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PatternMaster Curves (3.0) wurstergirl 02-24-2006
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Posted by wurstergirl on February 24, 2006, 7:06 pm
Anybody have any experience to share regarding PatternMaster Curves?
I'm thinking about making my own bras and swimwear since I have
specific preferences (in fit, style, & support) for my top-heavy
figure. Is it specific enough to control cup push-up/uplift, seam
placement, and elastic widths? Any input is greatly appreciated, since
$150 is a big investment. If I can make just a few satisfactory bras
or swimsuits it will pay for itself. But I sure don't want to mess
with it forever and never be satisfied!

Thanks,
Pora Park


Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on February 24, 2006, 8:42 pm
wurstergirl wrote:
> Anybody have any experience to share regarding PatternMaster Curves?
> I'm thinking about making my own bras and swimwear since I have
> specific preferences (in fit, style, & support) for my top-heavy
> figure. Is it specific enough to control cup push-up/uplift, seam
> placement, and elastic widths? Any input is greatly appreciated, since
> $150 is a big investment. If I can make just a few satisfactory bras
> or swimsuits it will pay for itself. But I sure don't want to mess
> with it forever and never be satisfied!



Have you checked out the demo? That way you can run it through its
paces and see what it does. I would do that as well as asking users
(and I hope you ask on Wild Ginger's forums as well).

All Wild Ginger products use the flat-pattern drafting method, and while
they have put in extra automated adjustment settings, there may still be
some fitting you will have to edit by hand either on the computer or on
the printed pattern. You would have to do that regardless of what
flat-pattern drafting method you used and is not a defect in the
software. It does give you settings to select the stretch of the fabric
you use, but I'm not positive what you mean when you ask about uplift
and seam placement.

If what you want is mainly a bra and you already have one that fits
well, you can have a bra cloned (note that it is partially deconstructed
to be cloned) by sending it to Lee Anne Burgess at
http://www.beautifulbras.com.au. The price is reasonable, and she sends
back the partially deconstructed bra, the pattern pieces, assembly
instructions, and suggestions of what fabrics to use to reproduce the
bra perfectly. I think it cost me something like $30 to do that, and it
was well worth it.

Posted by wurstergirl on February 28, 2006, 4:07 am
Thanks so much Melinda for your suggestions. I *finally* got onto the
Wild Ginger forums and also checked out the PMC demo. Yes, the program
seems to be pretty robust and flexible, if one is prepared to learn to
use the pattern editor. I like the way it gives 5 choices for cup
shape, from "roundest" to minimizer, which is what I meant by uplift
(minimizer being the most uplifted). It does let one choose banded vs.
bandless underwire styles, which is good. I don't know whether it
could be made to do a balconette style, but at this point I'm no longer
so motivated to go to all the trouble to make my bras from scratch!

My current brainstorm is to combine the fronts of RTW bras that fit my
cup size and shape with the backs of my favorite Flower Bali bras. I
wear a 32DDD, which is somewhat hard to find, and I like the backs to
have 3 or 4 rows of hooks like the Flower Bali. But the cup shape is
kind of pointy. With the exception of some Le Mystere and Lunaire
bras, most of the brands that come in this size have only 2 rows of
hooks. Brands like Fantasie, Freya, Chantelle, Aubade, Anita,
Charnos, Bacirubati, Simone Perele, and Felina. Anyhow, I guess it
would end up a FrankenBra. Has anybody done this?

Thanks for the reminder about reverse engineering a bra. I've done it
in the past and if I had a super favorite I'd be right on that.

Pora


Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on February 28, 2006, 8:33 am
wurstergirl wrote:

> bandless underwire styles, which is good. I don't know whether it
> could be made to do a balconette style, but at this point I'm no longer
> so motivated to go to all the trouble to make my bras from scratch!

I don't know what a balconette style is, but I assure you that it's not
really that hard to make bras from scratch as long as you can sew an
accurate seam allowance. I was really surprised at how easy it was.

> My current brainstorm is to combine the fronts of RTW bras that fit my
> cup size and shape with the backs of my favorite Flower Bali bras. I
> wear a 32DDD, which is somewhat hard to find, and I like the backs to

I only know of one pattern that comes in that size:

http://www.kwiksew.com/Patterns/P2351_2400/2374.cfm

but you could take a D or DD cup and scale it up yourself.

> kind of pointy. With the exception of some Le Mystere and Lunaire
> bras, most of the brands that come in this size have only 2 rows of
> hooks.

That's not good -- I found that a wider back band was helpful to
supporting a fuller bust.


> Thanks for the reminder about reverse engineering a bra. I've done it
> in the past and if I had a super favorite I'd be right on that.


Well, it sounds like you have two half-favorites, and I bet you could
merge them together and after a try or two have the absolute PERFECT bra
for you.

Posted by Kate Dicey on February 28, 2006, 8:46 am
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:

> wurstergirl wrote:
>
>> bandless underwire styles, which is good. I don't know whether it
>> could be made to do a balconette style, but at this point I'm no longer
>> so motivated to go to all the trouble to make my bras from scratch!
>
>
> I don't know what a balconette style is, but I assure you that it's not
> really that hard to make bras from scratch as long as you can sew an
> accurate seam allowance. I was really surprised at how easy it was.
>
>> My current brainstorm is to combine the fronts of RTW bras that fit my
>> cup size and shape with the backs of my favorite Flower Bali bras. I
>> wear a 32DDD, which is somewhat hard to find, and I like the backs to
>
>
> I only know of one pattern that comes in that size:
>
> http://www.kwiksew.com/Patterns/P2351_2400/2374.cfm
>
> but you could take a D or DD cup and scale it up yourself.
>
>> kind of pointy. With the exception of some Le Mystere and Lunaire
>> bras, most of the brands that come in this size have only 2 rows of
>> hooks.
>
>
> That's not good -- I found that a wider back band was helpful to
> supporting a fuller bust.
>
>
>> Thanks for the reminder about reverse engineering a bra. I've done it
>> in the past and if I had a super favorite I'd be right on that.
>
>
>
> Well, it sounds like you have two half-favorites, and I bet you could
> merge them together and after a try or two have the absolute PERFECT bra
> for you.

Frankenstine's Bra?

<Kate looks at 32F labels in own bras and waits for one to fall to bits... >

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