Of course once the stash is sewn down, I can go out and acquire new fabric! It's all about making room.
The other night I got my mojo on and traced this:
This is BWOF 02-2009-112, the flirty black and white trench coat. Now this pattern is a petite pattern, and I am not petite. Well, technically I guess my arms and legs are, but the rest of me- not so much.
I traced the size 21, which corresponds to a standard size 42 (why do all the really cute patterns only go up to a 42?) and then I used Angie's method for sizing it up one size to correspond to a 44. I moved the pattern piece over/in one size and traced again. I also had to "un-petite" the pattern by adding 3/8" of length to all of the pieces above the bust and again between the bust and the waist. Since I have short arms, I only added length to the sleeves above the bust (I had to- it's a raglan), and left the lower sleeve as is.I made a muslin and it seems to fit just fine. I will add one more inch of length to the body pieces at the waist- a standard adjustment for me- and then I'll cut out the fashion fabric. I'll be using a pretty black stretch twill with white vines and flowers. I guess there will be more top stitching in my future.
4 comments:
Excellent! I want to make this up so I'm glad you are going to "test drive" it first. :)
That will be so cute! I like the styling on that with the flare at the hip.
haha! You were just complaining you wanted something sans topstitching! Sucker. :D
Hey! I'm a petite! Make me one! HA! Are you going to PPW? You are amazing!
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