Saturday, May 8, 2010

Update about the coat for my husband

Huby asked for a coat. I showed you my first try some weeks ago.

I enlarged the Burda pattern by extrapoling the larger sizes from the smalers ones on the multisize pattern. Today, I assembled an half muslin and pined it on my husband T-shirt (with my husband in the T-shirt... he complained a lot and was affraid by those so small pins ;-)

But I am not pleased at all with the fitting result (see photos above):
  • There is something wrong on the shoulder area (those sleeves construction are evil) perhaps it's only too large.
  • It's too small on the belly area but I will let the side seams out a little, as Debra Martin suggest me and I guess this will solve the fitting problem of this area.
  • the sleeves and the coat are a little too long but this is not really difficult to solve.

Looking carefully at the photos I decide to make another try.

The half muslin is two size larger than my first try: it seemes to be too much. In fact, according to my husband chest measurment one size larger will fit better on this shoulder and chest area.
I will measure my husband tomorrow to have his exact measurements for waist, nape to waist and sleeves lenght. With theses measurements I will try to make a better muslin for the next try.
A complete muslin is more time consuming to do than an half one, but it's easier to try for fit. And too much pins terrify my DH ;-)

To be continued...
Any advices or comments are welcome of course!

4 comments:

  1. It's not the pins that frighten me.

    It's the pinner. ;-)

    Xavier aka "Hubby"

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  2. Pascale, I am a member of this board

    http://www.cutterandtailor.com/forum/

    They have an apprentice board and they love to help. Most of them are tailors, (the real thing.) They are mostly formal in nature, but sweet too.

    I am Padme on this board. You might like to look around and ask them.

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  3. Thanks Lynn!
    I will go there, no doubt!

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  4. Pascale, remember to put the shoulder pad in when you are doing your muslin fittings. It will make a very big difference in the fit through the shoulder and sleeve as well as sleeve length.

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