Make yourself a working bodice block and open up a world of pattern drafting...
Draft your own from "scratch": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJXKh1_dSI
Make one from a dress pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUtyPPntBrQ
Curvy Sewing Collective's post on FBA : http://curvysewingcollective.com/the-beginners-guide-full-bust-adjustment/
Some Fitting Shell and Block Patterns:
Butterick: B5627 Fitting Shell, B5628 Plus Size fitting shell, https://somethingdelightful.com/butterick/b6849
McCalls: M2718 Fitting Shell: https://somethingdelightful.com/m2718, https://somethingdelightful.com/mccalls/m7861
V 1004 Fitting Shell: https://somethingdelightful.com/v1004
Though the big companies seem to be phasing these patterns out, check ebay, and etsy where there are still many copies : https://www.etsy.com/search?q=fitting%20shell%20sewing%20pattern&
Bootstrap Custom Pattern: https://patterns.bootstrapfashion.com/fashion-designer-sewing-patterns-dress-with-front-draping-3026.html#.YOzFe-hKiUk
Pattern String Codes Patterns: http://pattern.stringcodes.com/main_sizes.html
Pattern Lab Custom Patterns: https://patternlab.london/home/
Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound. Other Music from YouTube Audio Library.
Where I get my pattern drafting paper: http://atlaslevy.com/Paper_c_13.html (not sponsored)
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Hi all,
(I hope) I am ready to try making a bodice sloper, using the instructions from the closet historian
However, the patterns she recommends are pretty much unavailable, only a couple of small sizes, for which i would have to pay an enormous amount of shipping costs, as i live in Europe.
Do you have or use a modern pattern that would be really suitable as a bodice sloper?
I would be looking for something like size 14-20
She also has a video on how to make something from scratch, but she advices against it and i’m not yet a very experienced sewer, so i trust her judgement.
As an aside, am i paranoid in thinking these companies retracted these shell patterns, because they don’t want to risk loosing their audience?
That is so funny; i literally found this website and channel yesterday and i am studying how to make it from scratch!
Basically, i am looking at several resources, just to get an idea of how it all works and comes together.
Would you - any of you - happen to know what fabric weight would be best for a toile/mockup sloper?
I know muslin is recommended, but i see several fabric weights. I’m guessing preferably on the ‘flimsy’ side?
I currently make mock ups with a quilting cotton, but I have used curtain in the past. though I am absolutely not an example for anyone.
I wanted to look at the closet historian mock up fabric and found the exact moment she says “this muslin is a medium weight. It’s almost on the heavier side it feels like a quilting cotton almost […] feel free to use a quilting cotton for mock ups” It’s at the end of the dart video, when she models the asymetrical gathered top.
Oh, thank you! Very helpful and i feel like this expands my options a lot!
Particularly because i am in Europe and the naming of certain fabrics does not always match what is mentioned in other parts of the world.
For instance muslin to us is an absorbent fabric with squares on it, which we used for cloth diapers, but in videos i see a very different type of fabric, almost like a lightweight canvas or something.
I remember that dart video, i watched it quite a long time ago, but it was so useful to see how she manipulated a piece of paper to show the effect of darts. Back then, i was a complete novice and had no idea what darts were and what they were meant to do
That is so funny; i literally found this website and channel yesterday and i am studying how to make it from scratch! Basically, i am looking at several resources, just to get an idea of how it all works and comes together.
Would you - any of you - happen to know what fabric weight would be best for a
toile/mockupsloper?I know muslin is recommended, but i see several fabric weights. I’m guessing preferably on the ‘flimsy’ side?
Thank you for the encouragement!
Edit because i meant sloper, not a toile
I currently make mock ups with a quilting cotton, but I have used curtain in the past. though I am absolutely not an example for anyone.
I wanted to look at the closet historian mock up fabric and found the exact moment she says “this muslin is a medium weight. It’s almost on the heavier side it feels like a quilting cotton almost […] feel free to use a quilting cotton for mock ups” It’s at the end of the dart video, when she models the asymetrical gathered top.
Oh, thank you! Very helpful and i feel like this expands my options a lot! Particularly because i am in Europe and the naming of certain fabrics does not always match what is mentioned in other parts of the world. For instance muslin to us is an absorbent fabric with squares on it, which we used for cloth diapers, but in videos i see a very different type of fabric, almost like a lightweight canvas or something. I remember that dart video, i watched it quite a long time ago, but it was so useful to see how she manipulated a piece of paper to show the effect of darts. Back then, i was a complete novice and had no idea what darts were and what they were meant to do