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From: Sewhappie
Date: 02-12-2004, 12:24 AM (1 of 3)
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does anyone else have a major gripe with pattern companies??? I am making some scrubs for a friend of mine and have run into problem after problem with them. She bought the pattern, not knowing at the time, that it is sized on the envelope for "MENS" measurements!!!!! So she buys it going by what she thinks is her size to the envelope. It's one of those "Unisex" pattern. So I have had to re-cut, re-fit, re-sew the stupid things too many times to count!!!!! This is not the only pattern that I have run into problems with, one companies size 8/10 is anothers 4/6 or even a 12/14!!! They have got to get it together, even the garment industry is not regulated as to its sizing of clothing!!!! When I worked in the childrens clothing end, if someone needed a size 4 they would thing nothing of taking the tag out of a size 6 and put in a size 4, just for the sale!!!!! I know that for me, this is a very sore subject and has added to my not wanting to sew. I can measure and measure until I'm blue in the face, and it never fails, it's off somewhere. If I could afford a pattern making program I would be the first in line to get. Okay, I'm done with the Soap Box, who wants it next????? |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: sewserious
Date: 02-12-2004, 07:26 AM (2 of 3)
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First of all, have your friend buy a new pattern. There is no sense in you having to do all that work. Second, the pattern companies DO use a standard for sizing. Vogue, Butterick, McCall's, and Simplicity SIZES are all the same. Check out their sizing charts and you will see. What does vary from pattern company to pattern company is the amount of EASE they use. I find McCall's to use a lot of ease in their designs. You cannot know how something will fit by just looking at the size. You have to know the finished garment measurement in the bust, waist, and hips. The difference between the body measurement and the finished measurement is the amount of ease that is in the garment. Some people like a lot of ease and some styles require it (which includes scrubs BTW. They aren't supposed to be 'form-fitting'). |
User: sewserious
Member since: 08-24-2003 Total posts: 112 
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From: Llantrisant
Date: 02-13-2004, 10:14 AM (3 of 3)
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You also need to pin fit the garment on the person,if I were you and having so much problem, with patterns as i did in the past ,go with a pattern softwear and print off your own patterns with some good measurements entered into the program.There are a few softwear programes out there check them out! No pattern company i feel had all the womens figures in stock were all shaped differently lol. Search for Wild ginger./Livingsoft.theyre the only ones i know of at this time.I love my softwear programe now i get clothes made to measure and fit so very well. 
If at first you don't suceed, try-try again!
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User: Llantrisant
Member since: 06-02-2002 Total posts: 144 
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