Saturday, March 19, 2016

Pants!

American Sewing Guild
Learn A Simple System to Fit Flattering Pants Every Time
Make every pair of pants you sew fit like they were designed just for you. We're Pati Palmer and Melissa Watson, and in our online Craftsy class, Easy Fitting the Palmer/Pletsch Way, you'll learn how simple and quick it can be to tissue–fit pants that complement your body beautifully!

Say goodbye to muslins — using them for the fitting process is inefficient and outdated in comparison to our tissue–fitting method. During our class, you'll discover how tissue–fitting is the best way to fit flattering pants with complete confidence. We'll guide you step by step through fitting for three different body types and a variety of figure variations.
 
We'll start with how to choose the correct pattern size for your body. Then, see how to fit the tissue pattern, even when you don't have a partner. Along the way, you'll learn to recognize areas that need adjustment, and how to make alterations — adding fullness to the thighs, taking in fullness at the back, and lengthening the rise for a higher waistband.

Discover how one pattern adjustment can affect other areas as we demonstrate a variety of alterations. You'll see how to accommodate for a short crotch depth, and how to adjust for a full tummy or a flat derrière. We'll also walk through a second fitting that will help you refine your pattern for the exact look you're after.
 
If you find you're having to make the same difficult adjustments on every pattern, trying a different size may benefit you. We'll show you how going up a size can place critical pattern features where you want them, thus making alterations easier than ever.

When you have a fuller figure, it can be difficult to find pants that fit well both front and back, as well as in length. This inconvenience will disappear as we show you how to make successful alterations for those curves that don't align with one size across the entire pattern.

Enroll inEasy Fitting the Palmer/Pletsch Way: Pants, and learn a sought–after system that lets you achieve a perfect fit: quickly, easily and consistently!
 
I'm Pati Palmer, a pattern designer and sewing instructor with more than 37 years of experience. I'm the designer of more than 200 patterns for The McCall Pattern Company, as well as the author of 10 sewing books. I held sewing seminars in North America and Australia for 15 years, while concurrently establishing the Palmer/Pletsch International School of Sewing in Portland, OR.

I'm Melissa Watson. Being Pati's daughter, I grew up with a love of fashion and sewing that continues to this day. I live in Brooklyn, NY, and have been working in the fashion industry in New York as a designer for the last 6 years. It was only natural for me to join my mother's brand after designing various lines of patterns for McCall's — the result is my collection: Melissa Watson for Palmer/Pletsch.

Watch our Craftsy class anytime, anywhere, and discover how fulfilling it is to easily fit every pair of pants you sew for a custom look!