Fings ain't wot they uster be, innit...
TWO Vogue patterns with the same niggle: the sleeve head is too high! Grr! Too much fabric between the under arm and shoulder point. On BOTH patterns trimming 3/8" off the top has resulted in a MUCH smoother fit (and yes, I DID put the ease stitching in - but all I got was puckering!) in both the armscye AND on the customer!
I never used to find this. It does add mightily to the time it takes to fit and fiddle. GRR!
Dear Kate,
I used to find various and sundry glitches in Vogue patterns. One was so bad that the student had to purchase more material. The bias grainline was in the wrong direction.
If you can show Vogue the problem, it will very likely change it. Tell Vogue exactly what the problem was, and how you solved it. You should also let it know that you are the dressmaking goddess of the internet, so that it will be clear that it's a pattern problem.
Teri
AKK!! I had a shirt pattern with the front placket 2" too short. They refunded the pattern price and offered to buy replacement fabric, but as I'd spotted and fixed the problem before cutting, that wasn't necessary. They were ever so apologetic.
Not a goddess yet, but I'll certainly contact them. It looks like shoddy craftsmanship to me. If it was just half an inch or so too 'wide' in the ease stitched section, I'd think it was me or the fabric, but for it to look almost gathered round the sleeve head points to a pattern problem. And while one was a jacket pattern (always a tad more difficult to get right), the other is a dress pattern, for which there is less excuse. And when the patterns are £10.95 and £12.75 each...
As soon as I get a chance, I'm playing with that pattern software!
Hi, delurking to chime in.
I've been underconfident enough of my cutting skills that I've always assumed these problems were either due to my carelessness, or not understanding the assembly instructions properly.
After this thread - and the article on verifying patterns in Threads - I'm going to start checking patterns before I cut!
Or, I could just stop buying patterns! I'm making my very first dress from a pattern I drafted from scratch. It's about halfway done, and it fits like it was made for me -- what a coincidence! :o)
-Liz
Great, Liz; congrats on drafting your own pattern. You must post a photo somewhere where we can see it when finished. I probably own a few hundred patterns, many given to me. I have found more than a few glitches in some of them, and never complained before, but from now on, I will. I have to admit though, I don't remember ever paying full price for a pattern. They go on sale often at local stores. A dollar saved is a dollar earned. Emily
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