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irritatedTopic: Rants and Raves
The Worst Sewing Question Ever Asked:I want to make a ladies suit, how do I layout, draw/draft and cut my suit without any pre-made pattern? I would like to measure myself and make any pattern of suit of my choice. how can I arrive at forming patterns and cutting out the material and then sew it up altogether. thank you
That person doesn't want much: only an encapsulation of the bespoke master tailoring technique in five paragraphs or less. This is the opening paragraph i posted, the first one I wrote was far more harsh:
Wow. Make a suit pattern for yourself and then how to sew...all in one little message board post? Sorry, not likely. It takes time and practise to learn pattern drafting, and suits are the most complicated of all because not only is there the fashion fabric shell, you need to draft facings, underlinings, interfacings, the lining, and then you need to put the pieces together, and suit tailoring is very challenging even to an experienced home sewing enthusiast. That's why even highly experienced home sewers, even ones who do make patterns for dresses and tops will turn to commercial patterns for suits. It eliminates the guess work and the endless adjusting of the roll line, the placement of breakpoint, the shift measurement that allows the collar to lay flat, etc. People who draw patterns on fabric with chalk, then cut and sew are master bespoke tailors and this require many years of learning and practise. It's not the place to start, it's like saying you want to learn ballet by dancing the lead in The Nutcracker in the Met on Christmas Eve as your first lesson! Or singing the lead in Madama Butterfly for your fist signing lesson.
And that's all for today. I have things to do. Yesterday I said i would do nothing...until I looked down at the kitchen floor and wondered when the pale oyster grey had been replaced with blotchy beige. Oops...time to wash the floor, which i did. Three times. It's not a mottled beige and oyster grey. I prefer laundry over floors, laundry at least lets me play with clothes. And that's all I have to say for today. Except that we had another torrential downpour with hail and thunder yesterday. And that's all.
