(yeah, that's me, I lost weight and got a perm!)Well, I just started to cut a blouse pattern out for myself. I've had this one, McCall's 5426, since last spring. But I'm determined to make some decent things for myself. I'm tired of buying blouses at the mall that shrink up to useless wrinkly rags after a couple washes.
I didn't even notice that this pattern is labeled MADE-FOR-YOU. Apparently, this means that there are different bodice fronts for different bust cup sizes. Eureka!!! It's about damn time.
But then I was left with a quandary...should I use my high bust measurement to chose my pattern size, as I usually do, or my full bust size?
So, I compared both front pieces for the C-D cup with the front pieces for the smaller cups. It appears that the neck and shoulders are identical. So, I will chose the same pattern size that I would had I expected to have to do a FBA, according to the high bust measurement. We'll see how this works.
Let's hope I do better with this blouse than I did with my daughter's winter coat (still in a pile of tissue/fabric pinned pieces.) If I do, then I need about 3 more blouses. Not to mention pants that fit. I used to make almost all my clothes. What happened to that??
In any case, if you're bigger than a B-cup and need to regularly make an FBA, why not search for this MADE-FOR-YOU line? I haven't seen it promoted much, but it's there....and maybe if they sell a lot of them, other pattern companies will follow suit.
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There was just a thread about this on patternreview.com not too long ago. Apparently there are lots of them out there but they don't advertise it.
http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/sewingclasses/board.pl?t=30034
I had one of these patterns for the longest time and I didn't realize what it was, I really do think they should make more patterns with the FBA situation already taken care of
Simplicy has many B-C-D cup patterns, some in the Treads collection, and they fit well. Check them out!
Evita
very cool! I can't wait to see how it turns out..
McCall's has had this Made-For-You for years (I still have one of their blouse patterns with the B,C,D cup cutting sizes from the early 1980s) but for some reason they don't promote the line. I buy and use them for myself and my daughter since we both need FBAs. I've bought the patterns by my high bust.
I love the comment about your picture! LOL!
you don't have problems with the fba, do you? ;)
anyways, i totally understand that it's high time for the pattern companies to come up with different bust sizes.
shortening a pattern ist quickly done, but an fba takes time.
the pattern is very cute - think i need a shirt with puffed sleeves... ^-^
Well I'm used to it. But it's nice to have one less thing to do. I've made the muslin now and I'm wondering if the sleeves are *too* puffy. But I have the fabric so I'll make it up anyway.
I've been using the multi-size bust patterns for some time, but I still have to do an fba on the d-cup size to accomodate a dd-cup. The fba isn't as scary-looking, though, when I finish. :)
Aurelia,
Do you use your high bust to choose size?
I have the same pattern in my stash - I purchased it specifically for the Made For You feature. I'll be eagerly following your blog to see how it turns out. :-)
Very very interesting... I will be having a look for this Made For You line; thanks for the tip.
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