I cannot tell you just how much I’ve enjoyed finding your tutorials and what a difference they have made when tackling a sewing project. I started sewing in Jr. high and have loved it but never was able to modify the pattern correctly for my size, shape. I’m back in love with sewing again, after all these years, 50+! I’ve found some great fabric pieces at the thrift store and am anxious to learn and create the slopers. Thank you so much for the kind and patient explanations, so appreciated. I’m a new fan!
Oh my goodness! Appreciate the resources to launch my pattern making journey. I’d like to see the next step, from sloper to a top. Thank you sew much Catherine, for your time and efforts. Yes, I would be interested in a course. I consider you my HomeEc Teacher 👩🏫
Catherine, you have inspired me to go beyond the basic sewing I usually do and tailor all my shirts to fit. It's such a pleasure to listen to you, and your teaching style is so supportive. I feel like I can do anything if you show me. Thanks again!
My mother was the best seamstress ever. I would buy fabric, take it to her, kind of explain what kind of suit I wanted and in two weeks when I went back to see her, I would have an amazing suit. I worked at a prestigious accounting firm and a computer company so the suits had to be nice. And yes I know how blessed I was. She sewed for people until I started school, then she got a job outside the home. I never had a sewing lesson. I just absorbed it all from her. I didn’t learn it all but have managed to do ok for 60 years! I am loving watching your videos and having my first lessons!
Yes for the course! You are by far the best teacher! Love your detail and oh so easy to understand instruction. Your students are so blessed to have you, and we are so blessed you are on you tube❤
As an european i never converse. I just take the measurements in inch and just make the pattern. Afterwards it doesn’t matter if it was made in inch, centimeter or chickpeas. 😂
That was excitingly informational!! I took two years of sewing classes when I was in High School, but building a sloper wasn't taught. As for the book recommendations, the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing was a gift my parents got me for Christmas during that time and I still have it! Who would've thunk it? 47 years later, I still have and can make reference to the best Christmas gift I could've ever received! I love your channel! And I have fantastic ideas now for tailoring tops that I've held onto, but are too big! Thanks for your inspiration, Catherine!! ❤🧵🪡
Yes please launch a course! I've been sewing for over 60 years and you just showed me how darts to move darts and why you may need to! Thank you so much. I am grateful for all your instructions and watch your videos many times over.
Hi Catherine, I have the complete guide to sewing which I purchased in 1978. It has been well used and loved. I did think about replacing it, however, I thing at my age we shall ride the last year's out together.😊
I found the exact same sloper website!! I've been scouring CZcams for a good tutorial....I should always just come straight to you Catherine!! Thanks so much for showing in such detail how to transfer the muslin changes onto the paper sloper. I'm a visual learner and this was perfect for me ❤
I grew up using my mums Readers Digest book which was passed on to my daughter. I found one in a charity shop for myself. It's a brilliant book but for me nothing beats an instructional video. Thank you
Thank you for sharing! I’ve been sewing for 63 years! I joined 4-H when was 8 and have been sewing ever since. I’ve been a professional seamstress for 30+ years, but I’ve not had time for my own projects. This tutorial was a great refresher.
Excellent information. THANK YOU!!! I would definitely be interested in a course and also some videos on how to use the sloper to make different styles of tops. You are a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for me.
I am an old dog at sewing and found this information on a sloper great. I kept meaning to make one and after 50 years sewing this is going to be my first sloper. I would love a series on this type of instructional.😁
You are a GREAT teacher. It would be interesting to sew one side of the sloper without the tweaks and the other side with the tweaks. That way, people can actually see the difference all at once.
I waited to watch this until I could focus on it completely. I love the directions and guidance you provide. Armed with this and the previous Sloper I'm ready to tackle the world! Or at least my wardrobe! And yes a course might be a good idea. Thank you Catherine!
