In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:00:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I found confusing in the past was that the measurements listed on the back would suggest that I needed the pattern to be about two sizes bigger than my normal dress size, and then I'd get the pattern cut and it would turn out to be about two sizes too big. Women's dress sizes in the US are NOT standardized, but commercial pattern sizes are. So there is really no relation between ready-to-wear and patterns. And that is one of the things I don't like about some small time historical pattern makers--you don't know WHAT standard they are using. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
