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Where can you buy the French tools you used please? thank you for your videos

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There’s no way I could have made my pattern pieces without this video ❤ sorry if I missed it I also tried looking in the paper directions but what do you do with the wedge you cut out on the back pattern piece? Is it a dart your ment to sew or do you tape it together on the paper piece? Thanks for your help

You’re funny! ‘When she hit jr high..’ lol. The same thing happened to me when I tried to make a dress for my daughter. Pattern size said 6-9 months, but didn’t fit until she was 2 yo!

Your videos are so fun!

Love your channel ❤

My reissued vintages are lumpy out of the envelope, I have a dress form and trim the hell out of the pattern,I'm a 1940's style body shape in an eased up pattern world.Love your content ❤❤❤

Simplicity! Taking over sewing in a bad way - should we send them a Haslam System book to restart proper sweing ??????

I think I am a dum dum because I am still lost :(

Thank you. I went to school for commercial sewing but I know I never learned this💁🏽‍♀️🌼🌼🌼

Too complicated

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👋👩‍🦳👍🇦🇺. ❤ Thank you so much for sharing with us all ❤❤❤

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I love this video. I do have melons. I started sewing recently, and although I'm very happy with my skirts and pants, every blouse I've done is wrong in one way or another, and that is so frustrating, I was ready to give up on blouses. I will try this method for sure. Thanks!

Omg! I can relate to the two dresses sooo much. I always have to pick a bra that fits with the dress so it is at least less obvious. Also doesn’t help that I have a hip size way too big as well. For A-line clothes I can size down. Now I’ve been measuring and realised my upper bust difference compared to full bust is 4-5 inches if I measure loosely. I was just blown away when I realised it’s not my body that’s the problem! It’s the commercial clothes that aren’t made for me. I have been working on trying to make a sloper with my measurements but I should probably make a fba to it as well!

I got lost as soon as you started on the pattern. I'm out.

Slippery fabric...gives me headaches! If it is slippery I baste everything...I find that it is either baste or rip and I prefer basting.

Very Nice !!!

Just landed on this video, I love you and your spirit, you speak to my internal freespiritedsewist😅.

I really want to learn how to draft my own patterns. You should create a book to accompany your tutorials! Also, I love your pink cutting mat. Where could I purchase one like it? It would match my sewing room decor perfectly! Thanks for sharing.❤️

this sounds like a home made version of the lutterloh system

I've also run into the preschooler huge size problems with my granddaughter who lives thousands of miles away. It's taken about 16 months for her to grow into the outfits, even though I used her measurements against the pattern measurements.

Lets go back to cave men & women days where there were no sewing patterns ruling our brains , lets jus go back to wearing what they wore , boy that would be sew refreshing , wouldnt it ? 😂

I don’t understand that guide you used. Is that something you have to use with a pattern or do you make your own patter? I am always making adjustments when I sew-been a few years since I last did a project-but love to learn more

there are quite a few of these types of systems the most famous is the lutterloh from Germany.

Being realstic patterns are made to fit white women who have more sloped shoulders, less rounded hips, less bust than black women, so we cannot buy them and just cut as I see some women doing.

I learned to sew without patterns from a lady from El Salvador who didn't speak English. I am so grateful for her teaching me. Patterns are a lot of work to make fit.

You have such a nice manner. I really enjoy your teaching style.

I've lost just over 11 stone in the last 10 months, I really need new clothes (more of them) so I will be making my own patterns.

I’m currently switching from using patterns to pattern drafting because most didn’t fit my wife’s “blessed” figure (50 bust 43 waist 46 hips)

My grandma sewed by eye or drafted on literally anything. Rarely bough a pattern. usually a Vogue. But modern patterns are all the same. Get the pattermaking for fashion design 4th edition on is ideal and draft away. Make a block and go. If flat patterning is your jam, it all u will need. You can look at a garments style lines and copy it.

I am reteaching myself to sew. This is the info I wanted. I was drafting payterns for some simple bags, rolls and clutches last night and havimg fun with simple ideas and wishing I could do the same for clothing. Thank you!!

I actually have the original system. I’d have to dig it out, but I’m sure it comes with a booklet on how to use it. I’ll have to build up the gumption to try it out.

Hi. I just watched the first one of your videos. I really would like to converse with you on this subject. Briefly, I made my 1st 2 piece dress for 4 H when I was 9. My Aunt helped me. I wore it to school and church proudly. About 18 months later someone let me choose a pattern and material and a zipper. I sware I dont remember much of that process. I know Mama had to help me understand the instructions. I did not have other help. I ended up with the cutest hiphugger with a flared skirt, sleeveless with a back zip and a rolled collar. It was a Simplicity pattern.` Oh yes it was orange with mod flowers. I wore it 2 years until I outgrew it. Anyway I kept sewing regulary. My older cousin gave me pointers until she moved just as I started HS. I made all my clothes for at least another 25 years and sewed some for others. I also made my wedding dress in 1974. I used our old treddle machine in the dorm room to sew it.Then my world crumbled. My husband got very sick. I had my hands full. I no longer had time to sew. He declined 10 or 12 years and passed away. After several years I met and eventually remarried. He had MS. I cared for him the best I could. Still no time for sewing. He passed 6,5 years ago. I have been vegetating. Due to numerous health problems I have become a sack of potatoes. I am sure I am taller than you and larger too. I do have narrow shoulders as you do. I dont have a dress form. I've never made a pattern. I had never heard of blocks or sloper until the last few months. I have bought 2 patterns and a couple hundred dollars of fabric. I've been online watching and seeking design ideas. I bought 2 used machines and had them cleaned and repaired. I dont even have any well fitting clothes that I would cut apart. I live alone and do not have anyone to help with measurements. I know this is rediculous. I have fond a style of Chinese skirt I would love to make. I can not find it even near my size. But with some direction, maybe I could figure it out. Would you be interested in helping me with this endeavour. I have not sewn in 30 years (I am 69). Thanks.

I've found that even the big 4 lack wearing ease. Now the big 4 are the big 1.

I feel the same way you do. That was my experience. My biggest hiccup: I thought I requested seam allowance, but it arrived without them. I’m sure my attempt to cut them evenly without drawing them first was a problem. I plan to order it again though, and double checking that the seam allowance are added.

So informative! Thank you for this!

You are fabulous my dear! I’m loving everything you’ve been speaking on! 💜

Thanks. I’m “smaller” (like a size 10) at the shoulders and a size 18-20 at the bust, melons, as you say! I managed to get a well fitting slope previously… then put on 30 pounds. 😮 Back to the start for me I guess. Thanks for the clear instructions!

I'm a bust plus size. However, I'm not the same on both sides (surgery removed many cysts from my right melon). Yes, I sometimes wear a pad in the right cup (which gets hot and wet during warm weather). Needless to say, I avoid darts. In the summer I wear loose scrub tops, loose T-shirts, and Mumus. But, I always have to be careful with the necklines; because, I have one shoulder that is an inch shorter and an inch lower than the other. V necks usually don't work for me. I have been thinking of making myself some late 1970's jumper dresses (that have yokes at the top, and small pleats under the yokes (for big melons and for movement). I'm 75 years old; and, I sometimes work outside my home where I must dress professionally. It is hard to dress professionally because of my age and lop sided figure. Surely I'm not the only woman with these physical problems? Do you have any suggestions that may help me (and other people) with these problems?

Loved the melons thumbnail! 😂

Hoping for more post from Themodernretrowoman. Are you ok? Miss you

Joanne Limonova was awesome at explaining the system. She actually made me think I could do this. Some of the Haslam books are available on Amazon as well.

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