I've had a request to look into the possibility of making 30 majoette uniforms! I was looking at the Specialty Sportswear patterns
Oh, well... Makes a change from the last request - for 20 Victorian skirts and blouses! I should hear if I won that one by the 11th. Could be a busy spring.
Hi Kate....glad you asked. I have invested a small fortune in those patterns with such high hopes that my hours of pattern drafting could be cut drastically with a minor investment that I could pass along to my clients. No such luck! The patterns are sized by height and weight and...... FIT HORRIBLY!! I spend so much time doing alterations that I could have saved by simply sizing the correct pattern to start. Especially the bust area or top of the bodice seam under the arm....always needing taking in about 1+ inches and the panties are HUGE! She writes that her clients are modest....but this goes beyond. Her directions indicate that you should take in darts at the buttock and cut smaller to fit. Much easier for me to start with a base pattern that is reliable...I can cut it right and sew it to fit the first time and save myslef wasted time with the client for "in-process" fittings. On lycra it shouldn't be necessary to this extent. Let me know what you think if you get one. Joy
After such a good review...
I think I will eschew! ;)
Do you know of any other patterns that might do the trick?
About 8 years ago I made 10 outfits but they were for the young girls about
This lot range from 4-12, so if you still have the pattern, and you don't need it any more, I might be interested... :)
I'm looking more and more at the S&S and KS patterns and thinking I can add skirts and details... I just cannot find the sort of thing the lady mentioned: chocolate box soldier style jackets and pleated skirts. I need to have a look about and see what folks are wearing: it would be awful for the kids if they were a generation out of fashion!
About 37 years ago I had a LOVELY pattern that would have been just the ticket! It was a princess seamed skating dress with a high neck and separate knickers. You could put little godets or pleats (I can't remember which) into the skirt in a contrasting colour... I narrowed the skirt down from a full circle and made it midi-length for wearing to a party in a very cold hall when I was about 12 or 13... My first adventure with stretchy fabric! It was lime green crimplene!
Well, you know what kids are! Lime green still remains a favourite colour, especially teamed with purple in a quilt! For wearing? Nah... I'm more of a black and white person these days! Having said that, I do have a lime greet top and a pair of lime crop pants, but I do NOT wear them together! I have no wish to look like an under-ripe pea pod!
But I do love browns and rusts, and the 70's revival has the good side in that there are lots of lovely browns about, with colour accents and self-coloured embroidery, which really appeals to the latent hippy in me!
Platform shoes? No problem! Especially not in steep and cobbled streets with a nice coating of ice and slush! :D
I found a couple I can probably adapt - or several I can jigsaw together! :) Just got to get a proper proposal together for her.
Kate, eBay has some auctions for patterns that might be of interest. Check out these auctions:
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Don't know about the sizes. You could probably draft adaptations.
Sharon
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