How To / How I :: Vogue 8997 Sew-Along :: Part One :: Sizing, Tracing and Altering The Pattern

[@taran5883]

I've just bought this pattern and cannot wait to get started! Then I looked at the mass amounts of paper instructions and pattern layouts and nearly cried 😂. I can't thank you enough for doing this video as a follow along 😍

[@zetaandrews2619]

I have made this dress too, but the short version, it’s lovely and you look great in the long one, your material is beautiful.👍

[@TheFrenchSiana]

Your dress is gorgeous!! As someone who has been traumatised (only a slight exageration) by the enormous amounts of ease in big 4 patterns, the tips you give in this video to determine the best size for you are invaluable. Thank you!!

[@7PEACEGIRL]

I'm making this dress for me to wear on my daughters wedding day. Im going to use satin fabric with a lace overlay. I also have to add length to my bodice since I have a long torso. I'll probably add about 2 1/2 inches. I'm gong to attemp to make this a full length dress. Yours is gorgeous. I hope mine turns out just as beautiful. Wish me luck. Greta

[@julesp213]

I think this maybe my favourite of your makes

[@sandym7952]

Hi😆 I love this dress. In fact I've literally just ordered it on Amazon. Looking forward to seeing you make it. Thank you for the details in sizing. You are a wee pal!!💖💖

[@Hide_and_silk]

Love this dress and I've had the pattern for ages but not made it. Thank you for doing this sewalong. Xx

[@dmcc100able]

I'm so excited I've bought this pattern and I'm going to do the sew along 💜👍👍

[@thomasinagoss3611]

Wow you did it again you look stunning and that dress.

[@kjs755]

Thanks for your tips; I am making this dress for a wedding and want it to be perfect. I am short and need to shorten the skirt (even from the short length about 4.5 inches and the shorten line. Any tips for reconnecting the side slope of the pattern pieces?

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

You want it to be as smooth as possible, try and make it look like the original line :)

[@yvonnevilla4312]

Up until now I have cut the same size for bust, waist, and hip measurements. I have experience with actually constructing the garments, but I’m finally focusing more on garments fitting my own body better. If you cut the bodice in a bust 14 and waist 10, does that mean that you are blending between the respective cut lines from bust to waist? I hope that makes sense. That way the bodice and waist seams still match up.

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

Exactly. smoothly grade/blend between the 2 sizes 😊

[@DianeHill-im6br]

Your instructions are really helpful - I am about to make this dress - I will have to use mixed sizes for top and skirt. When grading the patterns so the top is the same measurement where it is attached to the skirt... do you suggest grading the top to match the selected skirt or grade the skirt to match the selected top?

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

You want to blend the lines between the 2 sizes you need, I would say for this dress go for the correct bust size and blend in to the waist/hips

[@HaviJordan]

Adore your videos! I haven't sewn in years but I'm wanting to purchase used clothing or make my own for sustainability purposes. What would you suggest is the best way to learn how to sew your own clothing- classes/videos? Thank you! :)

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

There are a couple of online schools you can check out, Sew Over It, Mimi G and Craftsy are few to check out :)

[@HaviJordan]

@@KittenishBehaviourSian Thank you!!!! This is super helpful :) I am super picky about cuts/fabrics/styles and I'm tall. I want to make my clothing and not look homemade :D

[@252jdw1]

Please can I ask approx how much cotton lawn you purchased for the bodice. It looked like you used regular lining for the skirt so I am trying to work out how much of each I would need. Thank you!

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

It wasn't much at all, half a metre would definitely be enough 😊

[@jolynnwhite7946]

Your attention to detail, isssssss riveting so sew on and on ✌🏿👌🏾👼🏿🙍🏽💕👜

[@HimeBlackOnyx]

Wow, I've never been this early. And I love this dress, so excited.

[@alisonjohns3406]

Lovely dress and such a clear, helpful video. I have always just cut out the pattern pieces for a garment in the past, never actually traced them....so this sounds like a good idea. Can I ask what paper you use for the tracing.... it doesn't look like tracing paper... and where you source it? Many thanks!

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

Thank you 😊. I get the tracing paper from Morplan www.morplan.com/gb_en/plain-tracing-paper

[@252jdw1]

I really want to have a go at this dress and have bought some calico for a toile. Please can you tell me what type of fabric you used to make your dress as it seems to hang really nicely. I’m not great with names of the different types and would like to search. Is it a linen blend?

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

I made this dress with a viscose challis fabric (can also be called rayon challis) I interlined the bodice with cotton lawn for a little more structure and I lined the whole thing with a viscose/acetate blend as it's slippery. I hope that helps.

[@252jdw1]

@@KittenishBehaviourSian Thank you so much. That is really helpful!

[@nimuenorth6295]

This dress is sooo beautiful! 😍 Going straight on my wish list 😂

[@karynbray1004]

Love the dress, fabric is beautiful....I made this dress....I lined my skirt and used white eyelet fabric.....the dress became very heavy, but I still love it....I have been sewing for years and never once have I traced a pattern, I just use the pattern itself....I have used patterns repeatedly and have never had one wear out from use.....I find it interesting that people do this, when I learned to sew from my mom when I was 8 years old, sewers did not trace patterns.....we just cut them out and used them.....

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

The only reason I trace is that I never used to and I've gone up in size and the patterns I cut are now way too small for me. Also I don't like altering the tissue paper because I find it really delicate and sometimes my alterations don't work the way I want them to so I like having the original to go back to. It's something I've got in to the habit of doing now 😊. That's the lovely thing about sewing; there is no "right" way just the way that works for you 😊

[@terripowell5704]

What is the best way to determine if you need to lengthen your pattern (in this case, the bodice)?

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

I measure from the base of my neck to my waist once I have that I measure the bodice back minus seam allowance and compare to your own measurements. (you will want to pick a bodice that has a high back that is meant to sit at the base of your neck) Definitely make a mock up to check the fit on a new to you pattern/pattern designer. McCalls, Vogue, and Butterick I have to add an inch. Other designers are different. Hope that helps.

[@terripowell5704]

@@KittenishBehaviourSian Yes, thank you so much!

[@lindacrocker-eakins1360]

🧵 Any link for the interlining please?

[@KittenishBehaviourSian]

The cotton lawn is listed in the description 😊

[@claudianowakowski]

This pattern is gorgeous. Next sale at Joann...

[@tinastarling9622]

I've done a search at JoAnns here in USA and its not available. :( When I do the search at Amazon in USA it's not even the same pattern. Therefore I bit the bullet and paid more to have it sent thru Amazon UK. The dress is absolutely stunning

[@claudianowakowski]

@@tinastarling9622 Really? I just bought the pattern at Joann. It's exactly like the one in the video.

[@dannyidlerocks]

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[@susanwestbrook5415]

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[@CaroMary07]

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[@anessaharris9947]

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[@nevem5010]

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[@bellepoupee61]

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[@lilybogaards5089]

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