I have come to a standstill with
B6634 due to the idiocy of Big 4 sizing.
I want to love it, but it looks like I am wearing Andre the Giant's loose fitting pyjama top so I have lost the love, and will have to force myself finish it.
I took my measurements-
if I followed their chart my full bust & hip measurement would have put me in an XL
My high bust (you know, the measurement that is recommended we actually use because they make the patterns too big) put me at the upper range of L, so that's what I made, see above comparison notes re finished product.
Silly me, I forgot to take into account that Tilton patterns can be too big too.
I have taken the sides in (over 4" total) to the point that I think I may have actually been able to make a medium, except that would mean buying another pattern, because, you know, separate packets.
Why do the pattern companies do this? Do they
ever make the clothes for the appropriate sized person?
And they wonder why I