How to Fit Before You Sew- Featuring McCall's 6083

[@solarwinds-]

Hey Alexandra, love your vids, so professional and classy. Thank you for posting. There is a huge gap in the sewing world for this type of content, fitting a pattern. Thank you so much for filling that void! I've made my own clothes based on your information. They look smashing on me!

[@roxannelopez]

Beautiful fit! And what a joy to avoid making a muslin by changing the pattern in advance! Thank you for this video! I'm learning to draft patterns from my measurements but I have a whole collection of store-bought patterns that could now be fine-tuned without the muslin step!

[@Sososewist]

Great video I really appreciate knowing the sequence of your adjustments. I would love to see more videos like this. Definitely gold nuggets throughout. Thank you

[@angelaoehlert4622]

Thank you so much! There certainly were some gold nuggets for me on pant fitting. I’m definitely saving this to my sewing playlist so I can refer back to it as needed.

[@debl1997]

There sure is some really great info in this video, so I wrote lots of notes. Some techniques I haven't heard of before. Makes me very anxious to be able to join your pants fitting course in 2024! I've gained so much confidence and knowledge from your fitting essentials course!

[@tammymasson2343]

Excellent tutorial with great explanations. Thank you so much!!

[@snugbumswallace7218]

Thanks for this and those who commented and replied. I'm self learning via tutorials such as this and some books. This has been most useful in the steps and sequence if preparing a pattern. Bodice back first, then the back. Off to try out and watch your tutorial on balance lines its the bust the gets me.

[@hippychickshannong3884]

Yay -I own this pattern and I need to size mine up thank you

[@janeahrens572]

Yes, more!!

[@nancypeplau9747]

Beautiful instructions, beautiful results. Thank you

[@judyjones7996]

Alexandra, it's been a while since your last video. When it came up on my subscription feed I wondered if you had put out an email but no. Haven't viewed it yet since I don't sew too much for myself anymore since I am retired but I have always loved your teachings and videos.

[@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns]

Yes, I’ve sent out 2 emails this month, check your spam and junk folders… or perhaps you’ve unsubscribed? You can send me an email and I’ll check that for you.

[@judyjones7996]

@@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns sent you an email via my subscription which is not this email. Thanks

[@mrgarner4796]

Fitting is a problem for me. This is helpful. Thank you.

[@pamelarivera5058]

Beautiful fit! I have never heard about lowering the crotch area. Good explanation. How you do it?

[@snugbumswallace7218]

Thank you sew much. I'm trying to learn how to sew it's definitely a learning curve. One question re grading are there any rules about how many sizes you can go up to? You graded 2 sizes at what point would you stop.

[@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns]

You are limited to the width of the grid ruler you are using and there is some distortion when you grade more than 2 or 3 sizes, but it depends on the original grade rule that was applied.

[@tamarmiles8839]

Hi Alexandra, I’m working on the Ellen pants and watching all of your pant related tutorials. This is my first pair of pants in many years. So, in this video I believe I’m understanding the length adjustments are from the floor up. Where I got lost was the decrease between knee to crotch. I do understand the crotch needs to be lower (shorter) than the body. Based on the numbers you mentioned, I saw 1 1/2”. May I ask, how did you come to 1 7/8”? I’m sure there’s some bit of info I missed, in spite of re-watching several times. 😊 Thank you

[@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns]

I am reducing the length based on my inseam measurement and I need to take into account the change I made from floor to knee.

[@tamarmiles8839]

@@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns Thank you 😊

[@kgflcreations]

Beautiful!!! What fabric did you use? Thank you for a great video🙂🙂

[@AlexandraMorganInHousePatterns]

Fabric: Silky Dotted Viscose Dobby in Deep Ocean from Blackbird Fabrics

[@kgflcreations]

👍👍👍

[@luanne.18]

What if you have an older pattern from the 70's where you only have one size. Is there anyway of grading that up one or two sizes?

[@rhonddalesley]

I actually watched a video on exactly that the other day but can’t remember who the creator was although if you search ‘how to grade up a vintage pattern’ it’ll pop up. I saw a video recently (it might’ve been Alexandra) where they said to not grade up more than 2 sizes at a time because the pattern can become distorted, so if you need to go up 3 sizes for example, grade up 2 sizes first then use the resulting pattern to grade up the one remaining size.

[@luanne.18]

@@rhonddalesley Was it this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/roLLen9mo5eFmqM