This is a replica of the previous thread which , at least to me, seems to have vanished into thin air!!This is my log and a conduit for my endless questions, queries and SOS's to yourselves for my journey through the Japanese Sewathon ......
Day 1 .....and I return to the pattern I had so carefully traced from the multiple images in the book (Drape Drape 2) last month. I'm quietly pleased with how neat it looks, I'm quite a good tracer I believe.
Looking through the book at the pictures of the gorgeous garments elegantly draped on the amorphous models, a lil inkling starts to nag at the back of my mind.
Yes, the models are lovely aren't they?
So aloof, pale and insouciant ... almost waif like....
the niggling in my mind turns into screeching alarm bells as my T shirt clad breasts get in the way of my view....
All my life I have been a Small, sometimes almost a Tiny...
certainly shoe shopping is a thankless task as I take a 2 - 3 and no British shoe shop knowingly stocks anything in that size that isn't covered in pink glitter or butterflies.
As for clothes; another horrendous task, that has put me off shopping for life. Nothing fits in the trouser department, almost always too big and if I want a dress, I better be able to take it in at the waist and hips or leave it on the rails...
I riffle through the pages of the book, frantically searching for anything about ...sizes!
Ah ! here we go ...... the patterns come in 4 sizes ... S, M, L and XL ... Extra large ???
I had cut this pattern on the S mark and i now feverishly hunt for a tape.
Their measurements are in cms ... designed to make you feel elephantine at the best ...I mean 36" or 91 cm ??
Scanning through the sizes I realise from being petite I have now grown into a Giantess (can I blame the menopause??? I know I've put on a kilo or two but no .... these measurements are for fashion models, anorexics or wraiths only )
Small ... (remember this is the mark on which I traced my pattern....)
Height 153 cm, Bust 78 cm, Waist 58 cm, Hips 84 cm
Medium ...
Height 158 cm, Bust 82 cm, Waist 62 cm, Hips 88 cm
Large ... (!!!)
Height 163 cm, Bust 86 cm, Waist 66 cm, Hips 92 cm
XLarge ... (Gulp!)
Height 168 cm, Bust 90 cm, Waist 70 cm, Hips 96 cm
and of La Iminei ???? (as measured by herself ...with a shaky hand)
Height 160 cm, Bust 96 cm, Waist 76 cm, Hips 86 cm
My heart sank... not only was the neatly traced pattern that I had been so foolishly proud of totally the wrong size I was also officially a giantess or at the very least clinically huge!
So I have been busy altering the pattern, scribbling out lines, sellotaping on bits here and there and now it all looks very much like last nights cold Chop Suey !!!
Next stop ... Have I enough fabric ??? It was tight at the start but now ??
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