Easy Fitting the Palmer/Pletsch Way: Shirts & Tops

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Make misfit shirts and tops a thing of the past. Learn simple tissue-fitting techniques and swiftly adjust patterns to complement your figure beautifully. Note: Pattern not included.

Intro to Tissue Fitting

Meet renowned pattern designers and fit experts Pati Palmer and Melissa Watson, then get started! Pati and Melissa explain the basics of tissue fitting and demonstrate the correct technique for choosing the right size of blouse pattern. Melissa also gives step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a pattern for fitting.

Fitting Yourself

Once your blouse pattern is pinned and prepared, it’s time to adjust the fit. Watch and learn as Melissa demonstrates an easy method for fitting yourself. You’ll gain insight into how styling options affect fit, as well as how to make basic alterations to the pattern.

Pati’s Fitting: Full Range of Adjustments

Continue building on the skills you learned in Lesson 2. Melissa offers detailed explanation on how to assess the fit of your pattern in multiple areas: the back, shoulders, bust and hip. You’ll also see how to make the necessary adjustments, resulting in a perfectly customized fit.

Marta’s Fitting: Back Adjustments

Gain confidence making a variety of back alterations to your blouse pattern. Follow along as Melissa illustrates an efficient method for adjusting the fit of the high round back, low round back and broad back. Then, practice cutting and pinning the pattern to achieve the most flattering fit.

Shannon’s Fitting: Full Bust

Add one of the most valuable alterations skills to your repertoire: a full bust adjustment. Melissa walks through the steps of precisely adjusting the blouse pattern to fit a full-busted figure. In addition, you’ll find out Melissa’s tips and tricks for tackling the Y-bust adjustment.

Fabric Fittings

Once you’ve created fabric cutouts of the pattern, move on to the next step in the process: fabric fitting. Melissa and Pati offer helpful tips for refining the fit of the blouse. You’ll see multiple examples of how fit can be adjusted to complement different figures and different types of fabric.

Finished Garments & Final Tips

See the final transformation from tissue patterns to lovely blouses. Melissa and Pati reveal the finished designs and explain how each adjustment enhanced the overall fit. In addition, you’ll gain more valuable tips from Pati on how to succeed at tissue fitting.