Gosh I love SWAP* contests! Timmel Fabrics' 2007 SWAP contest photos.
I've lost 60 pounds and am in need of clothes that fit! I have 27 pounds still to lose to reach my goal of 150, but I don't want to wait to start sewing.
When I made my Easter skirt I was pleasantly surprised at how little (compared to 60 pounds ago) fabric I needed to use. A week or two later I was back in my sewing room looking through my patterns to find something else to make only to discover that all of the patterns I wanted to use were TOO BIG!!!!! Funny--I've been giving away clothes as I shrunk out of them but never gave a thought to my sewing patterns.
I tossed my Unique patterns (I will get re-scanned when I make my goal weight and try them again) and set aside a bunch more, including a handful of Vogue's Today's Fit patterns. I really liked this one and this one and will replace them with the correct size. I spent the rest of that afternoon measuring myself and comparing size charts and re-reading my fitting books about how to buy the right size pattern. I used to have to buy the 18-20-22-24 size range and still have to add to the size 24 for the hips 'cause they were off the charts. Now my hips are a size 20! I'm on the charts!
Of course, since my pattern stash was depleted I had to go buy some more, including this one (smaller pic) that I'm currently working on:
One more draft should do it--the first 2 toiles just weren't fitting right in the chest, but I think a sloping/forward shoulder adjustment will take care of that. This pattern will be my first tried 'n true for my first ever SWAP. Before I can SWAP though, I must have a pants pattern, so that will be my next project!
*Sewing With A Plan
I've lost 60 pounds and am in need of clothes that fit! I have 27 pounds still to lose to reach my goal of 150, but I don't want to wait to start sewing.
When I made my Easter skirt I was pleasantly surprised at how little (compared to 60 pounds ago) fabric I needed to use. A week or two later I was back in my sewing room looking through my patterns to find something else to make only to discover that all of the patterns I wanted to use were TOO BIG!!!!! Funny--I've been giving away clothes as I shrunk out of them but never gave a thought to my sewing patterns.
I tossed my Unique patterns (I will get re-scanned when I make my goal weight and try them again) and set aside a bunch more, including a handful of Vogue's Today's Fit patterns. I really liked this one and this one and will replace them with the correct size. I spent the rest of that afternoon measuring myself and comparing size charts and re-reading my fitting books about how to buy the right size pattern. I used to have to buy the 18-20-22-24 size range and still have to add to the size 24 for the hips 'cause they were off the charts. Now my hips are a size 20! I'm on the charts!
Of course, since my pattern stash was depleted I had to go buy some more, including this one (smaller pic) that I'm currently working on:
One more draft should do it--the first 2 toiles just weren't fitting right in the chest, but I think a sloping/forward shoulder adjustment will take care of that. This pattern will be my first tried 'n true for my first ever SWAP. Before I can SWAP though, I must have a pants pattern, so that will be my next project!
*Sewing With A Plan
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