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Posted on: 4/27/07 12:16 PM ET
I am writing to strongly urge everyone who has a chance to take a class with Connie Amaden-Crawford to just do it. I just finished a 4 day class with her in Michigan and I learned so much about patterns and fit! I am tall (5'11") and a plus size gal (52-47-52). I was the class demo person for a pair of pants. She measured and drafted a pant pattern in class and I took it home and sewed it up that night. The next day I pulled them on and they fit like a glove. She made a couple of tweeks in the back seam and they are perfect. I have a waistline that dips down in the front and up in the back--they fit perfectly. I also have a bodice fit block that she draped on me and I am the process of balancing that and making a blouse block for making blouse patterns off of and also to use to adjust commercial patterns. It also fit like a glove.
She is very specific about patterns being balanced and in proportion. She has several book--I bought the pattern making book and the fashion sewing book. For those of you interested in draping, she has a draping book.
She has worked extensively in the garment industry as a pattern maker and it excellent. She is also coming out with patterns in conjunction with McCall/Butterick in the next month. You really should check out her patterns.
Her website is http://www.fashionpatterns.com
One happy person with am excellent pair of pants!!
Lera in Michigan
She is very specific about patterns being balanced and in proportion. She has several book--I bought the pattern making book and the fashion sewing book. For those of you interested in draping, she has a draping book.
She has worked extensively in the garment industry as a pattern maker and it excellent. She is also coming out with patterns in conjunction with McCall/Butterick in the next month. You really should check out her patterns.
Her website is http://www.fashionpatterns.com
One happy person with am excellent pair of pants!!
Lera in Michigan
Posted on: 4/28/07 8:24 AM ET
In reply to Michigan
That sounds like a wonderful class! I'm envious. You could write a review in the Sewing Expo and Class Review section here. More people would see this info plus have better access to this useful info over time.
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Liz
thefittinglife.blogspot.com
thefittinglife.blogspot.com
Posted on: 4/29/07 9:29 AM ET
In reply to Michigan
Thanks for that idea, Sewliz. I did just that.
Posted on: 4/29/07 9:35 AM ET
In reply to Michigan
Quote: Michigan
Thanks for that idea, Sewliz. I did just that.
Thanks for that idea, Sewliz. I did just that.
Um ... no you didn't.
What Liz meant was to write a review in the *review* section of the website, not on the message board.
Look at the left column, under "Sewing Reviews." There is a category for "Sewing Expo Reviews" and another for "Sewing Class Reviews." I'd choose "Sewing Class Reviews" and put your review there.
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"I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." — Gilda Radner
http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.com
"I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." — Gilda Radner
http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.com
Posted on: 5/3/07 12:42 PM ET
In reply to Debbie Cook
OOOPPSS!!
I think NOW I did post to the tight spot. Thanks for the help, Debbie.
Lera

I think NOW I did post to the tight spot. Thanks for the help, Debbie.
Lera
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