Right. I’m going to attempt to make this dress. That page is the pattern and the only instruction. Wish me luck!
Right. I’m going to attempt to make this dress. That page is the pattern and the only instruction. Wish me luck!
@hollyhoneychurch Thanks! I think I’ve made a monster, but I’m hoping it will be fine in the end 🙏
@Burk It’s from a Japanese book called Pattern Magic. The idea is that you start by drafting a ‘sloper’ (a kind of basic template pattern fitted to your body) then the instructions just show you diagrams of how you cut and manipulate your sloper to make the pattern.
@Alcedine So far, so good - I’ve finished making the pattern. It looks pretty weird but the pattern in the book does too, so hopefully it will work out!
@bsag that’s exciting! I’ve never done a sewing project before where I had to actually make the pattern as well first.
@Alcedine It can actually be a bit of a shortcut because using the sloper as a base means it automatically fits you, so you don’t need to alter a pattern to make fit adjustments. It is a bit of a step into the unknown though! Ideally I would make a muslin first but 🤷♀️