How Do You Modify A Dress Pattern?
What to do when you’re not a standard size, but want a beautifully fitted dress anyway. Pick out the dress pattern that you want to modify. Choose pattern sizing by the hip and bust size of the person whom it is for, hereafter called the model. Using tape measure, carefully measure the model’s hip, bust, waist, length of back from neck to waist, neck to hip, and neck to heel. Write all measurements down. Adjust dressform to match written measurements precisely. Using paper scissors and embroidery snips for tight corners and pattern notches, carefully cut dress pattern out in the closest approximate size, gotten from the measurements and the size chart featured on dress pattern packages. Lay dress pattern out on waste muslin as if it were the dress material. When satisfied with layout, pin down. Cut dress pattern out of waste muslin with cloth scissors, using embroidery snips for tight corners and pattern notches. Sew all seams together, allowing the seam measurements called for in the