I saw Pattern Scout cut her darts out. What an excellent subject, excellent research to find that pattern, and excellent explanations as usual. THANK YOU!!🥰
I particularly like that you showed us making the adjustments from the muslin back to the paper. The adjustment I am trying to figure out is vertical.from shoulder to armpit I'm short, my bust is low, my waist is short
@@pmclaughlin4111 oh good, I think that the length adjustments on Blue Hour Atelier will help you. You might need to lengthen above the waist and shorten below? It might be good to do those adjustments on paper before you cut your muslin and then tweak more in the fitting.
Dear Catherine, this was really great, I really appreciated how you went back and forth adjusting and re-adjusting - the insertion of the darts at the front shoulder, and then moving them to the best position to smooth the armhole on the sloper was really helpful! There are definitely better and worse places to try to insert a dart and make it work well! I would definitely be interested in a course. Inspired by you, I am just working now on making some T-shirt necklines smaller using your great ideas from you video a year ago - inserting the pin-tucks on my t-shirt's gaping v-neck worked great, and I will probably add some little beads - I'm inspired! I wonder if you could at some point look into how a big v-neck could be converted into a sweetheart neckline? I have made an attempt by separating the collar, tucking it, and gathering the rest of the fabric to ease around the tuck - but I am sure you will have some great tips to make that go well!🥰
I think if you launched a course that would be great. You could show exactly how you use the sloper to make a jacket block or shirt block and so forth. This was a great video!
Oh Catherine, you are sending me down a whole new rabbit hole. I have just finally gotten comfortable with making alterations on patterns. I have purchased. Making a slow or seems like a huge commitment. I would however love to see you create a course out of this. I have a habit of buying courses watching them and then trying to do everything that the teacher does in the course. You are a fine teacher. The only thing I would suggest is that you go just a bit slower. I know you have heard that from me and your mother before. You have such an amazing handle on the topic that I think you forget some of us are moving a bit slower than you are. This was a great video. I truly enjoyed it and I’m giving serious thought to whether I’m going to go down the slope or rabbit hole. Thanks so much for your hard work.-Claudia
My aunt needed a non-typical sized person to make a personal sloper when she took a historic pattern making course in the 90's. She chose me and i had the best fitted shirts that her sister, my mother, sewed for me. It is fascinating to see numbers turn into a sloper and into a well fitted shirt! Love to see the process!
Dear Catherine, I did pattern making about 15 years ago and still have my blocks and sloper in the wardrobe. I hadn't heard it called a sloper (Australia). I had forgotten many of the steps to making them, but this gave me a great refresher. Anyone who hasn't done pattern making would maybe find this a bit overwhelming, so I'm sure they would appreciate a course. Thanks again for all your tips etc.
Thank you I have been sewing for 60yrs and could never get my head around making a sloper of any kind. Watching your video encouraged me to do just that and in my 70’s I have finally managed it. My head is so big now 😂😂.
I would like to see a course, if not too expensive. I do appreciate all you do to explain the parts of sewing that I have done for years, but not delved into the why of doing things. While I like your thrift upcycles best, these sloper instructions will be helpful when I retire and really have time to sew!
Thank you Catherine, I don't have a sloper yet, but will soon. I loved the tip about in the seam line of the gathered sleeve cap. Thank you so much. I love your videos.
I’m always amazed when I see you fitting the garments inside out. This way you fit what will be the right part of the garment on the left side of you body. You can only do that when a person is perfectly symmetrical. In my experience as a sewing teacher nobody is….and believe me, I learned the hard way. I love your video’s and have recommended them to my students.
Thank you so much! I've never known how to figure out the cup size, It's been a guess for even getting a new bra. I knew that I wasn't a AA but maybe a B and I don't think a C, even for ready made patterns they've always been way off for me. Thank you again.
What a great video Catherine. Love your teaching style. I found the Readers Digest sewing book a few weeks ago on seniors day at Value Village for $5.99 less 30%. Great find.❤️🇨🇦
Thank you for the book recommendations…I went to a used book seller to purchase both (Abe Books) and look forward to using the sloper pattern . It’s very exciting how so many design opportunities will be at my fingertips. Most people complain about commercial patterns and struggling with fit and the techniques that you demonstrated are game changing for the average sewist.
