tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626059356568336908.post4871417959439334152..comments2014-10-09T09:44:59.532+01:00Comments on The Seamstress: Making a ToileRikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671449965019068746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626059356568336908.post-10471706031795554692012-01-21T19:11:50.477+00:002012-01-21T19:11:50.477+00:00Hi Emma, sorry for the delayed response... Hope yo...Hi Emma, sorry for the delayed response... Hope you got on well with it in the meantime. Mine actually is sitting there as an almost finished piece. My problem is that as a bodybuilder I change my shape quite a bit and now I have put sowing on the back burner because I have so many other things taking priority. <br /><br />However: In my case 3 rounds of amendments were needed.So the initial standard cut pattern was provided, I chose the size that fitted bust and thighs (the widest parts, really) and from that I cut and tacked it, then rather generously the fabric was tucked in, following the fabric's fall as much as possible, but still leaving it rather loose. Then the thing was taken apart, the changes transferred to the paper pattern - which is a bit tricky as the shape that is tucked in somewhere in the middle needs to be exactly measured andhifted to the margins to be cut off or darts got deepened. In some cases the pattern got cut open and glued back together where material got taken out. <br /><br />Then the now smaller pattern was used to cut the new toile out of the old one... and so on. <br /><br />If a toile is ok then that paper patern is used to create all the following patterns out of it. Usually in the course they would have a picture or an old garement from which they took the shape and then merged it with the own pattern to make it a match. So the paper pattern created from the toile served as tailors dummy in a way. <br /><br />Sorry that I can't tell you more... that's how I observed it in the course from the people who had come further than I did.<br /><br />Hope you are having a lot of fun and success.<br />Best<br />RikaRikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671449965019068746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626059356568336908.post-71836855958421377102011-12-19T08:55:14.562+00:002011-12-19T08:55:14.562+00:00Hi there,
I am currently trying to make a toile ...Hi there, <br /><br />I am currently trying to make a toile in the hope that I will be able to develop a dress pattern from it....I wondered how did you get on with yours following your last post? How to you progress from the toile to designing your own pattern? I am struggling to find any help online! Thanks, Emma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095895293523353288noreply@blogger.com