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In the wardrobe / Cross grain jeans?
« on: September 11, 2019, 00:03:02 AM »
Let's say for sake of argument that I had a couple of denim remnants that had enough surface area to squeeze two pairs of jeans out of, but the lengths meant that I could only get the main fronts and backs out whole for one pair. I could get the second pair out by piecing together a couple of legs lengthways and trying to make horizontal knee seams look like a trendy feature.

Alternatively, the second set of fronts and backs would come out whole if I cut them on the cross grain. My gut instinct is that maybe denim is a directional enough material that weird stuff would happen if I tried this. Am I right? Is it crazy talk? Or would it work?

Any advice/experience gratefully received, otherwise I'll start thinking how to make flat-felled knee seams look intentional. :D

(It's a 10 or 11 oz non-stretch denim, for what it's worth.)

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Technical Help / Patterns: tight back advice
« on: December 06, 2018, 02:16:16 AM »
Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone could help diagnose something? I've had a bit of a "google" and while there are many instructions of different adjustments, there are so many I'm not sure entirely what I'm after!

The recurring problem seems to be that often things seem to fit okay if I stand still and have plenty of ease across the chest and generally have good movement in the arms, except when I move my arms across my body in which case it pulls tight across the back, straight across between the middle of the armholes. I'm sure it means I have terrible posture of some description but it doesn't necessarily seem to be a problem up and downwise (it's not like hems pull up at the back or anything), but more acrosswise. I know when previously attempting (unsuccessfully!) to draft a body block there was a significantly bigger difference between my shoulder-to-shoulder measurements in the back and front than seemed to be expected.

Does that ring a bell with anyone to what this fitting issue is called so I can work out which of the myriad of pattern adjustment techniques I ought to have a look at? Many thanks for any help!  :D

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