Love this, I learned so much Catherine. You have taught me so much through you videos. Thank you. I have played a little with pattern alteration and even made a pattern using an old piece as my template because of you. Again thank you.
Catherine, I found your explanation of the fitting of the sloper and how to transfer the adjustments from your toile to the sloper really useful. I’ve often thought I’s like to try designing my own patterns rather than relying on bought patterns now I have some tools to do that (and a lot of old sheets)😅. I really enjoy your up-cycles as well.
I wish that I had your skills, but this is beyond my limited skills. Too many darts for me to deal with. Thanks for your efforts though, I hope you know how much all of your videos are worth watching.
I would love to see this as well. I always have to alter everywhere. Also how does this translate to knits? Love and enjoy all your tutorials. I am self taught and trial and error is quite frustrating at times
Great tutorial, as always! I was tweeking a semi- fitted button down shirt just today and scratching my head over the darts! You have helped ease ( haha ) my mind!
Thank you so much! So much extremely useful information and tips. And a free sloper pattern. I've made a sloper from scratch from my own measurements but it's quite tight. And for the life of me I just can't seem to be able to draft a sleeve. I've tried but there's always fit issues, I'm so tired of it. I would be interested in a class but hoping it would be at least partially free.
Keep these coming. You’re the best. I have a dozen sloped and none are as easy as this. I’m a 38DDD, which is not on this pattern, but should be easy enough to do. Also, I have both books and more on this subject, but it helps to see someone explain this process in a simple way.
Oh my god..that was so good and YES would love the course on sloper as well as Pants which I have bought so many and can't find a pattern that i need to change so much that i toss everything in the garbage and wish for a better pattern.
Wonderful video! I would love to see a course from you. On the blue hours blog, she mentions using a different size for front and back to account for a full tummy in a pants Sloper. I am between the sloper sizes with a wider back, wondering if I could print the smaller size for the front and the next size for the back.
This was OH SO VERY HELPFUL. Thank you so much. And I was excited to see that I already have the Reader's Digest book and another one on fitting called Fantastic Fit for Every Body from Rodale Press. You have made some of the concepts so easy to understand. And that's exactly what I needed. I'm ready to go. Thanks again. Would love to see the drafting course from you.
As expected, I cannot use the BlueHours Atelier pattern - my measurements and my cup size are all too small. But I am glad I watched your video, and how you made your sleeve adjustment and eased the sleeve in the armhole. Thank you once again, Catherine! I might be interested in your class, let us know the details.
I’d love a version with bigger bust if you can find one. Being a JJ it’s very difficult to adjust patterns to fit so a sloper would be great. I’ve tried a few different tutorials but they never work out. Maybe woven fabrics just aren’t for me 😂
Thank you and yes, please make a tutorial, even series on even mini tutorials for various figures.... I've seen ladies commenting on patterns not fitting, you can be petite, you can be very tall, you can have long torso and short limbs (I do) or the other way around, narrow sloping arms, wide straight arms.... hiw to tailor pants pinching and dragging on big bums, flat bums, thick thigs but narrow waist, big bellies with narrow hips etc. For such tutorial you could even invite family or friends with that silhouette type as models bc it would be a paid thing not a favour to us and you...
I have a very very old book on pattern drafting, but when I saw for big bust I'd need to add another sets of darts both from the top and at the sides I just closed the book and resigned myself to looking frumpy... You are such a good teacher I'm sure you wouldn't fry my brain like that ;-)
I'm From UK and we use the metric system, but I have always preferred the imperial system, which is how I learned when I was younger. I think you will find younger Europeans prefer metric, but people my age ( mid 60s) will always prefer feet and inches ( and pounds and ounces instead of kilos) Centimetres CAN be useful if you're inbetween sizes, you get a more accurate measurement..... But 99% of the time I will use imperial..... thank you for your easy to understand tutorial.
Since I arrived at my 60-ish birthday.... and my maternal body type heritage has come to full development... with my natural waist is about 3 inches below my under bust. . I use a "belly" measurement at the level of my bellybutton,.... thats where most of my garment waistbands need to be.
