PSA: Fitting tops
Jul. 22nd, 2006 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonAs a a follow-up to my post re: fitting non-standard sizes, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jlsjlsjls has done a huge pattern company link roundup of specialty vendors that recognize that not all women are straight as boards :P If you're a home-sewer, check them out - some of them have some really cool stuff :)
Tangential - it's hard to find men's patterns, even within the Big Three (Butterick/McCalls/Vogue) pattern companies, let alone those geared towards guys with "non-ideal" shapes, and I don't know how that can be addressed. I would put forth that perhaps the American Civil War re-enactment community might have some tips on how to fit men's clothing, as I would imagine war re-enactment would involve more men sewing/sewing for men than other kinds of home sewing.
jlsjlsjls has done a huge pattern company link roundup of specialty vendors that recognize that not all women are straight as boards :P If you're a home-sewer, check them out - some of them have some really cool stuff :)Tangential - it's hard to find men's patterns, even within the Big Three (Butterick/McCalls/Vogue) pattern companies, let alone those geared towards guys with "non-ideal" shapes, and I don't know how that can be addressed. I would put forth that perhaps the American Civil War re-enactment community might have some tips on how to fit men's clothing, as I would imagine war re-enactment would involve more men sewing/sewing for men than other kinds of home sewing.
