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There is this one too Rosi, just not a full as the one Lady Day posted.
ShrinkingViolet said:I've decided that I have to make myself a pair of the Simplicity 3322 high-waisted trousers from Eva Dress
The thing is that I'm a vintage size 16 and the pattern is 18!
I have a vaaague idea that a few of you ladies have made these trousers - could you please give some advice on how to alter these down a size? Should I just cut them 2 inches smaller all over or just around the waist- and hipline?
Would it be very difficult for someone who isn't experienced in pattern alteration?
Merci bien!
The biggest area I would worry about is around the waist. Make sure your body measurements are on around that. All the rest (hips, thighs, lenght) are easily adjustable by a bit of taking in at the seam.ShrinkingViolet said:I've decided that I have to make myself a pair of the Simplicity 3322 high-waisted trousers from Eva Dress
The thing is that I'm a vintage size 16 and the pattern is 18!
I have a vaaague idea that a few of you ladies have made these trousers - could you please give some advice on how to alter these down a size? Should I just cut them 2 inches smaller all over or just around the waist- and hipline?
Would it be very difficult for someone who isn't experienced in pattern alteration?
Merci bien!
Rosie said:I'm wondering, can I sew a half crinoline in back to make it puff out the way it does in the drawing? I know dresses won't look *exactly* like the sketch, but I'd like a little poofiness.
BettyValentine said:About Pleating:
Back when I was working in theater we used to send yardage off to the pleaters. It would come back nicely pleated in paper, and we'd sew it where it was supposed to go. (I'm pretty sure we'd hem the yardage before shipping it off.) I swear we sent it off to a place called American Pleaters, but I might just be confusing it with American Feathers, which supplied us wih feathers, or American Medical Supplies, which supplied us with medical foam. (Companies are not so creatively named these days.)
However, now that I am looking for pleaters, I find only places wanting to sell me expensive little machines for pleating stuff myself. Does anyone know a good pleater for me to send things to?
Thanks,
B