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Sewing pattern sizing and how to adjust it to fit YOU

March 23, by Anne Weaver. Leave a Comment

Sewing pattern sizing and how to adjust it to fit YOU

Sewing pattern sizing and how to adjust it to fit YOU

Like sizing for ready to wear, sizing on clothing patterns (particularly women’s clothing patterns) varies from brand to brand.  So when you read that a pattern fits “true to size”, what does that actually mean?  Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews gives her thoughts on this phrasing, and also some tips for how to make sure a pattern fits you the way you want it to.  It’s a good read.

Click below to read her thoughts:

The Myth of “True to Size”, by Melly Sews

[photo from Melly Sews]

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