Hi Deanna, I enjoy this lesson, "NEW! Dress Fitting - The Nancy Zieman Way Video" but I'm confused. I'm sure that I saw bust darts on the pattern before the alteration, but they were not added during the lesson after a 4" bust adjustment. Should I ignore the bust dart and not sew it? Thanks!
Hello. I am trying to learn the pivot and slide method as it seems such a good idea and preserves the original pattern and saves slashing the pattern. I have Nancy's small book called The Busy Woman's Fitting Book. I don't really know though how to alter the waist length on a top. Someone told me alter in the middle and slide from the mark in the middle. Should it be at the bottom of the top? At the same time I was told making the waist lower will also make the hip lower and I would need to look at that and alter it. I am not sure how to do these two things in one step, as well as pivot out to a slightly larger hip. The pivoting seems ok, it is the sliding I am having trouble understanding. Thank you.
Good catch Sallie B! I think she misspoke. If a person's crease-to-crease measurement is 12", they would use a size 6 pattern! 14" equals size 14; 13-l/2" = size 12; 13" = size 10; 12-1/2" = size 8'; 12" = size 6.
From hip to bottom of piece, I can’t decide whether to use increase or original. From side of increased piece, do you slide back to line up with bottom of piece ?
Thank you for your comment! You’ll find the mini pattern pieces at our blog site at the following link: nancyzieman.com/blog/stitch-it-sisters/new-stitch-it-sisters-dress-pattern-fitting-tutorial-the-nancy-zieman-way/
I have very large saddle bags that are below the 9” mark. Besides always choosing A-line patterns or those with wide skirt areas, do I still only increase at the hip measurement?
Thank you for this video. I am just learning the pivot and slide technique. My question, and probably a naive one, is: Do you cut out the paper with the alternations on it and use that for cutting out the fabric? Or do you tape the paper with the alterations to the original pattern piece?
Actually, if your front width measurement is 12" (which you used as an example 2 min into your video), your pattern size is not size 12, it's a *size 6*, according to Nancy's chart, to fit your neck and shoulder line. Just thought you may want to update that part.
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Thank you! I so enjoyed watching and learning from Nancy’s video and I’m so glad that you picked up the banner to teach a new generation of !
Great demonstration thank you
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Hi Deanna, I enjoy this lesson, "NEW! Dress Fitting - The Nancy Zieman Way Video" but I'm confused.
I'm sure that I saw bust darts on the pattern before the alteration, but they were not added during the lesson
after a 4" bust adjustment. Should I ignore the bust dart and not sew it?
Thanks!
Very nice! Easy to follow 😁
Hello. I am trying to learn the pivot and slide method as it seems such a good idea and preserves the original pattern and saves slashing the pattern. I have Nancy's small book called The Busy Woman's Fitting Book. I don't really know though how to alter the waist length on a top. Someone told me alter in the middle and slide from the mark in the middle. Should it be at the bottom of the top? At the same time I was told making the waist lower will also make the hip lower and I would need to look at that and alter it. I am not sure how to do these two things in one step, as well as pivot out to a slightly larger hip. The pivoting seems ok, it is the sliding I am having trouble understanding. Thank you.
Hi gals! From ohio. Was avid nancy fan. Enjoy ur show
Hi, I am so confused how is 12" a size 12? I looked at the size chart ... did you mean 14' = SIZE 14?
Good catch Sallie B! I think she misspoke. If a person's crease-to-crease measurement is 12", they would use a size 6 pattern! 14" equals size 14; 13-l/2" = size 12; 13" = size 10; 12-1/2" = size 8'; 12" = size 6.
From hip to bottom of piece, I can’t decide whether to use increase or original. From side of increased piece, do you slide back to line up with bottom of piece ?
Are the minature pattern pieces for practice still sold?
I can't find the practice cutouts on your website. Do you have a link to them?
Thank you for your comment! You’ll find the mini pattern pieces at our blog site at the following link:
nancyzieman.com/blog/stitch-it-sisters/new-stitch-it-sisters-dress-pattern-fitting-tutorial-the-nancy-zieman-way/
Have you done a video using Nancy’s fitting technique for pants? Or was there one?
According to the chart, the actual hip measurement is 4” larger than the pattern. I wonder why you show only 2” of change. Thank you.
Good question!
I have very large saddle bags that are below the 9” mark. Besides always choosing A-line patterns or those with wide skirt areas, do I still only increase at the hip measurement?
Thank you for this video. I am just learning the pivot and slide technique. My question, and probably a naive one, is: Do you cut out the paper with the alternations on it and use that for cutting out the fabric? Or do you tape the paper with the alterations to the original pattern piece?
After you alter from a pattern you are making the pattern ready to cut the fabric.
I understood you tape the pattern piece you have altered to the original and cut out from that.
Actually, if your front width measurement is 12" (which you used as an example 2 min into your video), your pattern size is not size 12, it's a *size 6*, according to Nancy's chart, to fit your neck and shoulder line. Just thought you may want to update that part.