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Posted by Daisy on April 10, 2006, 4:24 am
On 8 Apr 2006 02:52:29 -0700, "spinningwoman"
>I found this site which has a demo of the system - it works from just
>the bust and hip measurement.
>http://www.dressmaking.co.nz/online_demo.htm
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>That may be brilliant for people who are 'Golden Rule Shaped', but how
>can it work for those who aren't? I have a normal bust measurement for
>my other measurements - from bust and hip you would think I was a
>perfect 16. But in fact, I am flat-chested with a broad back. Even
>quite sophisticated pattern cutting 'systems' don't always work with
>this. And I am quite short, so my back length to waist is never what
>patterns expect.
>
>However, I can see that it would be good for producing a first-draft of
>a pattern rather than starting with a commercial pattern, and if a
>person's only figure quirks were non-standard circumferences it might
>well be brilliant for them.
Well ok then - but I am far from a standard fit. I am a size 16DD
bust with a very narrow back! I am short-waisted and am slightly
rounded at the top of my back with fleshy shoulders. I am a good
16-18 front top size and about a 14 back top (European sizing) but
below the waist I am a size 14, My waist and hip measurements are
about the same - sort of like a tube.
So, how do I get on? Well I can only tell you that this Lutterloh
pattern drafting did it for me! There were some minor adjustments -
but nothing like the drastic cutting and slashing I had to do with the
American system that actually did NOT work for me in the end.
I can only go off my own experience.
Daisy
Carthage demands an explanation for this insolence!
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