Pattern Master Boutique Expert?

And paper-and-pencil is so *easy*! Once you've drafted a bodice from scratch, the hardest part of drafting a pattern is remembering where you keep the big sheets of paper.

I put the desk-calendar pad behind the piano with the cutting mat so I wouldn't forget I had it again. The roll of newsprint, on a broomstick over brackets on the wall-of-shelves in the sewing room, is easy to find.

Over the years, I've used every type of paper and a disposable cleaning cloth to make patterns. On more than one occasion, I've ironed packing paper! It was a big relief when I finally caught the "The Paper" office open and paid a dollar or so for a ten-year supply of paper.

Hrm. It's been about eight years now, and there is only a quarter-inch of paper left on the core. Perhaps I should start checking the office every time I go downtown. Or at least verify that it's still there; I haven't found a "The Paper" in my driveway for years, but I sometimes see it in other people's driveways.

Joy Beeson

Now that is odd. I generated a pattern for a jacket with armscye princess seams front and back. The CF and CB sections had three straight lines: from armscye to bust point; bust point to waist; waist to hip. None of those had any curve at all. On the other hand, the side panels had nicely curved lines. Wonder what caused that. I have de-activated the program, or I'd check to see if there was some setting I flubbed.

Karen was more then gracious and finally agreed with me that the very specific demands of the pattern I need to create for the this garment are probably not going to be met with PMB. She suggested paper and pencil...

;-}

Beverly