Hi Catherine, I've been struggling for over week on a dart that starts at the side seam on an upward slant to the bust. Could you do a video on repositioning and/or adapting darts to individual figures? Especially determining individual bust apex and bust span differences from markers on the pattern. The patterns I use are generally my go-to for minimal fitting issues but this dart thing has me stumped. My measurements indicate that the B cup is correct but I keep getting a bump at the bust point and I'm quite frustrated. I've narrowed and/or shortened to change the end point and even considered re-cutting and moving the dart to the shoulder. Thank-you for all your wonderful videos. I view them over and over for the amazing knowledge you share.
Great video! I'm going to try using BlueHours sloper for myself. Do you have a video showing how to use one's sloper to get a better fit from a commercial pattern?
I love your videos. You're a great teacher. Question: if the hip area is too tight and the fabric rides up toward your waist for more room, how would this relate to a high shoulder? How would I adjust a Sloper to fix it? RTW shirts always ride up my right shoulder and off my left at the neckline. I want to use this Sloper to make a vest for a festival in two weeks. Should the side seam be higher or lower at the armscye when sewing a sleeveless garment? How about on a vest that will be worn over another shirt with sleeves?
You made your waist dart shorter. Where should a waist dart end at the bottom of the dart? The take-up is primarily at the waist so we just eyeball where we want it to end? Or is it related to hip dimension or back length? I've never moved or altered a waist dart and I'm now thinking I should 😅 or at least play around with it. This is a great video.
you probably found out that the front vertical darts are not 'looking ' even. In might make a difference to the accuracy of the sloper Love the tutorial
Thank you! I have avoided doing a sloper until now! I want to do it now! Why do you use chocolate cookies to hold your pattern pieces down? Should I do that too?❤
Great Video. Thanks for sharing. I’m in the US finding the book Complete Guide to Sewing using the link was very confusing. I sure that I just don’t understand. The hard cover is $20 and the paperback is around $80. So I tried finding it on my own. There are so many versions with the same title i got confused. Then I tried using the extended title. That did not work well because the extended title is not recognized.
I cannot tell you just how much I’ve enjoyed finding your tutorials and what a difference they have made when tackling a sewing project. I started sewing in Jr. high and have loved it but never was able to modify the pattern correctly for my size, shape. I’m back in love with sewing again, after all these years, 50+! I’ve found some great fabric pieces at the thrift store and am anxious to learn and create the slopers. Thank you so much for the kind and patient explanations, so appreciated. I’m a new fan!
Oh my gosh, yes! Would love an instructional series on building slopers. I'm short and busty. Commercial patterns NEVER fit.
Oh my goodness! Appreciate the resources to launch my pattern making journey. I’d like to see the next step, from sloper to a top. Thank you sew much Catherine, for your time and efforts. Yes, I would be interested in a course. I consider you my HomeEc Teacher 👩🏫
Catherine, you have inspired me to go beyond the basic sewing I usually do and tailor all my shirts to fit. It's such a pleasure to listen to you, and your teaching style is so supportive. I feel like I can do anything if you show me. Thanks again!
Would love a course for drafting a bodice sloper according to measurements. This video was also very helpful for me, as always. Thank you, Catherine.
Such a wealth of information you have shared. You are a GREAT teacher. Thank you for your insightful knowledge.
Yes! I came here to say exactly the same thing!
My mother was the best seamstress ever. I would buy fabric, take it to her, kind of explain what kind of suit I wanted and in two weeks when I went back to see her, I would have an amazing suit. I worked at a prestigious accounting firm and a computer company so the suits had to be nice. And yes I know how blessed I was. She sewed for people until I started school, then she got a job outside the home. I never had a sewing lesson. I just absorbed it all from her. I didn’t learn it all but have managed to do ok for 60 years! I am loving watching your videos and having my first lessons!
I full course on pattern-making would be awesome. Thank you for being you...and caring about us.
Yes for the course! You are by far the best teacher! Love your detail and oh so easy to understand instruction. Your students are so blessed to have you, and we are so blessed you are on you tube❤
As an european i never converse. I just take the measurements in inch and just make the pattern. Afterwards it doesn’t matter if it was made in inch, centimeter or chickpeas. 😂
@@ThatisSewSilvia 🤣 Good point!
