"Pattern Making...An Art Revived!"

Cut out a garment and sew it up. It fits perfectly, yet it was never altered, adjusted, or tried on until the last stitch was sewn. Sound like an impossible dream? Not at all!! 

Commercial patterns rarely fit exactly without some alterations, either to the pattern or the finished garment.  The advantage of pattern making is that you are using YOUR measurements for the patterns and not the "average" set of measurements used by pattern companies. You start out by taking 22 measurements - yours if you're sewing for yourself, or the measurements of the person you plan to sew for. These measurements are the basis for every garment you make and the garment has no choice BUT to fit you because you've used YOUR measurements to make the pattern.

Any fitting issues you may have - a high hip, sway back, rounded shoulders, large bust - are taken into account when the measurements are taken. It makes no difference whether you're tall or short, thin or heavy set, if you are large busted or pear shaped - pattern making will solve your fitting problems!

Pattern making is not difficult to learn. It's just like following a recipe to make a dessert or a casserole, simply follow the illustrated steps one at a time!