The Fit of Me?

Well we did it. Actually 'We' didn't, MacMac had a long day at work, and I was really tired when he got home. So I caught a nap after dinner and he played Katamari on the PS3 for SqueekMoo. MacMac went to bed, SqueekMoo eventually followed. I am now wide awake. Visions of sewing are swirling around my mind and the only way I'll make any progress is if Cassie the dress form looks like me. So I went ahead and drafted the front without the pestering help of MacMac.

And this is what was created:

Back is on the left and front on the right. Note how demented the armhole for the front is. I have really narrow shoulder, I can't keep a bag/purse strap on my shoulder to save my life. Everything just slips right off, granted I'm not sure if that is due to slope or to narrowness.

Now for some interest, let's compare to last years moulage. Last year moulage was deemed a failure because someone who wont be named, didn't do a good job measuring my shoulders and when I did the muslin fitting it was just way to wide for my wee shoulders. the moulage is pretty forgiving in redrawing certain seams, but the shoulder midpoint is rather important for the whole bust dart so i never went back to redraw the whole thing. other than that though I don't think there was anything majorly wrong with it. expect perhaps side seam placement. It assumes equal mass front and back, so a baby belly didn't really get accounted for. But that's solved with redrawing the side seams in the muslin draft anyways. 

So the comparision:

Back side: New moulage on left, last years on right.

And front, new on left last years on right.

Probably does not help that you are comparing drawn lines versus cut lines. You can tell that last years one is wider compared to this years. Not a great deal wider but definitely a baby belly wider.

I might make use of my notes and make a cover in pregnant form. I took measurements at 8 months pregnant but never got passed the measurement stage so i'm not sure how well they were measured. But it's worth having something to drape a baby belly with I suppose.

Another Attempt at fitting Cassie

If you recall I got a Uniquely You dress form for Christmas last year. I was six months pregnant at the time and just never got around to getting Cassie (the dress form) to look like me. In July I tried to make a sloper up, but got to frustrated(or was it bored?) to work on it. I once again used the information from Kenneth King's Moulage to make my sloper this time.

I should mention my disc is in pieces, and so I'm very thankful that I printed out most of the book when it was still in one piece. Anyways with the help of MacMac sitting next to me, we worked on it while SqueekMoo played at our feet. Now having MacMac help adds another dimension of frustration, but I think the frustration I have towards his lack of knowledge in what he's reading cancels out my frustration of making mistakes because I was rushing through things.

So I made up the back Moulage. Tomorrow we shall hopefully work on the front, which means Wednesday maybe news of a fabric fitting. I hope it turns out well. I really would like Cassie to be a use-able me.

This afternoon I made another mock up of the training pants. I'm still having a tough time. I think much of my problemw ill be fixed if I jsut give into pinning the PUL. I'm sure the holes will shrink in the dryer but I'm still weary to pin it. Also I think a non-stick pressure foot for the sewing machine would help. But the pin thing is a cheaper solution so that will probably be the solution. I tried the size large with size small bands. I cut out a medium with small bands, but I might have to cut a small with smalls just to see. very tricky this fitting diaper thing is.

Another month gone?

Another month has gone and past. Progress has been hit and miss. The house looks a lot better so atleast that. SqueekMoo stunned us at the library the other day. We pulled out and ABC book and "just for fun" try quizzing him on the letters. He was able to say all but 5, he may know the ones he missed but he may have be distracted not sure. but WOW.

So I ended up buying a pattern for the training pants. All the time I fiddled, I wasn't far off from how you construct it. Fit however I don't think I'd ever get right in a million years. So I think my $8 was well spent on the Tinkle Time Trainer pattern. I made mine with a welt pocket. i think I'll probably add another welt pocket to the front. Still need to figure out the best waistband and leg band size, but very happy. As far as materials bought. I did splurge and get some lovely PUL knit prints on-line. But am using polyester from my stash for the waist and leg bands. I have some cotton knit in my stash the i'm using for the lining. Nothing I had was working well as a stuffer, however getting materials on-line isn't in the budget so I picked up a bundle of microfiber towels from Wal-mart. They work like a charm. Wish it wasn't a weird synthetic, but for now it will do.

That time of year is creeping in. When my cross stitch finds its way back into my hands. I've been drooling over the needlework system 4 again. I made a deal with MacMac that if there is no baby insight by next summer then next Mother's day that's what I want. Because if I get any time soon, it would be as a Christmas gift and that would be past the stitching season. If I'm to get it I'd like to get it as the season is starting up.  I did get an hours worth of stitching into the Romantic Stitcher though.

Plan for the week is to work on Cassie, get her fitted. We shall see how far we get with that.