Lolll so true!
Me too!
That was excitingly informational!! I took two years of sewing classes when I was in High School, but building a sloper wasn't taught. As for the book recommendations, the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing was a gift my parents got me for Christmas during that time and I still have it! Who would've thunk it? 47 years later, I still have and can make reference to the best Christmas gift I could've ever received! I love your channel! And I have fantastic ideas now for tailoring tops that I've held onto, but are too big! Thanks for your inspiration, Catherine!! ❤🧵🪡
This is the best tutorial video on pattern cutting and fitting. Thank you.
Yes please launch a course! I've been sewing for over 60 years and you just showed me how darts to move darts and why you may need to! Thank you so much. I am grateful for all your instructions and watch your videos many times over.
Hi Catherine, I have the complete guide to sewing which I purchased in 1978. It has been well used and loved. I did think about replacing it, however, I thing at my age we shall ride the last year's out together.😊
I found the exact same sloper website!! I've been scouring CZcams for a good tutorial....I should always just come straight to you Catherine!! Thanks so much for showing in such detail how to transfer the muslin changes onto the paper sloper. I'm a visual learner and this was perfect for me ❤
I grew up using my mums Readers Digest book which was passed on to my daughter. I found one in a charity shop for myself. It's a brilliant book but for me nothing beats an instructional video. Thank you
Thank you for sharing! I’ve been sewing for 63 years! I joined 4-H when was 8 and have been sewing ever since. I’ve been a professional seamstress for 30+ years, but I’ve not had time for my own projects. This tutorial was a great refresher.
Excellent information. THANK YOU!!! I would definitely be interested in a course and also some videos on how to use the sloper to make different styles of tops. You are a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for me.
I am an old dog at sewing and found this information on a sloper great. I kept meaning to make one and after 50 years sewing this is going to be my first sloper. I would love a series on this type of instructional.😁
Yes, please! I love the way you teach on CZcams. I would love a course from you!!! Pretty please! ❤
You are a GREAT teacher. It would be interesting to sew one side of the sloper without the tweaks and the other side with the tweaks. That way, people can actually see the difference all at once.
@@PatriotCoder that is such a good idea! Next time!!
I had seen some basic dart manipulation, but this felt next level! Thanks for the awesome tutorial ❤
I would love a course from you! I’ve learned so much from your videos! You are a very gifted seamstress and teacher!❤
Awesome video! Very comprehensive and informative! I’ve been sewing for 50 years and never made my own sloper! I might just do that now!
I waited to watch this until I could focus on it completely. I love the directions and guidance you provide. Armed with this and the previous Sloper I'm ready to tackle the world! Or at least my wardrobe!
And yes a course might be a good idea. Thank you Catherine!
you do explain things so well. I daily regret that I never had any sewing training... until you tube I had been winging it... with mixed results!
I saw Pattern Scout cut her darts out. What an excellent subject, excellent research to find that pattern, and excellent explanations as usual. THANK YOU!!🥰
@@jenniferrich5292 yes, it was pattern scout!! Thank you!
I found the Readers Digest book at a thrift store. So glad I picked it up.
I particularly like that you showed us making the adjustments from the muslin back to the paper.
The adjustment I am trying to figure out is vertical.from shoulder to armpit I'm short, my bust is low, my waist is short
@@pmclaughlin4111 oh good, I think that the length adjustments on Blue Hour Atelier will help you. You might need to lengthen above the waist and shorten below? It might be good to do those adjustments on paper before you cut your muslin and then tweak more in the fitting.
