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Tailored to Fit: The Palmer/Pletsch Tissue Fitting Method

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Overview


Don’t settle for clothes that don’t fit! Learn how to customize patterns so they are perfectly suited to your body type in Tailored to Fit: The Palmer/Pletsch Tissue-Fitting Method with Pati Palmer and Marta Alto. 
Pati and Marta have spent over 30 years developing the Palmer/Pletsch Tissue-Fitting Method and in this class they will show you how it works. 
You’ll learn: 


  • A better way to fit yourself, eliminating the need to take so many body measurements  
  • Identify the areas of your pattern that need adjustment 
  • Tips for fitting a sheath dress (both bodice and skirt) to your body type 

Pati and Marta will help you sew for your real-world curves. You’ll learn how to adjust a pattern to fit a large bust, a sway back, rounded shoulders, a broad back, and many other common features. They will share techniques developed over three decades of sewing that are guaranteed to lend a tailored look. 
Learn how you vary from a standardized pattern and alter the tissue to fit you using the Palmer/Pletsch Tissue Fitting Method. After watching Pati and Marta at work, you'll be able to customize patterns so your handmade garments look and feel awesome.  

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • What is Tissue Fitting?
  • Tools for Tissue Fitting and Measuring High Bust
  • Prepping the Pattern
  • Making Alterations on the Pattern for Hourglass Figure
  • Working with Darts
  • Tissue Fitting on a High-Low Round Back
  • Tissue Fitting Full Bust/Broad Back
  • Tissue Fitting for High Bust/Straight Back/ Making a Y-Bust
  • Fit and Alter the Sleeve
  • Fit and Alter the Skirt
  • Altering Fashion Pattern: Side Panel Blouse
  • Altering Fashion Pattern: Knits
  • How to Stabilize the Back, Neck and Front Edges
  • Altering Fashion Pattern: Princess Bust
  • Working with a Non-Palmer/Pletsch Pattern
  • How to Tissue Fit Without a Partner

Taught by

Pati Palmer and Marta Alto

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