So yeah. Being a plus size has always meant, at least to me, not finding fashionable patterns to make myself clothing. And I kicked and railed against that, making things in sizes too small for myself and then giving them to good will. So sometime last year, I bought Amy Butler’s Lotus Tunic and Dress pattern and decided to take a shot at making it my size.
I was fortunately, or unfortunately I suppose, the same size bigger at the bust, waist, and hips, than the measurements of the X-Large so I could add the same amount of space over the five main pieces of the dress. This project has been a year in the making. I finally cut out the last pieces out of muslin last night and pieced the dress together.
I have to stay, I am surprised. The mock dress, though there are some adjustments to be made, fits. FITS. And that means I can look forward to spending some time tomorrow night fooling with the seams to get the front piece just right before I lay into some real fabric.
Has anyone out there re-sized patterns before? Here is my planned progression: Tackle re-sizing a pattern in English. Move onto re-sizing a pattern in Japanese. Finally, conquer the world. Any advice on the subject matter is graciously welcome.
Stay tuned for pictures of the re-sized Lotus dress.
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you are such a talent and there is a huge market for all of the wonderful things you make out there. with a little savvy marketing me thinks you and i could have the cutest little shop in west county (yea, you thought you were alone in this venture, but i need a talented partner in crime)…