This project was intended to teach me about fitting on someone else since I've gotten discouraged trying to fit myself. Hard to see your own back...
Daughter *wishes* she lost that much weight <G>. And it was tried on AFTER being washed & dried. So should this have been fit skin tight or less? Daughter kept saying it was too loose and I kept saying it wasn't a corset. How do you decide how tight is too tight and just what is wearing ease? Julie > > I just finished a 50's sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted boned > > bodice with a natural waist and a full skirt. I spent a lot of time fitting > > the bodice snugly to her. After one wearing she can stick her hand down the > > bodice and the straps are falling down her arms. It's 100% quilting cotton. > > It was pretortured and we've washed & dried it again; it's still too large. > > I'll rewash & dry it and then I'll have to take it in. I'm frustrated. Any > > idea what could have happened? The bodice is even lined. > > Here's what occurred to me first. > > 1) Could your daughter have lost enough weight to affect the fit? > Alternatively, does she tend to have water retention issues before her > menstrual periods? If so, the difference between her pre-period and > post-period torso measurements might be causing the problem. > > 2) Cotton garments are their tightest right after a wash and loosen up > in wear (as anyone who wears cotton denim jeans can attest). Sometimes > they can loosen up quite a bit. If that's the problem with your fabric, > you may just need to make the bodice not just snug, but actually tight, > to get the desired post-wash post-wearing fit. > Cathy Raymond >> First of all soundslike the fabric stretched.under the stress of getting so >> cleft? It happens. Second, most bond stuff in my experience hast to be >> somewhat over fixed with no ese and mat be measuring up to four inches less >> around than the body it is going to fit. The two sampled of this in rely >> life are cosettles and tight jeans. and _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