Dear Catherine, this was really great, I really appreciated how you went back and forth adjusting and re-adjusting - the insertion of the darts at the front shoulder, and then moving them to the best position to smooth the armhole on the sloper was really helpful! There are definitely better and worse places to try to insert a dart and make it work well! I would definitely be interested in a course. Inspired by you, I am just working now on making some T-shirt necklines smaller using your great ideas from you video a year ago - inserting the pin-tucks on my t-shirt's gaping v-neck worked great, and I will probably add some little beads - I'm inspired! I wonder if you could at some point look into how a big v-neck could be converted into a sweetheart neckline? I have made an attempt by separating the collar, tucking it, and gathering the rest of the fabric to ease around the tuck - but I am sure you will have some great tips to make that go well!🥰
I think if you launched a course that would be great. You could show exactly how you use the sloper to make a jacket block or shirt block and so forth. This was a great video!
Been a searching for a slowper site...all week, have seen many. But I like yours the best. Thanks!❤
So much fitting information that I have been searching for to no avail; thank you so very much!
Oh Catherine, you are sending me down a whole new rabbit hole. I have just finally gotten comfortable with making alterations on patterns. I have purchased. Making a slow or seems like a huge commitment. I would however love to see you create a course out of this. I have a habit of buying courses watching them and then trying to do everything that the teacher does in the course. You are a fine teacher. The only thing I would suggest is that you go just a bit slower. I know you have heard that from me and your mother before. You have such an amazing handle on the topic that I think you forget some of us are moving a bit slower than you are. This was a great video. I truly enjoyed it and I’m giving serious thought to whether I’m going to go down the slope or rabbit hole. Thanks so much for your hard work.-Claudia
My aunt needed a non-typical sized person to make a personal sloper when she took a historic pattern making course in the 90's. She chose me and i had the best fitted shirts that her sister, my mother, sewed for me. It is fascinating to see numbers turn into a sloper and into a well fitted shirt! Love to see the process!
Dear Catherine, I did pattern making about 15 years ago and still have my blocks and sloper in the wardrobe. I hadn't heard it called a sloper (Australia). I had forgotten many of the steps to making them, but this gave me a great refresher. Anyone who hasn't done pattern making would maybe find this a bit overwhelming, so I'm sure they would appreciate a course. Thanks again for all your tips etc.
Thanks for the slopes. I look forward to more drafting .
Thank you I have been sewing for 60yrs and could never get my head around making a sloper of any kind. Watching your video encouraged me to do just that and in my 70’s I have finally managed it. My head is so big now 😂😂.
@@lynnwhaley2289 Wow, that’s amazing! I’m so happy to hear this! I think you deserve to let your head be big 😂😇
I would like to see a course, if not too expensive. I do appreciate all you do to explain the parts of sewing that I have done for years, but not delved into the why of doing things. While I like your thrift upcycles best, these sloper instructions will be helpful when I retire and really have time to sew!
Thank you Catherine,
I don't have a sloper yet, but will soon. I loved the tip about in the seam line of the gathered sleeve cap. Thank you so much. I love your videos.
Thank-you for your sloper videos. I'd love to see a course in using them to create garments. ❤
I’m always amazed when I see you fitting the garments inside out. This way you fit what will be the right part of the garment on the left side of you body. You can only do that when a person is perfectly symmetrical. In my experience as a sewing teacher nobody is….and believe me, I learned the hard way.
I love your video’s and have recommended them to my students.
This was very informative. Even for understanding how a bodice is constructed .
Thanks for a great video! Yes, please do a course. I've become plus size and commercial patterns just don't fit right anymore.
Thank you so much! I've never known how to figure out the cup size, It's been a guess for even getting a new bra. I knew that I wasn't a AA but maybe a B and I don't think a C, even for ready made patterns they've always been way off for me. Thank you again.
I would sign up for a course by you in a heartbeat!!
Thanks sooo very much for sharing your knowledge and expertise! Would love a series on building slopers!❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the specific details and demonstration. Very helpful, but my brain is 🤯😂 Might have to give this a try. 😊
What a great video Catherine. Love your teaching style. I found the Readers Digest sewing book a few weeks ago on seniors day at Value Village for $5.99 less 30%. Great find.❤️🇨🇦
You did really great. The sloper looks really well fitted, and a great basic to have. Your instructions were easy to follow, well done.
That would be a big yes to start some online courses. Sign me up. Consider myself signed up. Thanks for this video.
