Nice tutorial! Thanks :) You speak much faster than I'm used to (or maybe my ears are getting slower ;) ) -- in case anyone else has this issue, using the 75% speed setting fixes this for me.
I just discovered you and love your video. This is something I love to do with my yokes but your way to explain it is really wonderful... thank you. My "problem" actually is that I had a double mastectomy recently so now I have to redo all my wardrobe (which was very thin) and patterns. My problem is that now my bust is flat (even concave) and not the same size as my waist (which have, sadly, a little bulge not huge but nevertheless). So I have to draw myself a pattern that would hide the little tummy and fit the yoke. Like you, before, I had 3 patterns of top/dress and 3 of pants/leggings/saroual that I was modifying at will. Now I have to redo everything again but with all my new "experience" and wonderful advices like yours, I am sure that I will be very nicely dressed soon. Thank you 🌹
I loved this! I have a purple dress that is a vintage style that I love. I want it in different colors and now I know I can make a pattern of it and get busy. Thank you! More please! How to modify vintage hemlines and skirts. Thanks for such a creative and informative video! 💛💛💛💛💛 Love from Los Angeles.....
This was so helpful!! I’m fairly new to pattern making, and I have been wanting to change some of the commercial patterns I have. Eventually I want to be able to make my own patterns from scratch. Can you please do a video on making a sloper? You explain everything so clearly and I love your videos!
Thank you! Making a sloper is definitely a big jump from a simple modification like this one, but I can try to translate it into video! I do have a series of blog posts on the subject that can be found here: theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/06/pattern-drafting-drafting-basic-bodice.html and also here theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-make-bodice-block-pattern-from.html I definitely think it's possible to modify a commercial pattern into a sloper pattern for future use too, so I may end up making that video first before a true "from scratch" sloper video ;)
A very nice tutorial! I have a couple of vintage patterns that for really well and I really need to start drafting based on those instead of always buying new patterns. 😂 Also, your makeup is so fun in this video!
Thank you Stephanie! I am truly boring as I always use the same pattern with just a new neckline and a different sleeve ;) Different fabric changes the look of a pattern so much!
LOVE THIS so much. Thank you. I changed the neckline on a bodice to a square neckline following your blog post and it was such a breeze! Other things I'd be fine with learning.... how to change a bodice block to a blouse; how to to a gathered neckline - how much is too much?; how to draft a skirt to match the bodice. I'm pretty sure that I am confused about how much fabric to remove in a skirt dart when I draft it myself. Yes. I am sure. I am sure that I don't know.
I would love more videos like this. I dabble in making my own vintage clothes, but would love to see some tricks on how to make them look more professional...and how to modify pattern for better fit!
Sewing is not one my skills ...yet, but I really like the video. I always appreciate showing that things are not as difficult as they seem. I makes them more approachable. Also, you makeup is really cool in this one ;)
Have thought about being a designer for movies, commercials or plays. You draw patterns very well, measuring is accurate, and sewing is very neat. I am a tailor. The things you do are excellent. Stop hiding your gifts and talents. Your gift will open doors for you.
Thanks Karmen! I would say the top pattern I use most is just my "kimono" sleeve bodice pattern modified to button down the back, it looks a lot like this vintage pattern www.pinterest.com/pin/AcnNtJEgMxAeupsfYAEtlid1OIt2f3vwAcvsClGp5LH1PsPIFYb5lTw/ I can certainly show how I draft this from my bodice block sometime!
@@TheClosetHistorian Thank you! As luck may have it, I just opened a Christmas gift for my a close friend that included Simplicity 2311 (a very old one.) It seems to be quite close to the pattern you noted!
Just found your channel and am binge watching! I'd love to see a detailed post on drafting the 'Lumberjill' red plaid dress: how the neckline and shoulder combine into that curved bodice piece, how to move the bodice fullness into the pleats at the top of each side of the bodice; the rest of the bodice construction. Also interested in how the dress closes: I guess it has a zipper, but do the buttons at the top function or are they only decorative? It's a fabulous dress and I'd love to make my own version. Thanks for your wonderfully interesting channel :)
Thank you! I could certainly do more detailed pattern drafting tutorials like that in the future, I need to get a better birds-eye view set up to film above my drafting table. That particular dress has a center back zipper, as do nearly all of my projects. Side zippers are often more accurate, but I find them both more annoying to sew and more annoying to get in and out of the clothes, so I never bother with them. The buttons on that dress are purely decorative ;)
I love the pin tuck detail on the black dress. Gorgeous feature. I’d love to see a video on how you did that. Also maybe it’s a British/ American English thing but you say edge stitching I’ve only ever known it as under stitching. Not a problem just something I noticed. And yes, I realize you did this video two years ago pfft!what is time anyway?
