when the waist is pulled up, the skirt magically has enough room to fit smoothly over my bottom. Congratulations on finding ways to illustrate the fitting problem--not easy, but very helpful!Virginia at A Sewing Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734911883557993627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-51199461691550759802014-05-01T03:17:48.289-07:002014-05-01T03:17:48.289-07:00This is really interesting. Do patterns give the b...This is really interesting. Do patterns give the back measurement or do you measure the pattern piece? I am relatively new to sewing for myself.Greengirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881501997904899539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-39093698881872173042014-05-01T00:56:11.894-07:002014-05-01T00:56:11.894-07:00I tried on a RTW dress recently that fitted exactl...I tried on a RTW dress recently that fitted exactly like this. At the time I thought it was because it was too tight around the waist, but thinking about it after reading this post it was actually too long in the back bodice. I'll definitely remember this for the future, whether it's for items I've made or RTW ones. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12854866475645268162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-51814514525372263052014-05-01T00:54:23.499-07:002014-05-01T00:54:23.499-07:00This is a great post Beth and well illustrated. This is a great post Beth and well illustrated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193367862444945572.post-14816059642779138502014-05-01T00:01:51.273-07:002014-05-01T00:01:51.273-07:00THANK YOU for such an informative and useful post!...THANK YOU for such an informative and useful post! While I am tall (5' 9" and my height in the torso) and rarely have that problem with patterns as written - I have sometimes added too much back/waist length and ended up with some of the problems you just demonstrated so very well. I love learning about all kinds of fitting issues, please show more as they come up in your sewing. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855258283549942928noreply@blogger.com