I love the way you explain as you go! Thank you!
Thank you for the book recommendations…I went to a used book seller to purchase both (Abe Books) and look forward to using the sloper pattern . It’s very exciting how so many design opportunities will be at my fingertips. Most people complain about commercial patterns and struggling with fit and the techniques that you demonstrated are game changing for the average sewist.
Love this, I learned so much Catherine. You have taught me so much through you videos. Thank you. I have played a little with pattern alteration and even made a pattern using an old piece as my template because of you. Again thank you.
Thank you Catherine. I can't wait to try making this. So helpful.
Catherine, I found your explanation of the fitting of the sloper and how to transfer the adjustments from your toile to the sloper really useful. I’ve often thought I’s like to try designing my own patterns rather than relying on bought patterns now I have some tools to do that (and a lot of old sheets)😅. I really enjoy your up-cycles as well.
Fantastic tutorial
I wish that I had your skills, but this is beyond my limited skills. Too many darts for me to deal with. Thanks for your efforts though, I hope you know how much all of your videos are worth watching.
Thank you. You are a great teacher.
So very informative! Do you also have a video that lays out how to marry your sloper with a sewing pattern? Thx!
I would be very interested to see this too.
@@cynthiavirissimo457 that’s a great idea for me to add to my To Do list! Will do!
I would love to see this as well. I always have to alter everywhere. Also how does this translate to knits? Love and enjoy all your tutorials. I am self taught and trial and error is quite frustrating at times
Fabulous video! I have always struggled with the extra fabric at the armholes. Now I know how to fix it! Definitely interested in a course!
Great tutorial, as always! I was tweeking a semi- fitted button down shirt just today and scratching my head over the darts! You have helped ease ( haha ) my mind!
Thank you so much! So much extremely useful information and tips. And a free sloper pattern. I've made a sloper from scratch from my own measurements but it's quite tight. And for the life of me I just can't seem to be able to draft a sleeve. I've tried but there's always fit issues, I'm so tired of it. I would be interested in a class but hoping it would be at least partially free.
You make it all look easy! Thanks for all the instructions! 🤗🇨🇦
This video was really helpful. I am working on my sloper and still need to do the arm. Will checkout the resources as well. Thanks a million ❤
A course would be fantastic!! I love your videos, very informative and full of hints and tips that I am now using in my sewing ❤
You're really good at explaining this.
Keep these coming. You’re the best. I have a dozen sloped and none are as easy as this. I’m a 38DDD, which is not on this pattern, but should be easy enough to do. Also, I have both books and more on this subject, but it helps to see someone explain this process in a simple way.
Oh my god..that was so good and YES would love the course on sloper as well as Pants which I have bought so many and can't find a pattern that i need to change so much that i toss everything in the garbage and wish for a better pattern.
Great video! I don’t suppose you are thinking of doing one to show how yo use your sloper to fit a shop bought pattern?
Wonderful video! I would love to see a course from you. On the blue hours blog, she mentions using a different size for front and back to account for a full tummy in a pants Sloper. I am between the sloper sizes with a wider back, wondering if I could print the smaller size for the front and the next size for the back.
I LEARNED SO MUCH!!! ❤
Thanks so much for this. I've been wanting to draft a bodice block.
This was OH SO VERY HELPFUL. Thank you so much. And I was excited to see that I already have the Reader's Digest book and another one on fitting called Fantastic Fit for Every Body from Rodale Press. You have made some of the concepts so easy to understand. And that's exactly what I needed. I'm ready to go. Thanks again. Would love to see the drafting course from you.
I loved the tutorial! I have those reader's digest old guides. They are so useful!
Wonderful content, Catherine. Thank you!
As expected, I cannot use the BlueHours Atelier pattern - my measurements and my cup size are all too small. But I am glad I watched your video, and how you made your sleeve adjustment and eased the sleeve in the armhole. Thank you once again, Catherine! I might be interested in your class, let us know the details.