Thank you for your video , extremely interesting . I would like to make the neck a little deeper . If the pattern already has a round neck bodice , also has a full facing with the the neck and armhole facing all in one . Do I just add in a inch or so to the old facing for the neck area ? Will it sit flat that way ? Thank you. Rosalie.
Can you show how to take my mockup to change the neckline for a cowl neck also to modify the pattern to do the cowl on one shoulder with stretch material
Do you have any suggestions for how to make the neck higher? I bought a pattern to make my own shirt and it has that same "too low" design as all my other women's tops and the back of my neck is always cold. I tried making an extension to the shirt I made today and well it is really funky looking. (Keeps my neck warm though.) Would be nice to know how to make the neck line work for me.
Hi Bianca I watch all of your sewing vids as I think they are great. I have been learning pattern drafting since lockdown🙄and although I have made lots of progress I haven’t mastered a bodice that fits me perfectly. My aim is to be able to take my basic bodice and change designs with it but unfortunately I have a high round back and forward sloping shoulders and I cannot get the fit right. 😢I can do dart manipulation, change shapes of bodices and skirts, necklines etc but my shoulder seams are always too far back and I bin all of my muslins after trying form to fit them-in frustration!!! Any advice would be fantastic!! Many thanks.
This channel has a lot of good fit tips ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1ClZNz0J9Jc.html Unfortunately I am not a fit expert as I have only ever worked on my own body or fashion school mannequins 😅
I really enjoy your videos. Your style is great... will definitely be looking out for your next videos to come out and certainly use one or two of your ideas for changing necklines in my bodices as I continue to experiment and learn. Quick question for you - I recently created a sloper for myself off of the Vogue shell pattern. It's in muslin for the time being but will transfer it to the hardcopy paper soon. Do you leave seam allowance on your sloper (for the side seams and shoulder seams in particular) or do you add it in when you draft new patters? I know you said it on one of your videos but I can't recall which one.
Thank you Joline! I leave the seam allowance on my sloper that way I don't have to add it unless I change something in the interior of the pattern. Usually I'm just moving darts around and for that I won't have to add and additional seam allowance which makes it quick!
1 block pattern, a variety of necklines, a dozen different sleeve designs, button front or back, darts manipulated into different positions- different fabrics.... and we have 100s of different top designs, to add to a skirt if we wish. Perfect.
Watching this 5 years after it was made. My main question is how to know how low or wide the neckline on paper will be on your body. I assume it’s possible to predict by measuring from some point on my body to where I want the lowest part of a scoop or V-neck to be- but what point on my body do I use as the starting point? And what point on bodice front? I also have a problem with the width of a boatneck or other shape- I have narrow shoulders, and I have had both RTW necklines and me-made ones be too wide and showing bra straps and sometimes even falling off my shoulders. Thank you for the help.
I like to use the apex as a marker to know how low things are getting, as it is the center of the bust, it's good to stay 4+ inches away 😂 You can also make a muslin of the block, mark your bra straps and how tall the cups are on the muslin and transfer that information onto the block pattern and/or keep it for reference.
Thank you! They are indeed, I have a blog post on that here: theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-draft-neckline-and-armscye.html You can also use bias tape as little tiny facings too :)
If I, or a professional, wanted to make a pattern of an existing dress then would the original have to be taken apart? I bought a vintage dress that I'd love to have multiple versions of without dismantling it - is that a realistic project? I don't really have the parlance to ask without sounding a bit dopey, sorry :)
It is definitely possible to take the pattern of a dress without taking it apart buuuuut it really depends on how complex the dress is. Something with lots of draping and swags and things is going to be nearly impossible, while something which is more simple will be, well, repetitively simple. I'm not sure if their are tutorials online, but I vote possible!
I have this interesting sewing tool, called a fashion ruler, it's got all kinds of curves marked, hip curve and armhole curve. It's marked from the 70s and I've no clue how to use it. Do you? 😊 If so a video on that would me cool