So excited to tackle a pattern like this. Thank you so much ❤❤
I’d love a version with bigger bust if you can find one. Being a JJ it’s very difficult to adjust patterns to fit so a sloper would be great. I’ve tried a few different tutorials but they never work out. Maybe woven fabrics just aren’t for me 😂
Thank you and yes, please make a tutorial, even series on even mini tutorials for various figures.... I've seen ladies commenting on patterns not fitting, you can be petite, you can be very tall, you can have long torso and short limbs (I do) or the other way around, narrow sloping arms, wide straight arms.... hiw to tailor pants pinching and dragging on big bums, flat bums, thick thigs but narrow waist, big bellies with narrow hips etc. For such tutorial you could even invite family or friends with that silhouette type as models bc it would be a paid thing not a favour to us and you...
I have a very very old book on pattern drafting, but when I saw for big bust I'd need to add another sets of darts both from the top and at the sides I just closed the book and resigned myself to looking frumpy... You are such a good teacher I'm sure you wouldn't fry my brain like that ;-)
I'm From UK and we use the metric system, but I have always preferred the imperial system, which is how I learned when I was younger. I think you will find younger Europeans prefer metric, but people my age ( mid 60s) will always prefer feet and inches ( and pounds and ounces instead of kilos) Centimetres CAN be useful if you're inbetween sizes, you get a more accurate measurement..... But 99% of the time I will use imperial..... thank you for your easy to understand tutorial.
I would love for you to do a course in vancouver
Would love to take a course from you, Catherine! Online and in person 😊
So informative, thank you🌼
I learned so much! Thank you!
Great video! I’d be interested in your course!
This video is so helpful, thank you.
How Canadian! Hockey puck weights😍
Since I arrived at my 60-ish birthday.... and my maternal body type heritage has come to full development... with my natural waist is about 3 inches below my under bust.
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I use a "belly" measurement at the level of my bellybutton,.... thats where most of my garment waistbands need to be.
Hi Catherine, I've been struggling for over week on a dart that starts at the side seam on an upward slant to the bust. Could you do a video on repositioning and/or adapting darts to individual figures? Especially determining individual bust apex and bust span differences from markers on the pattern. The patterns I use are generally my go-to for minimal fitting issues but this dart thing has me stumped. My measurements indicate that the B cup is correct but I keep getting a bump at the bust point and I'm quite frustrated. I've narrowed and/or shortened to change the end point and even considered re-cutting and moving the dart to the shoulder. Thank-you for all your wonderful videos. I view them over and over for the amazing knowledge you share.
Great video! I'm going to try using BlueHours sloper for myself. Do you have a video showing how to use one's sloper to get a better fit from a commercial pattern?
I love your videos. You're a great teacher. Question: if the hip area is too tight and the fabric rides up toward your waist for more room, how would this relate to a high shoulder? How would I adjust a Sloper to fix it? RTW shirts always ride up my right shoulder and off my left at the neckline. I want to use this Sloper to make a vest for a festival in two weeks. Should the side seam be higher or lower at the armscye when sewing a sleeveless garment? How about on a vest that will be worn over another shirt with sleeves?
Great information! Thank you.
Some of us 🇨🇦 use metric still too. ( I struggle with anything under a 1/4 inch ).
You made your waist dart shorter. Where should a waist dart end at the bottom of the dart? The take-up is primarily at the waist so we just eyeball where we want it to end? Or is it related to hip dimension or back length? I've never moved or altered a waist dart and I'm now thinking I should 😅 or at least play around with it. This is a great video.
you probably found out that the front vertical darts are not 'looking ' even. In might make a difference to the accuracy of the sloper Love the tutorial
Amazing!!!!
Thank you! I have avoided doing a sloper until now! I want to do it now! Why do you use chocolate cookies to hold your pattern pieces down? Should I do that too?❤
Great Video. Thanks for sharing. I’m in the US finding the book Complete Guide to Sewing using the link was very confusing. I sure that I just don’t understand. The hard cover is $20 and the paperback is around $80. So I tried finding it on my own. There are so many versions with the same title i got confused. Then I tried using the extended title. That did not work well because the extended title is not recognized.
Intersted in a course!!!